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Mathematics and science inequalities in the United Kingdom: when elitism, sexism and culture collide
An examination of gender, social class and ethnicity performance and participation patterns in different UK countri... Show more
Date: 2011
Geographic subjects: Great Britain; Europe; England ... [+] Show more
Resource type: Article
Journal title: Oxford review of education
Subjects: Gender; Demographics; Equity ... [+] Show more
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School grades, school context and university degree performance: evidence from an elite Scottish institution
This paper investigates degree classification outcomes for students with [Scottish Qualifications Authority] SQA hi... Show more
Date: 2014
Geographic subjects: Scotland; Great Britain; Europe
Resource type: Article
Journal title: Oxford review of education
Subjects: Outcomes; Higher education; Secondary education ... [+] Show more
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Expansion and social selection in education in England and Scotland
This paper examines trends in social class inequalities in young people’s educational attainment and HE [higher edu... Show more
Date: 2008
Geographic subjects: Europe; Great Britain; England ... [+] Show more
Resource type: Article
Journal title: Oxford review of education
Subjects: Youth; Higher education; Statistics ... [+] Show more
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The relationship between A-level subject choice and league table score of university attended: the 'facilitating', the 'less suitable', and the counter-intuitive
English students from less privileged backgrounds and state, rather than private, schools remain significantly unde... Show more
Date: 2018
Geographic subjects: England; Great Britain; Europe
Resource type: Article
Journal title: Oxford review of education
Subjects: Students; Secondary education; Providers of education and training ... [+] Show more
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Inequalities in school leavers' labour market outcomes: do school subject choices matter?
Despite a wide international literature on the effect of vocational and general education on school-to-work transit... Show more
Date: 2018
Geographic subjects: Scotland; Great Britain; Europe
Resource type: Article
Journal title: Oxford review of education
Subjects: Outcomes; Employment; Students ... [+] Show more
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Tools for pedagogical inquiry: the impact of teaching thinking skills on teachers
This paper explores the idea of thinking skills approaches as tools for pedagogical inquiry and in so doing seeks t... Show more
Date: 2006
Geographic subjects: Middle East; North America; Oceania ... [+] Show more
Resource type: Article
Journal title: Oxford review of education
Subjects: Primary education; Secondary education; Skills and knowledge ... [+] Show more
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Young lives, learning and transformation: some theoretical considerations
The term ‘learning’ is now used to signal a range of political, social and economic aspirations. At the same time, ... Show more
Date: 2001
Resource type: Article
Journal title: Oxford review of education
Subjects: Youth; Students; Research ... [+] Show more
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Japanese solutions to the equity and efficiency dilemma?: secondary schools, inequity and the arrival of 'universal' higher education
Any moves towards substantive equality in education must negotiate the contradictions between equality and efficien... Show more
Date: 2011
Geographic subjects: Japan; Asia
Resource type: Article
Journal title: Oxford review of education
Subjects: Higher education; Secondary education; Equity
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There are no wrong answers: an investigation into the assessment of candidates' responses to essay-based examinations
Essay-based examinations form a cornerstone of the public assessment system in the UK, but comparatively little res... Show more
Date: 2005
Geographic subjects: Europe; Great Britain
Resource type: Article
Journal title: Oxford review of education
Subjects: Secondary education; Quality; Assessment ... [+] Show more
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Buying your way into college?: private tuition and the transition to higher education in Ireland
A number of countries, including Ireland, have experienced a recent growth in the prevalence of ‘shadow education’,... Show more
Date: 2009
Geographic subjects: Europe; Ireland; Great Britain
Resource type: Article
Journal title: Oxford review of education
Subjects: Secondary education; Higher education; Providers of education and training ... [+] Show more