Department of Education
Psychology in Education Research Centre (PERC)
Leader: Professor Rob Klassen
Welcome
The Psychology in Education Research Centre (PERC) conducts innovative and applied psychological research relevant to education and educational settings. Our goal is to conduct research that is both rigorous and broadly accessible to the psychology and educational communities.
Study with us
We run the BSc in Psychology in Education and also offer our PhD in Education research degree and our MSc in Psychology in Education (conversion programme). Our research themes show our current areas of interest.
Research themes
Members and associates
Our PERC Lab
Research Students
Focus on
Teachers 'misunderstood and vilified' during Covid-19
Posted on Monday 3 August 2020
Dr Kathryn Asbury and Dr Lisa Kim research how teachers feel they have been wrongly presented as whingeing and 'work-shy' during the pandemic.
Exclusions in English schools should be used as a last resort
Posted on Wednesday 24 June 2020
Education PhD student, Laura Oxley and co-author, Dr John Tillson from Liverpool Hope University research shows the need for exclusion policies to be re-examined before the full return to school after the Coronavirus pandemic.
Study casts doubt on usefulness of Ofsted ratings
Posted on Thursday 4 June 2020
The usefulness of Ofsted ratings as guides for parents and students in choosing a secondary school has been called into question by the findings of a new study.