Research strengths
Our four research centres provide an environment for staff and students to generate and test ideas and share expertise. We also conduct cross-cutting studies in several areas, including equality of opportunity, educational evaluation and mental health and wellbeing.
Research Aims and Objectives
Our aim is to advance knowledge about education for the public good, in collaboration with others. Our work is guided by our values of fairness, respect, inclusion and compassion. Our research will have a positive impact on the most important, urgent, deep and complex educational challenges across the life span, relevant to a wide range of contexts.
Our research aims to make significant and prominent contributions to important debates about education and learning, ultimately making a real difference to people’s lives, locally, nationally and globally. Our objectives are to:
- Advance innovative ideas that transform understanding of education and learning
- Promote and support excellence in ethical, open, responsible research and impact
- Communicate our research identity more clearly to cultivate relationships internationally and across disciplines
- Nurture a thriving and inclusive research culture that enables our staff at all career stages and students to flourish.
