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New book: Scottish Education and Society since 1945 - democracy and intellect (e-version free)

Professor Lindsay Paterson’s new book examines the enormous changes in secondary schooling, higher education and the youth...

Behind the numbers: understanding how social inequalities in education and the labour market come about

This new Briefing by Cristina Iannelli, Professor of Education and Social Stratification in the University of Edinburgh,...

Video of Prof Cristina Iannelli's 2022 David Raffe Memorial lecture

A video has been posted of this year's David Raffe Memorial Lecture was delivered by Cristina Iannelli, Professor of...

CES briefing: 'Young People’s Transitions to an Uncertain Labour Market', Ewart Keep

This new Briefing by Ewart Keep, emeritus professor in Education, Training and Skills at the Department of Education, Oxford...

Prof Ewart Keep's 2021 David Raffe Memorial Lecture - video posted:

Updated November 24, 2021 "Some thoughts on transitions from learning to earning and on the wider relationship between...

CES briefing: 'Schools, Policy & Social Change', Lindsay Paterson

This new Briefing by Lindsay Paterson, Professor of Education Policy in the School of Social and Political Science, University...

"What happened to Excellence?": Lord Jack McConnell, 19 Nov 2020

This talk, the 2020 David Raffe Memorial Lecture, was delivered online, and the video is now available here (subtitles will...

Opening up access to the historical Scottish Young People's Survey

Prof Lindsay Paterson's new articles, described and available here, illustrate the great value of the Scottish Young People's...

Articles by Lindsay Paterson, using Scottish Young People's Survey

Two journal articles using the Scottish Young People’s Survey (SYPS) have just been published by Professor Lindsay...