Education Studies News and Events

A new research paper, led by Professor Emma Smith has recently been published. The study compares findings from two national surveys of education researchers - one from 2002 and another from 2022, that was led by colleagues in Education Studies. It examines how the types of research methods used have shifted over the past two decades and places these trends within broader debates about purpose, quality, and methodology in the field.

The study reveals that education researchers today report using fewer research methods than their counterparts twenty years ago. It also highlights an increasing divide between those who use numeric approaches and those who rely on non-numeric methods.

Read the full article below

Smith, E., Gorard, S., Morris, R., Perry, T., & Pilgrim‐Brown, J. (2025). Then and now: Twenty years of Education research methods use in the United Kingdom - Smith - British Educational Research Journal - Wiley Online LibraryLink opens in a new window