UK - E Nat. Found. for Educational Research - NFER

UK – E National Foundation for Educational Research - NFER
The Mere
Upton Park
UK - Slough, SL1 2DQ
website: www.nfer.ac.uk

CIDREE representative:
Mrs Sue Rossiter
tel.: +44 1753 574123
fFax: +44 1753 691632
e-mail:

Institutional size: 250

Key functions

• Research/evaluation
• Test development
• Information/documentation

Educational sectors covered

• Pre-school
• Primary
• Secondary
• Post-16/FE
• Vocational
• Adult
• HE

Current educational priorities/projects

• Evaluations of major government interventions
• School quality/improvement
• Standards in education and raising achievement
• Diversity and differentiation in schools and provision
• Study support and out-of-school learning
• Behaviour management, including disaffection and truancy
• Social inclusion/disadvantaged youth
• ICT in teaching and learning and as an educational tool
• Core/national curriculum development or review
• Basic/generic/key skills and competencies
• Cross-curricular learning
• National curriculum and e-assessment
• International surveys of student achievement
• Leadership and educational management
• Teaching profession and development of teachers
• Employability, the work-related curriculum and school-to-work transition
• Education for citizenship
• Arts education
• Children’s services provision

Current organisational concerns/priorities

• Improve management information and project management systems
• Improve market intelligence systems and client relationships
• Futurisation and innovation
• Improve impact of projects
• Develop more collaborations/networking with stakeholders
• Develop more international projects, collaborations and exchanges
• Take more advantage of ICT developments (website and internet use; e-assessment)