Research library

This online library provides a comprehensive repository of the different and effective approaches to employer engagement and careers education. Developed over the last decade it brings together the latest thinking with selected research published over the past 40 years for the benefit of researchers, academics and policy makers.

Free to access and searchable by keyword, it features summaries of a wide range of studies with abstracts and links to the full reports. With research articles and reports from leading figures and education bodies, you can examine issues such as employer-led learning, youth employment, career related learning in primary schools, and social mobility, as well as information on gender, ethnicity, and specific subject study such as STEM.

The main library is complemented by an extensive online video collection and a physical library. The video collection comprises over 150 videos of researchers discussing their work and its implications for policy and practice, together with conference presentations and seminars.

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Teachers’ engagement with research: what do we know? A research briefing

June 17, 2019

Education Endowment Foundation and NFER Read the research briefing This new report from the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) and the Education Endowment Foundation summaries the findings from a nationally representative survey of schools and teachers investigating their use of research. The findings are based on survey results from 1,670 teachers in England administered […]

Engaging with evidence

June 17, 2019

Institute for Effective Education (published March 2019) Read the report With teachers and schools being encouraged to become more evidence-based, the Institute for Effective Education has released this resource to help education practitioners understand research methods, interpret evidence and decipher jargon. The guide provides explanations of the different kinds of evidence found within educational research […]

The Development of Children’s Gender-Science Stereotypes: A Meta-analysis of 5 Decades of U.S. Draw-A-Scientist Studies

May 28, 2019

By D. I. Miller, K. M. Nolla, A. H. Eagly & D. H. Uttal (published December 2018) Click here to access the full report. This meta-analysis examines five decades of Draw-A-Scientist (DAST) studies to examine U.S. children’s gender science stereotypes. First developed in 1983, DAST studies ask students […]

Research Briefing I: Establishing the Employment Gap

May 28, 2019

Impetus (published April 2019) Click here to read the full report. This is the first of a series of briefings from Impetus using the new Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) dataset to examine the impact of disadvantage on education and employment. The LEO dataset combines data held by […]

Indecon Review of Career Guidance – Final Report

May 28, 2019

Indecon International Research Economists (published April 2019) Read the full report here. This new report from Indecon International Research Economists discusses the findings from an independent review of career guidance provision in Ireland submitted to the Minister of Education and Skills. This review sought to support the […]

Youth Voice Census Report 2019

May 28, 2019

Youth Employment UK (published May 2019) Click here to read the report. The new Youth Voice Census Report from Youth Employment UK captured the views of 3,008 young people aged between 14-24 on education, employment and training. Amongst many of the report’s key findings, one fifth […]

Gender Stereotypes in Early Childhood: A Literature Review

May 28, 2019

The Fawcett Society (published March 2019) Read the report here. The Fawcett Society examine gender stereotypes in early childhood using an extensive body of literature encompassing education, economics, psychology and neurobiology. The authors argue that the early education environment and gender imbalance of teaching staff has an impact […]

More Than a Job’s Worth: Making Work Experience Fit for Purpose

May 28, 2019

LKMco (published May 2019) Click here to read the full report. The second report from LKMco in their More Than A Job’s Worth series on careers education builds on the findings of ‘Making Careers Education Age-Appropriate’ published last month. This research is built upon an extensive literature review, […]

“To see ourselves as others see us”: Post-primary school students’ drawings of scientists before and after participation in a career orientation programme.

April 24, 2019

University of Limerick Read the report here. This study examines the impact of a Career Orientation Programme (COP) on young people’s perceptions of scientists. Research has shown that stereotypes of scientists, and more generally careers, start in early childhood. The authors argue that scientists are often […]

SEN, school life and future aspirations

April 24, 2019

Institute of Education – UCL Read the report here. This report from the Institute of Education uses the Millennium Cohort Study to understand the perceptions of students with special education needs (SEN) at age 11 and 14 towards school. Across the country, 14.4% of school age children have special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). 7.1% […]