Disability, Inclusion and Special Needs
- Learning for Success: High achieving deaf pupils (Funded by RNID)
- Research into the Experiences of Disabled Pupils / Students and their families (Funded by Disability Rights Commission)
- Epilepsy Action Research (Funded by Epilepsy Action)
- Steps to Independence - (Funded by DfES, The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association, OPSIS and RNIB) The Steps to Independence website was developed by the National Library for the Blind. The content authors were Sue Pavey, Graeme Douglas, Mike McLinden, and Steve McCall of the Visual Impairment Centre for Teaching and Research (VICTAR) at the University of Birmingham.
- NETWORK 1000: Surveying the changing needs of visually impaired people (VICTAR) (Funded by Community Fund) - The network aims to generate info regarding the needs, circumstances and opinions of people with a visual impairment in the UK
- Network 1000 - phase 2 (Funded by Vision 2020) - Analysis, dissemination and sampling maintenance of Phase 1 The network aims to generate info regarding the needs, circumstances and opinions of people with a visual impairment in the UK
- Further (Wales/ Scotland) analyses from the research project: The experiences of disabled children, young people and their families (Funded by Disability Rights Commission) - A postal survey to obtain evidence about the experiences, concerns of parents/carers regarding educational experiences of their disabled children and awareness of relevant policies and legislation
- Quality in Educational Research (Funded by ESRC)
- Inclusive design and development of virtual environments for Social Understanding of Children with autistic spectrum disorders (Funded by NESTA)
- Data protocols for evaluating eye clinic support services (ECSS) - follow up to the Pocklington ECSS project (Funded by Pocklington Trust)
- Experiences of people with both hearing and sight loss (Funded by Pocklington Trust) - To produce knowledge that will increase understanding of the experiences, needs and goals of people with both hearing and sight loss who acquire one or both of these conditions later in life; to raise awareness of the views of immediate family and carers; to contribute towards the development of better services and more effective interventions.
- Specialist qualification for Tutors working with visually impaired learners - Phase 2 (Funded by RNIB)
- Education of Children with Visual Impairment (VICTAR) (Funded by Sightsavers)
- Fostering learner independence: developing resources to promote and enhance enquiry-based learning (Funded by Staff Development Unit (UoB))
Knowledge, Culture and Diversity
Languages, Discourses and Society
Professional Learning and Pedagogy
- Physical Science Enhancement Project (PhySEP) (Funded by Science Enhancement Programme & Gatsby Charitable Trust)
- Learning in and for Interagency Working (LIW) (Funded by ESRC TLRP)
- Developing a Virtual Teaching and Learning Centre for Problem Based Learning (University of Birmingham Teaching Fellowship)
- Young Participation in HE: Hodge Hill [pdf] (funded by HEFCE) This is a study of low rates of participation in HE among young people in the Hodge Hill area of Birmingham. It was conducted simultaneously with similar projects undertaken at the University of Nottingham, Sheffield Hallam University and the University of the West of England. HEFCE will also publish a composite report in late 2007.
- 14-19 Reform Programme - Creating a baseline of evidence - this project is funded by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority as a joint project with the University of Southampton and in partnership with the Universities of Newcastle, Oxford and Oxford Brookes. It will run from October 2007 – September 2008. The project team is comprised of leading researchers and methodologists in the 14-19 field.
- Systematic review: E-learning (CRMDE)
- NHS Genetic Education and Development Centre (CRMD) (Funded by DoH)
- Kaleidoscope ERT (Funded by EU Kaleidoscope)
- Online submission and marking of written assignments using WebCT
- Religion & Science in the 21st Century Classroom: The Development & Production of Pedagogical Materials for its Teaching & Learning in Religious Education (Funded by Hockerill Educational Foundation)
- NCETM Development and Research Pathfinders (Funded by NCETM)
- Enhancing postgraduate dental education in the West Midlands: A proposal for educational support and evaluation (CRMDE) (Funded by School of Dentistry)
Governance, Management and Leadership
- Youth Engagement in Action Research on Decision-making Processes in the West Midlands (Funded by Birmingham Association of Youth Clubs)
- A Comparative study of international students' intercultural experiences (Funded by ESRC)
- Children as decision makers (Funded by ESRC)
- The journey into headship: an evaluation of the route from the National Professional Qualification for Headship (NPQH) to Headship in the East Midlands for EMLC (Funded by National College for School Leadership) - Undertakes a meta-evaluation of the impact of the National Professional Qualification for Headship that forms part of the portfolio of the EMLC. The project will examine both the efficacy of the programme as a preparation for headship and seek to establish what other factors might assist aspirant headteachers in their professional journey into headship.
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Evaluation of the Working Time Directive: 2009 Pilot Projects (Funded by NHS) - The evaluation has been designed to take account of different aspects of the project, notably:
- the responsibility on each pilot project to undertake some of its own evaluation;
- the formative as well a summative nature of the external evaluation;
- providing opportunities for sharing experiences across the projects;
- the diversity embodied in the twenty projects; and
- the responsibility on National Workforce Projects to disseminate findings from the pilot projects.
- Research into the impact of School Councils (CIER) (Funded by Schools Councils UK)
- Impact of Birminghams LEA's collegiate academies programme: GAT2731 (Funded by The Gatsby Technical Education Projects Science Enhancement Programme) - To assess the impact of funding provided by Gatsby Technical Education projects to raise the standards of teaching and learning in Maths, Science and technology in 3 new collegiate academies of secondary and special schools in Birmingham LEA
Governance, Management and Leadership; Professional Learning and Pedagogy; Disability, Inclusion and Special Needs
- Extended School Provision in Birmingham: An Evaluation (Funded by Birmingham City Council)
Governance, Management and Leadership; Knowledge, Culture and Diversity; Professional Learning and Pedagogy
- Learning and Teaching for Diversity: Matching conceptions (Funded by ESRC) - The main aims of this research is to explore ways of enhancing the learning and teaching environment to improve the engagement and participation of a diverse range of students, particularly in relation to differences in class and academic background, age, gender and ethnicity.
Governance, Management and Leadership; Knowledge, Culture and Diversity; Professional Learning and Pedagogy; Disability, Inclusion and Special Needs
- Action plan for developing learner inpendence 2006-2008 (Funded by Learning Development Unit)
Governance, Management and Leadership; Languages, Discourses and Society; Professional Learning and Pedagogy; Disability, Inclusion and Special Needs
- Service integration in schools: research and policy discourses, practices and future prospects (Funded by ESRC)
