- Date and time
- Wed, 29 November 2017
- 10:30 - 13:15 GMT
What influences students’ decisions about subject choice at school? And what impact do these choices have on their access to higher education?
The Nuffield Foundation is hosting a seminar to discuss what the research evidence can tell us about how students make decisions about which subjects to study, and the impact those choices have on their outcomes.
The seminar will bring together findings from three Nuffield-funded studies:
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Socio-economic status and subject choice at 14: do they interact to affect university access?
Jake Anders, Senior Research Fellow in Education, Evaluation and Inequality, UCL Institute of Education
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What can we learn from studies of pairs of twins about subject and other study choices?
Kathryn Asbury, Senior Lecturer and Programme Leader for the MSc Psychology in Education, University of York
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Peter Davies, Professor of Education, University of Birmingham
Presentations will be followed by a panel discussion featuring:
The Rt Hon. David Laws, Executive Chairman of the Education Policy Institute
Dr Paul Newton, Research Chair, Ofqual
Professor Cristina Iannelli, Institute for Education, Community and Society at the University of Edinburgh
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Speakers
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Professor Anna VignolesChairNuffield Foundation Trustee
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The Rt Hon. David LawsEducation Policy Institute
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Dr Paul NewtonOfqual
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Professor Cristina IannelliUniversity of Edinburgh
