Shows
Department of Education Public SeminarsEducation, inequality and institutionsThis seminar will present recent research on the relationship between economic inequality and educational achievement as measured by large scale assessments. We begin by identifying a debate within the literature between those who advocate a "skills premium" for achievement and those who warn against the harmful consequences of inequality for achievement. We use a more extensive empirical dataset and more robust statistical models to show that the relationship between achievement and inequality is moderated by income: in other words, the relationship is different in high-income and low-income countries. The former demonstrates a relationship consistent with the “skills premium” literature, while the...2017-06-0644 min
St Edmund Hall Research Expo 2017: Teddy TalksThe Politics of Student Mobility: what do international student statistics tell us about the democratic development of their home countries?Can you view studying abroad as an apprenticeship in democracy? Maia Chankseliani discusses her work, which focusses on former Soviet Union countries, linking student mobility with the level of democratic development in the student’s home country. Maia Chankseliani is Associate Professor of Comparative and International Education2017-04-0310 min