Research Projects
Research Projects
For details of specific projects, please click on the relevant title links to open up the Project Summary Sheets.
Current and recent research projects
| Funder | Project Title | Duration | Amount | Project leader and (team) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEFCE Catalyst | Innovation and the Application of Knowledge for More Effective Policing | May 15 - Apr 20 | £846K (of £7.2 million awarded) | Jill Clark |
| FP7 | Improving Progress for Lower Achievers through Formative Assessment in Science, Technology and Mathematics Education (FaSMEd) | Jan 14 - Dec 16 | £245,213 (of £1.2 million awarded) |
Jill Clark (David Wright, Lucy Tiplady David Leat) |
| Joseph Rowntree Foundation | Evaluation of Thinking Differently | Oct 13 - Jun 16 | £89,998 |
Liz Todd (Karen Laing, Jill Clark, Ivy Papps, Dorothy Newbury-Birch |
| AHRC | Co-curate North East: creating sustainable routes for North East communities to digitally transform and co-produce open cultural resources |
Oct 13 - Mar 15 | £36,155 (of £398,737 awarded) |
Eric Cross (David Leat, Lucy Tiplady, Ulrike Thomas, Jill Clark) |
| Erasmus+ 2014 Key Action 2 (KA2) Strategic Partnership | Interactive dual language immersive learning space | Sept 14 - Aug 2016 | €261,317 |
Heather Smith (Lydia Wysocki) |
| Erasmus+ 2014 Key Action 2 (KA2) - Cooperation and Innovation for Good Practices | Entrepreneurial competencies for school leadership teams | Sept 14 - Aug 2016 | €299,745 |
Sue Robson (Ulrike Thomas) |
| Nuffield Foundation | Out of School Activity and the Education Gap | Apr 14 - Jun 16 | £24,500 |
Liz Todd (Karen Laing) |
| Mentor UK | Evaluation of MPACT Plus | Mar 14 - Oct 15 | £11,000 | Karen Laing |
| Winifred Smith Fund | Classroom Space: Investigating and Cataloguing Primary School Classroom Space in North East England | Apr 15 - Feb 16 |
£10,000 |
Pam Woolner (Ulrike Thomas, Alison Whelan) |
| Catherine Cookson Foundation | Investigating the impact of social participation programmes for people with aphasia: The NETA Support Centre |
Feb 15 - Jun 15 |
£1,800 |
Julie Morris (Karen Laing, Jill Clark) |
| Newcastle Institute for Social Renewal | Learning for Change: Review of Rickleton Primary School’s Premises | Feb 2014 - Jul 2014 |
£830 |
Pam Woolner (Ulrike Thomas) |
| Catherine Cookson Foundation | Supporting the Progression of Looked After Young People to University: Evaluating the work of the North-East Raising Aspirations Partnership | Sept 13 - Jul 14 |
£2,940 |
Laura Mazzoli Smith (Karen Laing, Lil Collingham) |
| The Learning Challenge Foundation Limited | Place to Grow | Jun 13 – Jan 14 | £4,341 |
Lucy Tiplady (Pam Woolner) |
| Institute for Local Governance | Diamond Model Evaluation - Literature review |
Feb 12 onwards
|
£6,000 |
Liz Todd (Karen Laing) |
| Helen Hamlyn / Open Futures | Open Futures |
Mar 12 - Jan 14 |
£30,000 |
Pamela Woolner (Lucy Tiplady, David Leat) |