Quantitative Methods in Education Group
We bring together researchers to advance quantitative methods in education research, policymaking, and professional practice.
Projects
Funded research led by QMEG members. Select a heading to show active or completed projects.
Active Projects (6)
Digital Skills Development: New Methodological Approaches
This project investigates the development of new digital skills within social science research methodology. Digital skills are increasingly important for rigorous and high-quality social science research in our digitally mediated societies.
Discover more →Children of Mothers in the Criminal Justice System: Outcome Indicators
This project examines outcome indicators for children whose mothers are involved in the criminal justice system. It addresses an important evidence gap by supporting more systematic understanding of the educational, health and social outcomes of a potentially vulnerable group.
Discover more →Teaching Accessibility in the Digital Skill Set
This project investigates how digital accessibility is taught across higher education and professional contexts, developing new approaches to building inclusive digital skill sets. Funded by a £1.6m UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship.
Discover more →Teacher Professional Vision
This project investigates teacher professional vision: the perceptual and interpretive skills that enable effective classroom practice. It forms part of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction’s international Centre of Excellence.
Discover more →Empowering Young People and Educators for Safe, Responsible and Creative AI Use
This project develops frameworks and resources to support young people and educators in engaging with AI tools safely and responsibly. It focuses on building critical digital literacy alongside creative applications of AI in education.
Discover more →Empowering English Language Teachers to Adopt Multilingual Pedagogy
This project supports English language teachers in Nepal and similar contexts to adopt multilingual pedagogical approaches, challenging monolingual assumptions in language education policy and practice.
Discover more →Completed Projects (7)
National Centre for Research Methods 2025
NCRM supports the development and dissemination of advanced research methods across the social sciences. Its significance lies in strengthening methodological capacity, including quantitative approaches relevant to education research, policy evaluation and evidence-informed practice.
Discover more →Integrating Parenting and Financial-Wellbeing Support
This project investigated the development of integrated support for parenting and financial wellbeing. Financial pressures can shape family life and child outcomes, and the project supported evidence-building around more coordinated forms of intervention.
Discover more →RCT Evaluation of a Prototype Coaching E-Book Series (Oxford Reading Buddy)
This project evaluated a prototype coaching e-book series using a randomised controlled trial design. Its significance lies in generating quantitative evidence on the effectiveness of a digital reading-support intervention for children’s literacy development.
Discover more →Inspecting the Inspectorate: New Insights into Ofsted Inspections
This project analysed over 60,000 Ofsted inspection reports using computational methods to investigate inspector reliability, consistency, and differences between HMI and freelance inspectors. Findings contribute evidence on transparency and trust in the school inspection system.
Discover more →Learning Inequalities during the Covid-19 Pandemic
This longitudinal project used UK Understanding Society data to investigate how school closures and the shift to remote learning during the pandemic affected educational inequalities, with a focus on socioeconomic divides in learning time and outcomes.
Discover more →Eye-Inquire: Uncovering Insights from Expert Teachers for Effective Climate Change Education
This project used mobile eye-tracking to investigate how expert teachers navigate complex, contested topics such as climate change in the classroom. Findings inform approaches to teaching socially sensitive and evidence-contested subjects.
Discover more →Ambition School Leadership: School Performance and Improvement in Challenging Contexts
This project evaluated school leadership development programmes in challenging contexts, examining relationships between leadership practice, school performance, and improvement trajectories.
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