Workshops
The workshops focus on the development of the data and relevant statistical methods, and provide a forum for the dissemination of research results.
Forthcoming workshops
There are no forthcoming workshops. Please check back for updates.
Past workshops and presentations
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- General NPD update, Paul Sinclair, DfE, (PDF, 53 kB)
- PISA 2009 - How big are the gaps? Emily Knowles, DfE (PDF, 408 kB)
- Matching the NPD to longitudinal studies, Clare Baker, Alicia Heptinstall and Helen Wood, DfE (PDF, 80 kB)
- An application of the School Census in migration research, Stephen Jivraj, University of Manchester (PDF, 137 kB)
- Using the NPD to monitor the longitudinal impact of national curriculum reform: science as a case study, Matt Homer, University of Leeds (PDF, 699 kB)
- The use of the NPD and PLASC in examinations research, Rebecca Grayson and Tim Gill, Cambidge Assessment (PDF, 688 kB)
- A GIS approach to school allocation patterns in Brighton and Hove (with Umar Yusuf), Judith Watson, University of Brighton (PDF, 426 kB)
- Sleepwalking towards Johannesburg? Local measures of ethnic segregation between London’s secondary schools 2003 – 2008/9, Rich Harris, University of Bristol (PDF, 790 kB)
- Introduction to School Workforce Census, Emily Knowles and Jen Brown, DfE, (PDF, 449 kB)
- NPD-wiki Sharing best practice in the use of NPD through a wiki, Rebecca Allen, IoE (PDF, 28.7 kB)
- The administrative data liaison service and the future of administrative data access, Mark Elliot, University of Manchester (PDF, 333 kB)
- Spacial analysis using NPD, Alex Singleton, University of Liverpool (PDF, 7.2 mB)
- Making the most of the NPD: Improving linkages, Helen Evans, Steve Gills and Joanna Zwijacz, DfE (PDF, 300kB)
- Teacher turnover in England: Results from the pilot SWC, Simon Burgess, University of Bristol (PDF, 906 kB)
- School effects and equity gaps in educational attainment and progress at age 11, Steve Strand, University of Warwick (PDF, 297 kB)
- Update and Developments, Paul Sinclair, DCSF (ppt, 709 kB)
- The great divide: fixed vs. random effects in an education context, Claire Crawford, IoE (ppt, 156 kB)
- Issues in sampling the PLASC/NPD data base for fitting of complex models. Tony Fielding, University of Birmingham, and Harvey Goldstein, University of Bristol (PDF, 315 kB)
- Healthy school meals and educational outcomes. Michele Belot, University of Oxford (PDF, 369 kB)
- Ungifted, Untalented and Not Even Special: the implications for “widening participation” of socio-spatial unevenness in educational labelling, Judith Watson, University of Brighton (PDF, 1.9 mB)
DCSF Update, Paul Sinclair, Department for Children, Schools and Families- Widening Participation in Higher Education: Analysis using Linked Admin Data , Claire Crawford, Institute for Fiscal Studies, Institute of Education, University of London
- Can school competition improve standards? The case of faith schools in England, Rebecca Allen, Institute of Education, University of London
- The limitations of using school league tables to inform school choice, Harvey Goldstein
- School quality, school access and the formation of neighbourhoods , Simon Burgess, CMPO, University of Bristol
- Evidence-based policy: Hopes, Truths, and Lessons, Lee Elliot Major, The Sutton Trust
- Evidence of Segregation? Using PLASC to model the core catchment areas of schools, Rich Harris, School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol
- Winning the War of Attrition: Sampling, response analysis and weighting using the National Pupil Database, James Halse, Department for Children, Schools and Families
Special educational needs and ethnicity:Issues of over-and-under-representation, Steve Strand, Centre for Educational Development, Appraisal and Research, Institute of Education, University of Warwick
- Missing data and school assessment measures, George Leckie, Centre for Multilevel Modelling, University of Bristol
- Change, or the lack of it, Mick Quinlan, Qualifications and Curriculum Authority
- Collecting Data for a School, Hilary Rosina & Mathew Downs, Highcliffe School
- The effects of class size on educational attainment: Danish quasi-experimental evidence and evidence that controls for family, school and neighbourhood effects, Paul Bingley, University of Warwick
- Who wins and who loses from school accountability? The distribution of educational gain in English secondary schools, Carol Propper, CMPO, University of Bristol
- NPD: Access Arrangements, Anna Barker, Department for Children, Schools and Families
- Cognitive Achievement and Behaviour in School, James Foreman-Peck, Welsh Institute for Research in Economics and Development
- Measuring School Segregation in Administrative Data: A Review, Becky Allen, Institute of Education, University of London
- Is Free School Meal Status a Valid Proxy for Socio-Economic Status? , Anna Vignoles, Institute of Education
- Use of Data by LAs and Schools , John Bertram, Consultant, DfES
- Using the NPD: Some pitfalls and issues , Andrew Ray, DfES
- Matching PLASCand ALSPAC , Dave Herrick and Andrew Boyd, ALSPAC, University of Bristol
- Sampling designs using the National Pupil Database , Hugh Gravelle, University of Bristol
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Merging Local Research Data with PLASC:An application on the Appropriateness of Free School Meals as a Measure of Deprivation in Educational Research in Hampshire , Daphne Kounali and Tony Robinson, University of Bath