March 2019

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EPRS 18/19 61 Understanding Mathematics Anxiety

This report from the University of Cambridge and the Nuffield Foundation reports on a project which explored different aspects of maths anxiety amongst primary and secondary school pupils.

EPRS 18/19 62 Anxiety and its Effect on University Choices

This report from The Student Room reports on a survey of over 3,000 students designed to find out how widespread anxiety, stress and depression are for university applicants and how they feel about the support available to them.

EPRS 18/19 63 Being Present: The Power of Attendance and Stability for Disadvantaged Pupils

This report published by the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) explores how the secondary school outcomes of disadvantaged pupils are related to their lives during key stages (KS) 3 and 4.

EPRS 18/19 64 Closing the Regional Attainment Gap

This report outlines the evidence submitted to the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Social Mobility into the Regional Attainment gap.

EPRS 18/19 65 The role and contribution of maintained nursery schools in the early years sector in England

This report written by Frontier Economics and published by the DfE examines how maintained bursary schools differ from other Early Years providers, particularly in the quality of childcare offered and in the provision of additional and specialist services.

EPRS 18/19 66 International Education Strategy: Global Potential, Global Growth

This strategy document published by Education is Great sets out how the UK can best consolidate and strengthen its position in the global education market.

EPRS 18/19 67 A Qualified Success: An Investigation into T-levels

This report, produced by Tom Richmond for the Policy Exchange, takes an in-depth look at T-levels and poses some pertinent questions about challenges ahead.

EPRS 18/19 68 The Future of the TEF: Report to the Independent Reviewer

This report from Universities UK (UUK) presents evidence to the government’s review of the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) for higher education.

EPRS 18/19 69 Teacher Labour Market in England: Annual Report

This first annual report from the National Foundation for Educational Research (NfER) outlines the state of the teacher workforce, looking at the teacher labour market and teachers’ working conditions.

EPRS 18/19 70 Post-16 Institutions and Providers Omnibus Survey: Wave 6 Findings

The report from the DfE presents the findings from telephone interviews with 421 post-16 institutions and 246 private training providers in England. It explores areas such as workload, careers guidance and special educational needs (SEN) within a post-16 context.

Points of Information No.205

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