Great paper on the under-explored topic of non-A level pathways by my PhD student @robbiemaris.bsky.social — highly relevant for Level 3 Results Day!

We still need to tackle the high T Level dropout rate T levels are retaining more students than ever, yet the gap with A levels remains huge

T level retention is improving, but not fast enough, says @robbiemaris.bsky.social of @edupolicyinst.bsky.social
Too many students – especially the most disadvantaged – are still slipping through the cracks

EPI researcher @robbiemaris.bsky.social spoke to @kateschneider.bsky.social about T Level uptake, dropout rates, and the qualification’s ongoing challenges and successes.

Bottom 10% of GCSE retakers missing out on subject success A decade of GCSE resits and curriculum reforms saw England’s young adults surging up global skills rankings

New @feweek.bsky.social op-ed from our PhD student @robbiemaris.bsky.social

showing huge improvements in literacy and numeracy for young adults between 2012 and 2023...

but a very concerning lack of progress for the lowest performing students

feweek.co.uk/bottom-10-pe...

New @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social blog post.

Our brilliant PhD student @robbiemaris.bsky.social has been looking at inequalities in resit performance.

Those performing worst in resits are:

- Disadvantaged students
- Students w unauthorised absences in year 11
- Students entered into resits too early

Check out some research I did with Zack Dorner, Stephane Hess and Steve Tucker...

We explored the associations between social media use and Vaccine preferences during the Covid-19 pandemic in New Zealand. A very interesting context to study vaccine preferences, given NZ's unique covid response!

Important new research on access and progression in T Levels

From our very own Robbie Maris and colleagues at the Education Policy Institute

epi.org.uk/wp-content/u...

One in three drop out from health T-level - report Many health and science T-level students dropped out after an exam board sent out botched exam papers in 2022.

📝Our latest research on T levels features in BBC News article today.

Read the full coverage▶️ epi.org.uk/wp-content/u...

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...