Robert French – Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research and Data

WISERD Education Data Lab

The WISERD Education Data Lab uses adminstrative data and advanced statistical methods to quantify trends in educational outcomes across Wales. Projects: Participation in and Progression Through Education in Wales A Geospatial Analysis of the Factors Shaping Educational Outcomes in Wales Does timing matter? Exploring the timing and impact of receiving Additional Learning Needs support on…

Research Team: Alexandra Sandu (Cardiff University), Catherine Foster (Cardiff University), Chris Taylor (Cardiff University), Foteini Tseliou (Cardiff University), Jennifer Keating (Cardiff University), Jennifer May Hampton (Cardiff University), Martijn Hogerbrugge (Cardiff University), Robert French (Cardiff University)

Participation in and Progression Through Education in Wales

Project Lead: Robert French The purpose of this project is to explore patterns and trends in education in Wales and to inform policy making within Welsh Government. The project will bring together national datasets on education from primary school to university. The aim is to explore issues around school-level attainment, school improvement, progression to higher education,…

Research Team: Alexandra Sandu (Cardiff University), Jennifer Keating (Cardiff University), Robert French (Cardiff University)

A Geospatial Analysis of the Factors Shaping Educational Outcomes in Wales

Project Lead: Alexandra Sandu Project Overview : The project explores the relationship between household and family characteristics, socioeconomic factors, and educational outcomes in Wales. By linking census and education data and using advanced geospatial techniques like Geographically Weighted Regression, the research seeks to provide a nuanced understanding of how various factors relate to and interact…

Research Team: Alexandra Sandu (Cardiff University), Jennifer Keating (Cardiff University), Robert French (Cardiff University)

Does timing matter? Exploring the timing and impact of receiving Additional Learning Needs support on educational outcomes

Project Lead: Jennifer Keating The broad aim of this project is to investigate education outcomes for children with additional learning needs (ALN). In particular, I am interested in whether the timing of receiving ALN support has an impact on children’s attendance, exclusions, and attainment. Previous research has shown that children with ALN are more likely…

Research Team: Alexandra Sandu (Cardiff University), Jennifer Keating (Cardiff University), Robert French (Cardiff University)

Blog

Exploring international collaboration in child health and education research

19th December 2024 | Robert French

Rob French leads the ADR Wales Education research theme. In this blog post, Rob describes how the intersection of education and child health data will be explored in a new special edition of the International Journal of Population Data Science. Linking child health and education data enables us to explore the mutual dependence of these two critical…

Civil Society, Data & Methods, Education, Health, Wellbeing & Social Care, Inequalities | ADR Wales, WISERD Education Data Lab

Blog

Importance of considering unmet health needs in persistent absence from school

5th August 2024 | Jennifer Keating, Robert French

Dr. Robert French is academic lead of ADR Wales’s education research programme. In this blog, he discusses his contribution to an inquiry begun by the UK Parliament examining persistent absence from school. Levels of persistent absence from school amongst children have doubled since the Covid-19 pandemic. Statistics from the Department for Education show that, in England, one…

Education | Administrative Data Research Centre Wales (ADRC)

News

Cardiff is UK’s first UNICEF Child Friendly City

27th October 2023 | Alexandra Sandu, Chris Taylor, Ian Thomas, Jennifer Keating, Katy Huxley, Kelly Regan, Laura Arman, Rhian Barrance, Rhys Davies, Robert French, Sally Power, Zoe Rozelaar

A wealth of social science research expertise has helped Cardiff become the UK’s first UNICEF Child Friendly City (CFC). The prestigious status has been awarded to the city in recognition of the steps Cardiff Council and its partners, including Cardiff University, have taken over the past five years to advance the human rights of children…

Civil Society, Data & Methods, Education, Health, Wellbeing & Social Care, Inequalities | ADR Wales, WISERD Education, WISERD Education Data Lab, WISERD Education Multi Cohort Study

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