News & Blogs

Early and multiple GCSE entry: Patterns over time and grade improvement

19 April 2021

Dr Jennifer May Hampton, a researcher in the WISERD Education Data Lab at Cardiff University, discusses two new Data Insights concerning early and multiple GCSE entry: patterns over time and grade improvement.

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Educational attainment disparities in Northern Ireland: The use of administrative data to understand these complexities

25 February 2021

A new Data Insight from ADR Northern Ireland, explores the influence of a pupil’s socio-demographic profile and school factors on GCSE attainment outcomes.

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Patterns of school non-attendance over the educational lifecourse

10 December 2020

This blog accompanies a Data Insight from ADR Wales that uses data linkage to explore absenteeism over an 11-year period for a single birth cohort in Wales.

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Addressing inequality? The Provision of Careers Guidance in Welsh Schools

22 September 2020

Rhys Davies is academic lead for the ADR Wales’ skills and employability research theme, and Co-Director of the Wales Institute of Social & Economic Research, Data & Methods (WISERD). In his blog, Rhys discusses a recent Data...

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