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Linda CroxfordSenior Research Fellow Email: l.croxford@ed.ac.ukTel: +44 (0)131 651 6241 Fax: +44 (0)131 651 6239 |
Biographical details
Currently she is developing an accessible on-line archive of datasets from the Scottish Young People’s Survey (SYPS) and Scottish School Leavers’ Survey (nationally representative surveys carried out between the 1970s and 2000s). The datasets and their documentation are being made available through Edinburgh Datashare (https://datashare.is.ed.ac.uk/handle/10283/567) for access by future researchers and teachers.
Research interests
Wide interests in education and youth transitions, including: curriculum and attainment; (in)equalities by social class, gender, ethnicity and geographical areas; UK or international comparisons; pupil-progress monitoring; school performance indicators; and school differences.
Current and recent research
Ongoing: The Scottish School Leavers Surveys: creating an accessible data archive
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2015-16: Pupils as Citizens, led by the Centre for Research in Education, Inclusion and Diversity (CREID): funded by the Gordon Cook Foundation. |
2014: Tell Them From Me (TTFM) - Scottish School Leavers |
2013-2014: HEinScotland:
Higher Education in Scotland, the Devolution Settlement and the
Referendum on Independence (ESRC) – with David Raffe and Sheila
Riddell |
2011-2012:
REACH: Analysis of Data on Student Progression (REACH Edinburgh) |
2011-2012: DIFFHE: Changing
Transitions to a Differentiated Higher Education System (Nuffield)
– with David Raffe |
2010-2013: SIEG: Governing by Inspection: School Inspection and Education Governance
in Scotland, England and Sweden
(ESRC) – with Jenny Ozga, Sotiria Grek, Martin Lawn |
2010-2011: ARTICULATE:
UCAS articulating student reporting (ELRAH) – with Cathy
Howieson and David Raffe |
2009: Sabbatical (Feb – Jul) |
2006-2009: Governing
by Numbers: Data and Education Governance in Scotland and England
(ESRC and ESF) – with Jenny Ozga, Sotiria Grek, Martin Lawn |
2004-2008:
How do Schools Measure their
Own Progress? A Collaborative Research Project carried out as
part of the Applied Educational
Research Scheme (AERS) (SEED and SHEFC) |
2006-2007:
Trends in Secondary education in Scotland, 1985-2005 (SEED) |
2006: Exploring the impact of
class size on Standard Grade performance in Scottish schools, on behalf
of Scottish Executive |
2006-2007:
Meeting the needs for longitudinal data on youth transitions in
Scotland – an options appraisal: Consultancy (Scottish Executive)
– with Cathy Howieson |
2003-2005: Education
and Youth Transitions in England, Wales and Scotland 1984-2002
(ESRC) - with David Raffe, Cathy Howieson, Cristina Iannelli and
Jenny Ozga |
2001-2004:
Value added in Literacy and Numeracy in S1-S2: Consultancy (City
of Edinburgh Council) |
Selected papers and publications
2015 |
Everyone's Future: Lessons from fifty years of Scottish comprehensive schooling, book, D Murphy, L Croxford, C Howieson (editors), IoE Press/Trentham Books, 1 June 2015 |
2014 |
Raffe, D. and Croxford, L. (forthcoming) The iron law of hierarchy? Institutional differentiation in UK higher education, Studies in Higher Education Croxford, L. and Raffe, D. (2014) Social class, ethnicity and access to higher education in the four countries of the UK: 1996-2010, International Journal of Lifelong Education, 33(1), pp.77-95 Croxford, L., Docherty, G., Gaukroger, R. and Hood, K. (2014) Widening Participation at the University of Edinburgh: contextual admissions, retention, and degree outcomes, Scottish Affairs, 23.2: 192-216, DOI:10.3366/scot.2014.0017 Raffe, D. and Croxford, L. (2014) Student flows across the UK’s internal boundaries: Entrants to full-time degree courses in 2011, HE Working Paper 4, Edinburgh: CREID, University of Edinburgh |
2013 |
Croxford, L. and Raffe, D. (2012) Social class, ethnicity and access to higher education in the four countries of the UK: 1996-2010, International Journal of Lifelong Education (CES Ref 1222) Croxford, L. and Raffe, D. (2013) Social and ethnic inequalities and institutional differences in entry to UK higher education (1996-2010), CES Briefing No. 61, Edinburgh: Centre for Educational Sociology, University of Edinburgh. (CES Ref 1314) Croxford, L. and Raffe, D. (2013) Participation in full-time higher education 1996-2010: a 'home international' perspective, CES Briefing No. 62, Edinburgh: Centre for Educational Sociology, University of Edinburgh. (CES Ref 1313) Croxford, L., *Doherty, G., *Gaukroger, R. and *Hood, K. (2013) Widening Participation at the University of Edinburgh (3): entry, progression and degree outcomes by subject area, report to the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh: Centre for Educational Sociology, University of Edinburgh (CES Ref 1303) Croxford, L., *Doherty, G., *Gaukroger, R. and *Hood, K. (2013) Widening Participation at the University of Edinburgh (2): entry, progression and degree outcomes of A-level qualified students, report to the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh: Centre for Educational Sociology, University of Edinburgh (CES Ref 1302) Croxford, L. and Raffe, D. (2013) Differentiation and social segregation of UK higher education, 1996-2010, Oxford Review of Education, 39(2), April 2013. (CES Ref 1220) Raffe, D. and Croxford, L. (2012) How stable is the stratification of Higher Education in England and Scotland?, British Journal of Sociology of Education, DOI: 10.1080/01425692.2013.820127. (CES Ref 1216) Raffe, D. and Croxford, L. (2013) One system or four? Cross-border aplications and entries to full-time undergraduate courses in the UK since devolution, Higher Education Quarterly, 67(2), pp.111-134. (CES Ref 1206) |
2012 |
Croxford, L., *Doherty, G., *Gaukroger, R. and *Hood, K. (2012) Widening
participation at the University of Edinburgh (1): entry, progression
and degree outcomes of SQA-qualified entrants, report to the University
of Edinburgh, Edinburgh: Centre for Educational Sociology, University
of Edinburgh (CES Ref 1221) |
2011 |
"Teachers’ Perceptions of Quality Assurance
and Evaluation", Chapter 10, pp.127-149 (with Gray,
J., Strømbæk Pedersen, C., Rinne, R., Simari-Salo, S., Simola, H.
and Mäkinen-Streng, M.), in J.Ozga, P.Dahler-Larsen, C.Segerholm and
H.Simola (eds) Fabricating Quality in Education: Data and
Governance in Europe, London: Routledge. |
2010 |
Tensions
between the Equity and Efficiency of Schooling: the Case of Scotland,
Education Inquiry, 1(1), February 2010, pp.7-22. |
2009 |
Teacher
Attitudes to Quality Assurance and Evaluation (QAE) in Scotland and
England, CES Briefing No. 51, Edinburgh: Centre for Educational Sociology, University
of Edinburgh. (with Gray, J. and Ozga, J.) Quality Assurance and Evaluation (QAE) in Scotland: Promoting self-evaluation within and beyond the country, Special Issue of Journal of Education Policy, 24(2), pp.179-193. (with Grek, S. and Shaik, F.) Change over time in the context, outcomes and inequalities of secondary schooling in Scotland, 1985-2005, Final Report to the Scottish Government, Edinburgh: Education Analytical Services, Scottish Government Social Research. |
2008 |
Meeting
the Needs for Longitudinal Data on Youth Transitions in Scotland - An Options
Appraisal, Edinburgh: Scottish Government. (with Howieson, C. and *Howat, N.) Baseline Assessment in Scotland, in T.G.K.Bryce and W.Humes (eds) Scottish Education, Third edition beyond devolution, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. How do schools in Scotland measure their own performance? AERS Research Briefing Paper 6, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh (with M.Cowie, A.Bragg, J.Burns, L.Santarossa, J.Stead, D.Taylor) Tracking the progress of individual pupils, AERS Feedback to Schools 1 June 2008 (with M.Cowie (eds)) Evaluating data to identify issues, AERS Feedback to Schools 2 June 2008 (with M.Cowie (eds)) Formal accountability processes, AERS Feedback to Schools 3 June 2008 (with M.Cowie (eds)) Issues relating to the quality of data and analysis, AERS Feedback to Schools 4 October 2008 (with M.Cowie (eds)) Equity issues arising from the use of performance data, AERS Feedback to Schools 5 October 2008 (with M.Cowie (eds)) Exploring the Impact of Class Size on Standard Grade Performance in Scottish Schools: Report on the Pilot Study, Report to the SEED Class Sizes, Staffing and Resources Working Group. Scottish Executive. |
2007 |
Intelligent
Accountability: Sound Bite or Sea-Change? CES Briefing No.
43 (with Cowie,M.) Tough Intelligent Accountability in Scottish Secondary Schools and the Role of Standard Tables and Charts (STACs): A Critical Appraisal, Scottish Educational Review, 39(1), pp.29-50 (with Cowie,M. and Taylor,D.) Young people’s experience of compulsory schooling in England and Scotland during two decades of educational reform, in Bhatti, G., Gaine, C., Gobbo, F. and Leeman, Y. (eds) Social Justice and Intercultural Education: An Open Ended Dialogue (Chapter 10) Trentham Books Education Markets and Social Class Inequality: a comparison of trends in England, Wales and Scotland, in R.Teese, S.Lamb and M.Duru-Bellat (eds) International Studies in Educational Inequality, Theory and Practice (Vol 3). Inequality: Educational Theory and Public Policy, Dordrecht: Springer (with Raffe,D.) |
2006 |
Trends in social class segregation
between schools in England, Wales and Scotland since 1984, Research
Papers in Education, 21(4), pp.381-406 (with Paterson, L.) Widening Participation at an Ancient Scottish University, Scottish Affairs, 56 (Summer 2006), pp.102-130 (with *Cree,V.E., *Halliwell,J., Iannelli,C., *Kendall,L. and *Winterstein,D.) Measuring and Monitoring School Performance in Scotland, Education in the North. Number 3, pp.23-36 (with Cowie, M.) |
2005 |
The
Youth Cohort Surveys - how good is the evidence? CES Briefing
No 38, CES, University of Edinburgh Education and Youth Transitions across Britain 1984-2002, CES Briefing No. 39, CES, University of Edinburgh (with Iannelli,C., Shapira,M., Howieson,C. and Raffe,D.) Social-Class Inequalities in Education in England and Scotland, CES Briefing No. 40, CES, University of Edinburgh (with Raffe,D., Iannelli,C., Shapira,M. and Howieson,C.) Gender and attitudes to work and family roles: the views of young people at the millenium, Gender and Education 17(2), pp.129-142 (with Tinklin, T., Ducklin, A. and Frame, B.) Education Maintenance Allowances (EMAs): Attainment of National Qualifications in the Scottish Pilots, Research Findings No. 25/2005, Edinburgh: SEELLD, ISBN 0-7559-3960-3 (with Ozga, J.) |
2004 |
Inclusion:
A Gender Perspective, Policy Futures, 2(1) (with Tinklin,
T, Ducklin, A and Frame, B) |
2003 |
Gender and pupil performance:
where do the problems lie? Scottish Educational Review, 35 (2),
pp135-147 (with T. Tinklin, B. Frame and A. Ducklin) Participation in science, engineering and technology at school and in higher education, SSLS Special Report, Edinburgh: Scottish Executive. Scottish School Leavers Survey: Young People Not in Education, Employment or Training, SSLS Special Report, Edinburgh: Scottish Executive (with D.Raffe) Scottish School Leavers Survey: Destinations of Early Leavers, SSLS Special Report No 4, Edinburgh: Scottish Executive (with C Howieson, J Fairgrieve and T Tinklin) Literacy in the First Year of Schooling: a multilevel analysis, School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 14 (2), pp.213-231 (with S. Sharp) |
2002 |
'Baseline Assessment' in Tom
Bryce and Walter Humes (eds) Scottish Education,
Second edition, (Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press). Chapter 15: The Effects of Poverty on Early Education - Findings from the Early intervention Programme in Scotland, U.Brown, G.Scott, G.Mooney and B.Duncan (eds) Poverty in Scotland 2002, Scottish Poverty Information Unit/Child Poverty Action Group, pp.144-150. Why Comprehensive Schools work for Scotland's Youngsters, Scottish Education Journal, 86(2), April 2002, pp.12-13. Scottish School Leavers Survey: Participation in Science, Engineering and Technology at School and in Higher Education, Report to the Scottish Executive, Edinburgh: CES. Education Maintenance Allowances (EMAs): Evaluation of the East Ayrshire Pilot, Research Findings No. 6/2002, Edinburgh: SEELLD - with Cathy Howieson, Cristina Iannelli and Jenny Ozga. Educational Maintenance Allowances: Evaluation of the East Ayrshire Pilot, Report to the Scottish Executive, Edinburgh: Scottish Executive - with Cathy Howieson, Cristina Iannelli and Jenny Ozga. |