Research Projects
List of sponsors who have funded ESRI research and evaluation projects [2000 to the present]
Research Council Funding
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
The Impact of 14-19 Reforms on Career Guidance in England
Becoming a Problem: How Children Acquire a Reputation as “Naughty” in the Earliest Years of School
Review of ESRC-Funded Research in Education
Touchlines: The Problematics of ‘Touching’ between Children and Professionals
Grammaticisation in Early Mark Making: A Multi-Modal Evaluation
Children and Adolescents as Language Brokers
Investigating Effective Strategies for Maths Teaching at Key Stage 3
The Transition from Student to Primary Teacher of Mathematics
Investigating Early Professional Learning
ESRC Student Writing Workshop
BERA Multidisciplinary Development Programme for Doctoral Students Engaged in Educational Research
Innovation, Change, Teacher Discourse: Towards a Research Based Professionalism?
Foundations and Charitable Trusts
Barclays Community Sports Sponsorship (in partnership with The Football Foundation and Groundwork)Barclays Spaces for Sport Project (Phase 1)
Barclays Spaces for Sport Project (Phase 2)
Esmeé Fairbairn Foundation
Imaginative Journeys: Museums Education Project (Phase 1)
Imaginative Journeys: Museums Education Project (Phase 2)
Young Children in the Art Gallery
Birth to Three Training Matters
Gatsby Charitable Foundation
Developing Mathematics Through Contexts (DmtC)
Guinness Trust
Surviving Your Teenager
Nuffield Foundation
Puppets: Promoting Engagement and Talk in Science (the PUPPETS project)
Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Inside Exclusion: learning partnerships outside mainstream education (via Unversity of Manchester)
Sports Coach UK
Professionalism in coaching
VSO
Research and Professional Development for UK Voluntary Workers Overseas
The Children’s Society, St Helens
Sure Start Happy Elephant
The Who Cares? Trust
Time for Children
Wellcome Trust
An Evaluation of the Creative Science Initiative
Department for Education and Skills (DfES)
Communicating Matters 3 – 5
Evaluation of the Reddish Vale Childcare for Teenage Parents Pilots
Birth to Three Matters: Training of Trainers
Birth to Three Matters: FE/HE and Awarding Bodies Training
Evaluation of Schools Whiteboard Expansion (SWE)
Teachers’ Perceptions of Continuing Professional Development
Becta/DfES (British Educational Communications and Technology Agency)
New Models of Learning Provision for KS3 and 14-19
Impact 2008: Personalising Learning (via University of Nottingham).
Web 2.0. Technologies of Learning at KS3 and 4 (via University of Nottingham)
Secondary Pupils and E-Learning. (Becta and GTC)
‘Test Bed’ Evaluation
Personalised Learning (consortium with Nottingham Trent University)
The Broadband Project (via Nottingham Trent University)
The Broadband Project: Continuation (via Nottingham Trent University)
Gridclub (Evaluation of the Gridclub ‘Fun’ Educational Website)
Synoptic Evaluation of the National Grid for Learning Roll Out of Pathfinders
Home School Links
ImpacT2 (via University of Nottingham)
Teacher Development Agency (TDA) (formerly Teacher Training Agency)
The Reasons Why Minority Ethnic Trainees Withdraw from ITT Courses
Improving the Recruitment and Retention of Students from Ethnic Minorities to Courses of ITT
Online Training Materials for Music and ICT
TTA Research Review
TTA Research Review 2
Develop and Disseminate Effective Practices and Develop the Knowledge Base in ITT
Trainee Impact on Pupil Learning (TIPL)
Identify, Develop and Spread Successful Induction Practice
Tackling Racism on School Placements (Multiverse/TTA)
Other Educational Sponsors
Cape UK (Creative Partnerships in Education)
Connecting Communities Race Equality Grant
Early Years Development and Childcare Partnership
Early Years Development and Childcare Partnership Evaluation
Equalities Challenge Unit
Ethnicity and Gender in Differential Degree Attainment
General Teaching Council (GTC)
Developing Pedagogies with E-Learning Resources
Secondary Pupils and E-Learning (Becta and GTC)
Greater Merseyside and West Lancashire Lifelong Learning Network
Evaluation of the Greater Merseyside and West Lancashire Lifelong Learning Network
Higher Education Academy (HEA)
Pathfinder
Highlands College
Joint Action Research Project
JISC
The Implementation and Use of Hairdressing-training.com
(via City College, Manchester)
The Recognition of ICT Skills of Staff (tRISSt)
Learning and Skills Research Council
Evaluation of the Eleven Increased Flexibility Projects
On-line Assessment in the Learning & Skills Sector: LSRC/Ufl Extension
Learning and Skills Development Agency (LSDA)
The Impact of Different Modes of Assessment on Achievement and Progress in the Learning and Skills Sector
Manchester Metropolitan University Dean’s Development Fund
Developing the Teaching and Learning of Composing for all in the 21 st Century
Manchester TEC
City Pride Strategic Lifelong Learning Partnership
Nesta (National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts)
Space Collaborator
Palatine
Sound2Game
Authentic Approaches to Developing Young People’s Composition Skills
Local Education Authorities
Bolton Local Education Authority
Evaluation of the Bolton Curriculum ICT Centre’s Learning for Change Networks Project
Manchester Local Education Authority
Primary Graduate School , Wythenshawe
Wythensawe EAZ Evaluation
EAZ Excellence in Cities Evaluation
Reddish Vale Early Years Centre
Family Support Service Project
Local Education Authorities (various)
Early Excellence Centres Evaluation
European Union
Social Fund: Connexions Plus Project
European Schoolnet Validation Networks of Excellence (Valnet)
Internet-Based Assessment (via Sussex University)
Recremania
Other Sponsors
College of Emergency Medicine
Effectiveness of Medical CPD
Council of Europe
Social Inclusion
Department of Health
National Evaluation of the Primary School/Primary Care Health Links Initiative
DfID
Evaluating the Global Dimension in ITT Project (via Manchester Development Education Project)
East Bolton Regeneration Partnership
East Bolton Regeneration Community Evaluation Project
Foster Care Associates NW
Every Child Matters
Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Young Men’s Health
Manchester Museum
Alchemy - Enquire
Merseyside Health Action Zone
Value added by HAZ Funding to Healthy Schools Schemes
Microsoft
Partners in Learning
Partners in Learning: Evaluation
National Children’s Hospital North West
Sure Start Central Link
Scottish Executive
Evaluation of Electronic Whiteboard Pilot in Edinburgh
Siemens/Lego
Manchester Education Toys Project
St Helens NHS Primary Care Trust
Parr Sure Start Programme: An Evaluation
Evaluation of Sure Start St Helens ( Phoenix)
Staffordshire Primary Care Trust
Evaluation of North Staffordshire Sure Start Wave 5 Home Visiting Services
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
Evaluation of Stockport’s NWDA-funded project activity
Sure Start Ashton
Sure Start Health Visiting Services in Tameside
Sure Start Lightbowne & Sure Start Harpurhey
Sure Start Lightbowne & Harpurhey
Sure Start Manchester
Sure Start Perceptions (Phase A): ‘Excluded’ Perceptions
Sure Start Perceptions (Phase B): Practitioner Perceptions
Sure Start Skelmersdale
Evaluation of Skelmersdale Sure Start
Toolkit
Evaluation of WhatWasWalton