Research Projects
Below is a list of research projects for all research themes in the school. More specific information can be found in the areas of:
List of Current Projects
- Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Research Group
Project Leader(s): Sue Robson - SOLEs and SOMEs
Project Leader(s): Sugata Mitra - SOLEs and SOMEs
Project Leader(s): Sugata Mitra - Temporal Language and Thought
Project Leader(s): Panos Athanasopoulos - Short-term memory treatment for older adults with aphasia: Investigating its effectiveness for language understanding.
Project Leader(s): Christos Salis - Temporal Language and Thought
Project Leader(s): Panos Athanasopoulos - Sentence Repetition in Healthy Older Adults: The Contribution of Inhibitory Processing to Syntactic Processing
Project Leader(s): Christos Salis - Speaking features that distinguish IELTS proficiency levels
Project Leader(s): Paul Seedhouse - Dynamic Assessment of Novel Sentence Learning by Children of Varying Spoken Language Abilities
Project Leader(s): Nick Riches - Developing a replicable model of partnership working to improve the communication skills and academic attainment of children in an area of social deprivation
Project Leader(s): Helen Stringer - L2 Oral fluency and effects of interaction
Project Leader(s): Clare Wright - Digital Tabletop Whole-Class Deployment
Project Leader(s): Ahmed Kharruffa - Learning and Teaching Update
Project Leader(s): Kate Wall and David Leat (Editors) - Exploring transition activities in Gateshead schools
Project Leader(s): Jill Clark - Developing an Assessment Framework for Enquiry Skills
Project Leader(s): David Leat - Exploring the fitting of practice to context at Oakfields Community College
Project Leader(s): Pam Woolner - Understanding what matters most: exploring trajectories and transitions in children’s development and learning from the Foundation Stage to formal education.
Project Leader(s): Cristina McKean - A Connected Communities scoping review of the involvement of children and young people in research within the criminal justice area
Project Leader(s): Jill Clark - Creative Partnerships: Creating purpose, permission and passion for outdoor learning
Project Leader(s): Rachel Lofthouse - Developing the Potential of Retired Skype Mediators ("Sykpe Grannies")
Project Leader(s): Jill Clark - Breaking the cycle of offending: The Engage project
Project Leader(s): Jill Clark - Learning to Learn in Schools Phase 4 Evaluation
Project Leader(s): Kate Wall - Evaluation of the Welsh Government's Counselling in Schools Primary Pilot in Wrexham, Wales
Project Leader(s): Kathryn Hunt ( Glyndwr University) - Evaluation of the Welsh School Based Counselling Strategy
Project Leader(s): Andy Hill (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - BACP) - Orient Global Education Fund
Project Leader(s): James Tooley and Sugata Mitra
The OG Education Fund is directed by Prof. James Tooley and works in the area of improving school education in India - EquATE: Equal Acclaim for Teaching Excellence
Project Leader(s): Sue Robson - Learning to Learn in FE Evaluation
Project Leader(s): Kate Wall - Developing fortune lines as an instrument for mediating reading comprehension development
Project Leader(s): Carl Towler - Phonological acquisition in multilingual settings: the case of Lebanese Arabic
Project Leader(s): Ghada Khattab
This is a 3-year ESRC-funded research project under the First Grant Scheme - Exploring transition and the first year experience
Project Leader(s): Jill Clark - An evaluation of the DCSF Extended Schools Subsidy Pathfinder
Project Leader(s): Dr Liz Todd - Verb and sentence therapy for people with aphasia
Project Leader(s): Janet Webster - Consultancy: Professional enquiry through action research support
Project Leader(s): Kate Wall, Elaine Hall, David Leat, Rachel Lofthouse, Colleen Cummings and Jo McShane - What is the cause of phonological errors in aphasic speech and what is the most effective method of therapy for these errors?
Project Leader(s): Dr Anne Whitworth, Professor David Howard - Assessing thinking: Designing a model for the teaching of enquiry skills with the assessment and recording of learning outcomes in digital portfolios by secondary students
Project Leader(s): Kieran McGrane (Project Manager and Headteacher); David Kinninment (Project Supervisor and Assistant Headteacher); David Leat (Lead Academic, Newcastle University)
A Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) Programme - ESRC Researcher Development Initiative
Project Leader(s): Dr Jon Prosser (Leeds University) - Young people in care’s perceptions of themselves as learners and their aspirations for the future
Project Leader(s): Jo McShane - Improving the mental health and well-being of children and young people in the North-East of England: how can school counselling help?
Project Leader(s): Dr Sue Pattison - Open Future Evaluation
Project Leader(s): David Leat - Exploring wellbeing in schools: the Positive Psychology Programme
Project Leader(s): Jill Clark - Bridging the Gap: Transition Research
Project Leader(s): Ann Briggs - Cardinal Hume Catholic School Co-coaching Support
Project Leader(s): Rachel Lofthouse - QCA Inclusion Probe
Project Leader(s): David Leat - Small software for mathematics on hand held technology
Project Leader(s): David Wright - Competition, Innovation and Change in Education Markets for the Poor in Developing Countries
Project Leader(s): Professor James Tooley, Dr Pauline Dixon and Professor Sugata Mitra - Competition, Innovation and Change in Education Markets for the Poor in Developing Countries
Project Leader(s): James Tooley, Pauline Dixon, Sugata Mitra - An exploration of the processes and outcomes of coaching between secondary school teachers.
Project Leader(s): David Leat - Extended Schools Update
Project Leader(s): Colleen Cummings (Editor) - National Priorities CPD Award: Impact Evaluation
Project Leader(s): Jill Clark - Example Applied Linguistics project
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this is an intro - Global Media Ethics: Fundamental Values Amid Plurality
Project Leader(s): Herman Wasserman
International research project - Secondary PGCE Course Evaluation
Project Leader(s): Jo McShane - Assessment and Management of Children with English as an Additional Language Children who have Communication Impairments: Finding a new way forward
Project Leader(s): Dr Carolyn Letts, Dr Ghada Khattab
This is a funded seminar series. - Integrating impairment and social models of healthcare: Treating sentence level difficulties in aphasia and making a difference
Project Leader(s): Dr Anne Whitworth - Developing formative assessment using ICTs in education
Project Leader(s): Chris Falzon (Project Manager); Steve Higgins (Lead Academic) - An evaluation of the 14-19 Flexible Curriculum Programme
Project Leader(s): Jill Clark - Speech and Language Therapy in Parkinsons Disease: survey of practice.
Project Leader(s): Dr Nick Miller - Facilitating participation in the design process at Seaham College
Project Leader(s): Pam Woolner - Facilitating participation in the design process at Seaham College
Project Leader(s): Pam Woolner - An evaluation of the Bradford area extended schools programme
Project Leader(s): Colleen Cummings - Intensive Speech and Language therapy for older children with cerebral palsy: a systems approach
Project Leader(s): Dr Nick Miller - Developing Aphasia Therapy Resources
Project Leader(s): Dr Julie Morris and Dr Janet Webster - BFI Archiving and Research Project
Project Leader(s): Dr Tony Purvis and Gareth Longstaff - A swahili assessment of speech and voice dysfunction for people with neurological disorders
Project Leader(s): Dr Nick Miller - Counselling in Schools: A Research Study into Services for Children and Young People in Wales
Project Leader(s): Dr Sue Pattison / Nancy Rowland – Head of Research, British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) - Evaluating an innovative Support Centre for people with aphasia in the North East
Project Leader(s): Dr Julie Morris and Dr Anne Whitworth - The use of video in Mathematics CPD
Project Leader(s): David Wright - Vicarious learning and teaching of clinical reasoning skills
Project Leader(s): Dr. Julie Morris - Seaview Primary - Creative Partnerships
Project Leader(s): David Leat - Evaluating the progress in reading and spelling made by children who attend the Literacy Clinic, University of Newcastle.
Project Leader(s): Dr Carolyn Letts, Dr Sue Stothard
Small grant to evaluate literacy clinic work. - Evaluation of Tyne and Wear FCP2 project for 14-19 provision
Project Leader(s): Professor Ann Briggs - School Counselling for Girls in the Gambia: a Research Study on Effectiveness
Project Leader(s): Dr Sue Pattison - Leading partnerships for 14-19 educational provision
Project Leader(s): Prof Ann Briggs - Thinking for Learning and SATs scores: An investigation into the use of thinking skills strategies in primary classrooms in Northumberland and related scores in national tests
Project Leader(s): Hanneke Jones - An Evaluation of the DfES Full Service Extended Schools (FSES) Initiative
Project Leader(s): Alan Dyson and Liz Todd - Sunderland Action Research Pioneer Programmes Evaluation
Project Leader(s): Elaine Hall - Evaluation of the Activating Children’s Thinking Skills (ACTS) Project
Project Leader(s): David Leat - Sunderland Action Research Pioneer Programmes Evaluation
Project Leader(s): Elaine Hall - Sunderland Action Research Pioneer Programmes Evaluation
Project Leader(s): Elaine Hall - Developing an online audit tool examining 'teaching/learning activities & assessment methods’
Project Leader(s): Chris Falzon - Learning to Learn Phase 3: Action Research Support 2003-2006
Project Leader(s): Steve Higgins - Recruitment of minority ethnic students to the PGCE at Newcastle University Overview
Project Leader(s): Heather Smith - Evaluation of the Raising Aspirations in Schools (RAIS) Initiatives in Northumberland
Project Leader(s): Maggie Gregson (Sunderland University) - Range and pattern of change over time in objective and perceived measures of speech, voice and swallowing in Parkinson's disease
Project Leader(s): Dr Nick Miller - Evaluating the Role of the Artist in Building Schools for the Future
Project Leader(s): Pamela Woolner - Influences on vocabulary development in two-year-old children
Project Leader(s): Professor Stephanie F Stokes & Dr Thomas Klee - An Evaluation of a Sure Start Programme (Round 4) -Leam Lane Area, Gateshead
Project Leader(s): Jill Clark - Schools Renaissance
Project Leader(s): Elaine Hall, Kate Wall - The Role of Speech in Improving Diagnostic Accuracy of Parkinson's Disease
Project Leader(s): Dr Nick Miller - Assessment of Language in aphasia in Japanese
Project Leader(s): Prof. David Howard - EPPI-Centre Reviews by the Thinking Skills Review Group
Project Leader(s): Steve Higgins - The interactional organisation of the IELTS speaking test
Project Leader(s): Paul Seedhouse
The project produced a qualitative study of the IELTS Speaking Test, which is the most widely used English proficiency test for overseas applicants to British universities. - Evaluation of the impact of ESB Oral Communication
Project Leader(s): Jill Clark and David Moseley - Speech and swallowing problems in Parkinson's disease: prevalence, nature, severity and impact
Project Leader(s): Dr Nick Miller - School Buildings Literature Review
Project Leader(s): Elaine Hall and Kate Wall - Evaluation of Full Service Extended Schools in North Tyneside
Project Leader(s): Colleen Cummings and Dr. Liz Todd - Private Schools for the Poor in Developing Countries
Project Leader(s): James Tooley, Pauline Dixon - ESRC Research Seminar Series: Knowledge and Skills for Learning to Learn
Project Leader(s): David Moseley and David Leat - Research on Counselling Children and Young People: A Systematic Scoping Review
Project Leader(s): Dr Sue Pattison/Belinda Harris
This research review was commissioned by the British Association for Counselling and - British Council China Studies Project
Project Leader(s): Dr Mei Lin - Embedding ICT In The Literacy And Numeracy Strategies
Project Leader(s): Steve Higgins - Using thinking skills approaches to improve teaching and learning in primary schools
Project Leader(s): Steve Higgins - Speech in Parkinson's Disease: How Much of the Variation is Pathological?
Project Leader(s): Dr Nick Miller - Speech Deficits in Parkinson's Disease: A Detailed, Controlled Analysis of the Effects of Medication and Motor State
Project Leader(s): Dr Nick Miller - An investigation exploring the knowledge, skills and understanding of early years professionals surrounding children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASDs)
Project Leader(s): Steve Higgins - British Council China Study Grant: developing and evaluating a model for thinking skills intervention in the Asian context
Project Leader(s): Sue Robson and Mei Lin - Learning about Learning: Developing Digital Portfolios in the Primary School
Project Leader(s): Steve Higgins - An Evaluation of Thinking Skill Taxonomies for post-16 Learners
Project Leader(s): David Moseley - A Systematic and Critical Review of Learning Styles
Project Leader(s): Frank Coffield - Explaining foreign accent syndrome
Project Leader(s): Dr Nick Miller - Schools and area regeneration
Project Leader(s): Alan Dyson and Alan Millward - Systematic Review of Thinking Skills Approaches to Effective Teaching and Learning
Project Leader(s): Viv Baumfield and Steve Higgins - Interactive whole-class teaching in the literacy and numeracy hours
Project Leader(s): Frank Hardman and Fay Smith - Early Years Professionals’ Understandings of Children’s Speech and Language Development
Project Leader(s): Maria Mroz - Transition between Key Stages in Schools
Project Leader(s): Vivienne Baumfield, Mei Lin - Raising Attainment in Education: Increasing the attainments of under-achieving groups
Project Leader(s): Jill Clark and Alan Dyson - Evaluation of Threshold Assessment Procedures – Support for the Questionnaire Phase
Project Leader(s): Jill Clark and Ian Hall - An Evaluation of the Willington Education Action Zone (EAZ)
Project Leader(s): Alan Dyson - University of Manchester - An Evaluation of Sunderland LEA Literacy Transition Project
Project Leader(s): Frank Hardman - An Evaluation of the Quality Time Project
Project Leader(s): Jill Clark - Transition and Transfer between Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3
Project Leader(s): Mei Lin and Vivienne Baumfield - Talk, Thinking and ICT
Project Leader(s): Steve Higgins and Neil Mercer - GridREF Primary ICT Training Programme
Project Leader(s): Steve Higgins - Aphasia Research Clinic
Project Leader(s): Prof. David Howard Dr Sue Franklin - Babies Need Books. Young Children’s Early Literacy Experiences Explored.
Project Leader(s): Elaine Hall, Joan Santer and Donna Middleton - Pedagogical Analysis of A Level Syllabi
Project Leader(s): Jill Clark, Elaine Hall - An investigation into the impact of the National Literacy Strategy on the literacy learning of pupils with Special Educational Needs in literacy in mainstream primary schools
Project Leader(s): Frank Hardman, Fay Smith - Northeast School Based Research Consortium
Project Leader(s): Dr Vivienne Baumfield, Dr David Leat, Mrs Sally Taverner - Evaluation of the impact of teacher research scholarship scheme on teachers’ professional development
Project Leader(s): Viv Baumfield - An investigation of the relationship between young children’s understanding of the concept of place value and their competence at mental addition and subtraction
Project Leader(s): Ian Thompson - Early mathematics and specific concrete materials
Project Leader(s): Rod Bramald - Evaluation of the Training Strategy of Reviving the Heart of the West End SRB programme
Project Leader(s): Jill Clark - The Development of Gender Roles in Young Children: a review of policy and academic literature
Project Leader(s): Christine Skelton - Evaluation of the impact of 'Thinking Skills interventions in HM Prisons
Project Leader(s): David Moseley, Jill Clark, Elaine Hall, Ian Hall, Jen Miller and Vivienne Baumfield - Young Bangladeshi People’s Experience of Transition to Adulthood: A Study of Ethnic Invisibility.
Project Leader(s): Chris Haywood and Mairtin Mac an Ghaill - Society, Culture and Identity
Project Leader(s): Mairtin Mac an Ghaill, Chris Haywood - Learning Styles and Pedagogy in post 16 Education
Project Leader(s): Frank Coffield, Kathyrn Ecclestone, Elanie Hall and David Moseley - An Evaluation of the Pennywell Community and Health Resource Project
Project Leader(s): Ian Hall - Mentoring for diversity in a predominantly monolingual area: the development of a specialist partnership group: a pilot study
Project Leader(s): Dr. Heather Jane Smith
This pilot study aimed to monitor the creation of a specialist partnership group involving local schools, local ethnic minority achievement services, and an ITE provider, and its capacity to support the mentoring of ITE students in their appropriation of - Psychological Significance of Production Templates in Phonological and Lexical Advance: A Cross-Linguistic Study.
- Baseline Data for Arabic Acquisition with Clinical Applications
- Learning languages, cultures and cuisines in digital interactive kitchens
- NUCASE: Newcastle University Corpus of Academic Spoken English
- Temporal language and thought in bilinguals
- Texas Instruments 'NSpire Navigator' Project
- Previous Research Projects