Curriculum Vitae: Dr. John Peter Jerrim
Department of Quantitative Social Science, UCL Institute of Education,
55-59 Gordon Square, Bloomsbury, WC1H 0AL
email: J.Jerrim@ioe.ac.uk
Education
BSc Economics, 1st Class Honours Degree, University of Southampton 2005.
MSc Social Statistics, Distinction, University of Southampton 2007.
PhD Social Statistics, University of Southampton 2011.
Academic Employment
Reader in Educational and Social Statistics, September 2014 – present, Institute of Education,
University of London.
Lecturer in Economics and Social Statistics, October 2012 – September 2014, Institute of
Education, University of London.
ESRC Post-Doctoral Fellow, November 2011 – October 2012, Institute of Education, University of
London.
Quantitative Research Officer, August 2010 – November 2011, Institute of Education, University of
London.
Awards and scholarships
ESRC prize for ‘Outstanding Early Career Impact’ (£10,000).
Awarded prize for the ‘best presentation’ at the British Educational Research Association Early
Career Researcher conference 2012.
Awarded prize as the ‘most promising PhD student in the quantitative social sciences’ at the
University of Southampton, January 2010.
ESRC 1 + 3 Research Studentship 2006-2010.
ESRC Advanced Quantitative Methods Stipend 2006-2010.
Editorial responsibilities
Editorial board of Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability
(http://www.springer.com/education+%26+language/journal/11092?detailsPage=editorialBoard)
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Published papers
Jerrim, J. (2015) ‘Why do East Asian children perform so well in PISA? An investigation of
Western-born children of East Asian descent’ Oxford Review of Education
DOI:10.1080/03054985.2015.1028525
Jerrim, J. and Vignoles, A. (2015) ‘University access for disadvantaged children: A comparison
across English speaking countries.’ Higher Education DOI: 10.1007/s10734-015-9878-6
Jerrim, J. and Micklewright, J. (2014). ‘Socioeconomic gradients in children’s cognitive skills: are
cross-country comparisons robust to who reports family background?’ European Sociological
Review 30(6): 766-781.
Jerrim, J.; Vignoles, A.; Lingam, R. and Friend, A. (2015) ‘The socio-economic gradient in
children’s reading skills and the role of genetics.’ British Education Research Journal 41(1): 6-29.
Jerrim, J. and Choi, A. (2014) ‘The mathematics skills of school children: how does the UK
compare to the high performing East Asian nations?’ Journal of Education Policy 29(3): 349-76.
Jerrim, J. (2014) ‘The unrealistic educational expectations of high school pupils: is America
exceptional?’ The Sociology Quarterly 55(1): 196 – 231.
Jerrim, J. (2013) ‘The reliability of trends over time in international education test scores: is the
performance of England’s secondary school pupils really in relative decline?’ Journal of Social
Policy 42(2): 259–279.
Jerrim, J. and Vignoles, A. (2013) ‘Social mobility, regression to the mean and the cognitive
development of high ability children from disadvantaged homes.’ Journal of the Royal Statistical
Society series A 176(4): 887 – 906.
Jerrim, J. (2013) ‘Do college students make better predictions of their future income than young
adults in the labor force?’ Education Economics 23(2): 162-179.
Jerrim, J. (2012) ‘The socio-economic gradient in teenagers’ literacy skills: how does England
compare to other countries?’ Fiscal Studies 33(2):159–84.
Jerrim, J. (2011) ‘The wage expectations of UK students: are they realistic?’ Fiscal Studies 32 (4):
483 – 509.
Parker, P. Bodkin-Andrews, G. Marsh, H. Jerrim, J. and Schoon, I. (2013) ‘Will closing the
achievement gap solve the problem? An analysis of primary and secondary effects for indigenous
university entry.’ Journal of Sociology. DOI: 10.1177/1440783313498946
Stapinski, L; Montgomery, A.; Heron, J.; Jerrim, J.; Vignoles, A. and Araya, R. (2013) ‘Depression
symptom trajectories and associated risk factors among adolescents in Chile.’ PLOS-ONE 8(10):
e78323.
Gilbert, J. Appleton, A. Jerrim, J. Beard, C. and Russell-Jones, D. (2013) ‘Elderly patient feeding
project.’ Clinical Medicine 13(3): 324.
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Book chapters
Jerrim, J. and Micklewright, J. (2011) ‘Children’s cognitive ability and parents’ education:
distinguishing the impact of mothers and fathers’, in T. Smeeding, R. Erikson and M. Jantti (eds)
Persistence, Privilege and Parenting: The Comparative Study of Intergenerational Mobility, New
York: Russell Sage Foundation.
Jerrim, J. and Micklewright, J. (2012) ‘Parental socio-economic status and children’s cognitive
achievement at ages 9 and 15: how do the links vary across countries?’, in J. Ermisch, M. Jantti and
R. Erikson (eds) Inequality from Childhood to Adulthood: A Cross-National Perspective on the
Transmission of Advantage, New York: Russell Sage Foundation .
Jerrim, J. and Schoon, I. (2014) ‘Do children want to become scientists? A comparison of gender
differences in adolescents’ attitudes, expectations and academic skill across 29 countries.’ In J.
Eccles and I. Schoon (eds) Gender Differences in Aspirations and Attainment: A Life Course
Perspective, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Book reviews
Jerrim, J. (2014) ‘PISA, Power and Policy’ by Heinz-Dieter Meyer and Aaron Benavot. Assessment
in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice. DOI: 10.1080/0969594X.2013.877874
Revise and resubmit
Parker, P.; Jerrim, J.; Schoon, I.; and Marsh, H. ‘Does tracking make a difference? A multination
study of socio-economic inequality in high school choices.’ American Education Research Journal
Jerrim, J. and Macmillan, L. ‘Income inequality, intergenerational mobility and the Great Gatsby
Curve: is education the key?’ Social Forces
Jerrim, J. ‘The link between family background and later lifetime income: how does the UK
compare to other countries?’ Fiscal Studies (conditional accept)
Jerrim, J. and de Vries, R. ‘The limitations of quantitative social science for informing public
policy.’ Evidence and Policy.
Papers under review
Jerrim, J. and Choi, A. ‘The use (and misuse) of PISA in guiding policy reform: the case of Spain’
Comparative Education
Jerrim, J. ‘PISA 2012: How do results for the paper and computer tests compare?’ Assessment in
Education: Principles, Policy & Practice
Jerrim, J.; Chmielewski, K. and Parker, Phil. ‘Socioeconomic inequality in access to “high-status”
colleges: a cross-country comparison of primary and secondary effects.’ Research in Social
Stratification and Mobility
Jerrim, J.; Choi, A. and Rodriguez, R. ‘Two-Sample Two-Stage Least Squares (TSTSLS) estimates
of earnings mobility: how inconsistent are they?’ Journal of Economic Inequality
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Jerrim, J. and Vignoles, A. ‘The causal effect of East Asian ‘mastery’ teaching methods on English
children’s mathematics skills.’ Economics of Education Review
Jerrim, J. and Vignoles, A. ‘Socio-economic differences in children’s test scores: what we do
know, what we don’t know and what we need to know.’ Longitudinal and Lifecourse Studies
Book chapters under review
Jerrim, J. and Anders, J. ‘The socio-economic gradient in educational attainment and labour
market outcomes: a cross-national comparison.’
Philip P.; Jerrim, J.; Chmielewski, A. and Herbert Marsh. ‘Machine Learning Approaches to
Developmental Transition: Illustrating Penalized Regression and Decision Tree Models of
University Entry.’
Grants
Principal Investigator
Department for Education. ‘Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2015 report
for England, Wales and Northern Ireland.’ £470,727. 2012 – 2017.
ESRC Future Research Leaders. ‘Family background, educational attainment and labour market
outcomes: a cross-national comparison.’ £284,318. November 2013 – November 2016.
Education Endowment Foundation. ‘Maths Mastery in secondary schools: A randomized control
trial.’ £123,454. December 2012 – December 2017.
ESRC Post-doctoral Fellowship. ‘Labour market and educational expectations of adolescents and
young adults.’ £107,407. November 2011 – October 2012.
Education Endowment Foundation. ‘Chess in Schools and Communities: A randomised control
trial.’ £80,338. March 2013 – September 2017.
OECD. ‘Thomas J. Alexander fellowship.’ £37,605. January 2014 – December 2014.
The Sutton Trust. ‘SES gaps in children’s reading skills.’ £10,000. January 2010 – July 2013.
British Academy small grant. ‘University access amongst disadvantaged children: a cross-country
comparison.’ £7,010. April 2012 – October 2013.
British Academy ‘Rising Star Engagement Award. ‘Facilitating cross-national collaboration
amongst early career researchers.’ £15,000. March 2015 – March 2016.
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Co- Investigator
Education Endowment Foundation. ‘Maths Mastery in primary schools: A randomized control
trial.’ £208,794. 2012 – 2014.
Department for Education. ‘Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) 2013 report for
England.’ £174,475. 2011 – 2015.
Education Endowment Foundation. ‘Learner Response System: A randomised control trial.’
£49,835. 2013 – 2017.
Education Endowment Foundation. ‘Early Language Learning: A randomised control trial.’
£36,191. 2013 – 2014.
Media coverage
1. The Guardian – Editorial, ‘Overhauling exams: lessons in nostalgia’. 17th September 2012.
Accessed 17/12/12 from http://www.guardian.co.uk/global/2012/sep/17/overhauling-examslessons-in-nostalgia-editorial#start-of-comments
2. BBC News website, ‘No evidence for England's schools falling behind’. 7th December 2011.
Accessed 17/12/12 from http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-16054654
3. The Guardian, ‘Top of the flops: has England really tumbled down school league tables?’.
7th December 2011. Accessed 17/12/12 from
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/mortarboard/2011/dec/07/schools-michaelgove
4. The London Evening Standard, ‘No evidence of pupil exam decline’. 7th December 2011.
Accessed 18/12/12 from http://www.standard.co.uk/newsheadlines/no-evidence-of-pupilexam-decline-6375735.html
5. The New Statesman, ‘The Tories' manipulation of education statistics’. 30th July 2012.
Accessed 17/12/12 from http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/politics/2012/07/toriesmanipulation-education-statistics?quicktabs_most_read=0l
6. The Times Educational Supplement, ‘Gove accused of building upon shaky PISA
foundations’. 11th November 2012. Accessed 18/12/12 from
http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=6298801
7. Report Magazine, ‘A world of ideas’. January 2013. Accessed 17/01/13 from
http://www.atl.org.uk/publications-and-resources/report/2013/2013-january-internationalcomparisons.asp
8. The Huffington Post, ‘England’s poor performance rubbished’. 7th December 2011.
Accessed 17/12/12 from http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2011/12/07/englands-poor-pisaperformance-rubbished_n_1133451.html
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9. Wales Online, ‘Education experts call for changes after Wales suffers in PISA assessment’.
7th January 2012. Accessed 18/12/12 from http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/educationnews/2012/01/07/education-experts-call-for-changes-after-wales-suffers-in-pisa-assesment91466-30074746/
10. Times Educational Supplement, ‘Can our schools raise their standards by emulating high
achieving systems abroad?’. 9th March 2012. Accessed 17/12/12 from
http://europe.nxtbook.com/nxteu/tsl/TES_STEM_20120309/index.php?startid=5
11. The Daily Post, ‘Still lessons to be learnt from flawed PISA’. 10th January 2012. Accessed
18/12/12 from http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/local-north-wales-news/cardiffnews/2012/01/10/still-lessons-to-be-learnt-from-flawed-pisa-says-professor-5557830090180/
12. The New Statesman, ‘How Michael Gove manipulated education statistics’. 8th November
2012. Accessed 18/12/12 from http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2012/11/howmichael-gove-manipulated-education-statistics
13. The Guardian - Editorial, ‘Michael Gove: failing the test’. 21st June 2012. Accessed
17/12/12 from http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/jun/21/michael-gove-testeditorial
14. BBC News, ‘Bright pupils from poor backgrounds lag two years behind rich’. 29th June 2012. Accessed
17/01/2013 from http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-18644830
15. The Guardian, ‘Rich, bright students still ahead’. 29th June 2012. Accessed 18/12/12 from
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/feedarticle/10312571
16. The Daily Telegraph, ‘Poor pupils two years behind wealthier class mates at 15’. 29th June
2012. Accessed 18/12/12 from
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/9362870/Poor-pupils-two-yearsbehind-wealthier-classmates-at-15.html
17. The Financial Times, ‘Unemployment set to impede social mobility’. 29th June 2012.
Accessed 18/12/12 from http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3eabaab0-c12f-11e1-817900144feabdc0.html
18. The Huffington Post, ‘Rich children two years ahead of poorer classmates, IoE survey
finds’. 29th June 2012. Accessed 18/12/12 from
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/06/29/rich-children-two-years-ahead-poorerclassmates_n_1636701.html
19. The London Evening Standard, ‘Rich, bright students still ahead’. 29th June 2012.
Accessed 18/12/12 from http://www.standard.co.uk/panewsfeeds/rich-bright-students-stillahead-7897451.html
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20. Teaching Times, ‘Huge gap in reading scores between bright children in top and bottom
social groups’. 29th June 2012. Accessed 17/12/12 from
http://www.teachingtimes.com/news/gap-top-bottom-social-groups.htm
21. The National Literacy Trust, ‘Clever pupils from disadvantaged households two years
behind wealthier peers in reading’. 4th July 2012. Accessed 18/12/12 from
http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/news/4730_clever_pupils_from_disadvantaged_households_
two_years_behind_wealthier_peers_in_reading
22. The Times Educational Supplement - Letters, ‘Grappling with the attainment gap’. 6th July
2012. Accessed 18/12/12 from http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=6259988
23. Glasgow Herald, ‘Poverty gap teaching appeal’. 8th July 2012. Accessed 18/12/12 from
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/education/poverty-gap-teaching-appeal.18048578
24. The Times Educational Supplement Pro, ‘Achievement gap is wide even at the top’.10th
August 2012. Accessed 18/12/12 from
http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storyCode=6266890
25. BBC Radio – Interview with Victoria Derbyshire, 29th June 2012. Available from
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01k75f2/Victoria_Derbyshire_29_06_2012/ 1hr
8mins
26. The Times Higher Education Supplement, ‘Report highlights access benefit for children of
graduates’. 14th December 2012. Accessed 18/12/12 from
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=422138&c=1
27. The Huffington Post, ‘Chance of attending university still influenced by parents’
education’. 14th December 2012. Accessed 18/12/12 from
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/12/14/parents-still-influence-universitychance_n_2298821.html
28. The Daily Express, ‘Parents influence uni chances’. 14th December 2012. Accessed
18/12/12 from http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/364697/Parents-influence-uni-chances29. The BBC website http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-21535055
30. Telegraph: Bright secondary school pupils two years behind peers in the Far East (page
lead) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/9885577/Bright-pupils-fallingtwo-years-behind-peers-in-Far-East.html
31. The Times: Cleverest maths pupils ‘fall behind children in Far East’ (page lead) – available
only to subscribers
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32. Daily Mail: English pupils two years behind the Chinese in maths by the age of 16 (page
lead) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2282577/English-pupils-years-Chinesemaths-age-16.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
33. Independent: Maths pupils trail those in the Far East
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/english-pupils-two-yearsbehind-asian-peers-in-maths-8505821.html
34. Financial Times: Bright pupils behind Asian peers in maths, study finds – subscribers only
35. Sun: Brainiest kids trail to Orient success
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/politics/4807080/Brainiest-kids-in-Englandare-TWO-YEARS-behind-their-peers-in-the-Far-East.html
36. The Press Association also produced a report on the findings which was carried by
37. The Guardian: Star maths pupils in England two years behind Asian peers by age 16
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2013/feb/22/maths-pupils-england-behind-chinese
38. The Guardian/Observer
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/feb/22/league-tables-pupils-behind-maths
39. TES http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=6320366
40. Evening Standard: Maths results gap 'widens with age'
http://www.standard.co.uk/panewsfeeds/maths-results-gap-widens-with-age-8506173.html
41. Wales online: Maths results gap 'widens with age'
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/2013/02/22/maths-results-gap-widens-with-age91466-32858567/
42. Caemarfon Herald: Maths results gap 'widens with age'
http://www.caernarfonherald.co.uk/caernarfon-county-news/uk-world-news/2013/02/22/mathsresults-gap-widens-with-age-88817-32858571/
43. Engineering and Technology Magazine: UK maths students two years behind foreign
rivals
http://eandt.theiet.org/news/2013/feb/maths-students.cfm
44. Web India: 16-year-old English pupils two years behind Chinese counterparts in maths
http://news.webindia123.com/news/Articles/World/20130222/2161104.html
45. Asian Scientist: 16-Year-Old English Kids Two Years Behind Asian Peers, Study
http://www.asianscientist.com/academia/16-year-english-kids-two-years-behind-asian-peers-2013/
46. Bay Ledger: Maths students in England lag behind Asian peers
http://www.blnz.com/news/2013/02/22/Maths_students_England_behind_Asian_ef9b.html
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47. Today Online (Singapore): Star maths pupils in England two years behind Asian peers by
age 16
http://www.todayonline.com/world/europe/star-maths-pupils-england-two-years-behind-asianpeers-age-16-study
48. India Vision: A 16-year-old English pupils two years behind Chinese counterparts in maths
http://www.indiavision.com/news/article/international/399930/a-16yearold-english-pupilstwo-years-behind-chinese-counterparts-in-maths/#ixzz2LuI5ymtF
49. Schools minister Liz Truss on the Spectator magazine website
Our brightest children are falling behind their peers in other countries
http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/2013/02/our-brightest-children-are-falling-behind-theirpeers-in-other-countries/
50. The Labour Party Labour: This report shows Michael Gove has the wrong priorities –
Brennan
http://www.politicshome.com/uk/article/72776/this_report_shows_michael_gove_has_the_wrong_p
riorities_brennan.html
51. The Daily Telegraph: British school boys suffer most from wealth gap
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/10173926/Poor-boys-two-and-a-halfyears-behind-wealthy-peers.html
52. BBC News Online: Class divide in boys reading skills seen in PISA scores
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-23271555
53. Times Educational Supplement: Literacy – Poverty can set the brightest back by three
years http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=6343243
54. The Guardian: Poor pupils behind rich in reading
55. The Guardian: Clever but poor boys “are 30 months behind richer peers in reading”
http://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/jul/12/education-poverty-clever-pupilsreading-gap
56. The I: Study finds poor boys lose out
57. Daily Mirror: Bright poor pupils 2years behind rich http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uknews/bright-poor-boys-lag-two-and-a-half-2046354
58. The Scotsman: Literacy gap between rich and poor pupils “a worrying trend”
http://www.scotsman.com/news/education/3-year-reading-gap-between-rich-and-poorpupils-1-2998847
59. Sky News: The reading gap. 5 minute live interview
60. Sky News online: Clever boys losing out due to wealth divide (also on numerous local radio
stations) http://news.sky.com/story/1114728/clever-boys-losing-out-due-to-wealth-divide
61. Evening Standard Online: Worrying gap between bright boys
http://www.standard.co.uk/panewsfeeds/worrying-gap-between-bright-boys-8704169.html
62. Yorkshire Post: Worrying gap between brightest boys
63. Western Morning News: Report – worrying gap between brightest boys
64. Daily Mirror website: Bright, poor boys lag two and a half years behind classmates from
richer homes in reading http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/bright-poor-boys-lag-twoand-a-half-2046354
65. Shropshire Live: Class divide for boys’ reading
66. Northern Echo: Poor lag behind in reading
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67. Radio 4: PISA – global education tables tested
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03j9mx2/PISA_Global_Education_Tables_Tested/
68. The Sunday Times: Students off to cheap US
http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/uk_news/Education/article1338672.ece
69. The Daily Mirror: Working class teenagers being kept out of top universities
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/working-class-teenagers-being-kept-out-2785447
70. The Guardian: Working-class students shun top universities, says study
http://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/nov/13/working-class-students-shun-topuniversities
71. BBC: Poor pupils with good grades ‘miss top universities’
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-24917394
72. The Daily Telegraph: Access to top universities ‘still linked to family income’
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/universityeducation/10444863/Access-to-topuniversities-still-linked-to-family-income.html
73. Times Higher Education: Access gap ‘not completely explained by grades’
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/access-gap-not-completely-explained-bygrades/2008993.article
74. Huffington Post: Working class teens shun top universities, study suggests US institutions
are cheaper http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/11/13/working-class-teens-shununiversity_n_4265202.html
75. The New York Times: Measuring the wealth effect in education
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/02/world/europe/measuring-the-wealth-effect-ineducation.html?hpw&rref=education&_r=0
76. BBC News 24: Live interview regarding PISA 2012 results for the UK
77. BBC Online: OECD ‘debunks myth’ that poor will fail at school
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-26015532
78. Voice of Russia: No link between genes and reading ability
http://voiceofrussia.com/uk/news/2014_04_30/No-link-between-genes-and-reading-abilitystudy-6469/
79. CNBC: Asian countries dominate global education ranking
http://www.cnbc.com/id/101654608
80. BBC Online: UK shifts to graduate economy, but worry over skills gap
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-29086591
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Policy Engagement and dissemination (2012 onwards)
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February 2012. Socio –economic differences in children’s reading skills using PISA data. Presentation
at the Finnish Institute
(http://www.pathwaystoadulthood.org/docs/HappySchool4LondonProgramme.pdf)
May 2012. Access to higher education in the UK. Presentation at the Sutton Trust social mobility
summit (http://www.suttontrust.com/research/social-mobility-summit-anna-vignolesjohn-jerrimpresentation/
October 2012. Access to higher education in the UK. Presentation at the Action on Access annual
conference, Universities UK. (http://actiononaccess.org/blog/access-to-higher-education-summit-23october-2012)
March 2013. Social mobility and the Child Poverty Commission meeting. One to one discussion
evidence on international comparisons and socio-economic gaps.
April 2013. International comparisons of educational data. Presentation to the Centre for Social Justice.
July 2013. Social mobility and London exceptionalism. Panel member discussion with the APPG on
Social Mobility.
July 2013. Social mobility and the Child Poverty Commission meeting. Panel member on the
roundtable discussion.
September 2013. Round-table with Department of Education about primary school ‘baselining’
October 2013. OECD meeting in Bucharest, Romania. International meeting discussing the TALIS 2013
report for England.
November 2013. Access to elite higher education institutions. Presentation at the Sutton Trust
conference. (http://www.suttontrust.com/news/events/advancing-access-and-admissionssummit/programme/)
November 2013. Social mobility and the Child Poverty Commission. Presentation on educational
trajectories and genetics.
(http://www.bristol.ac.uk/cmpo/events/2013/socialmobility/conferenceprogramme.pdf)
November 2013. OECD. Meeting to discuss the link between income inequality and intergenerational
mobility.
December 2013. Education Select Committee. Oral evidence on socio-economic disadvantage and
educational attainment from PISA.
December 2013. Education Select Committee. Written evidence on socio-economic disadvantage and
educational attainment from PISA.
December 2013. Education Media Centre. International release of the PISA 2012 results.
December 2013. Education Media Centre. Education and genetics – media briefing.
February 2014. Socio-economic differences in educational attainment. Invited seminar in Portcullis
House by Frank Field MP.
February 2014. Social mobility and education. All Souls meeting, Oxford.
March – May 2014. Secondment to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
(OECD). Paris.
June 2014. Speaker at the Education Endowment Foundation evaluator’s conference.
July 2014. Keynote Speaker at the Government Statistical Service annual conference.
November 2014. PISA 2015 meeting of National Project Managers.
November 2014. Overseas Development Institute. Panel member 2015 indicators.
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January to December 2015. Member of the ‘Upreach’ steering group on research into access to the
professions.
February 2015. Presentation to Ofsted on East Asian teaching methods and success in PISA
February 2015. Presentation to ARK on the Maths Mastery randomised controlled trials
February 2015. Presentation to the Cabinet Office on the strengths of RCTs in the Social Sciences
March 2015. Invited talk by the OECD on TALIS 2013 national report for England. (Amsterdam)
March 2015. Seminar at the Houses of Parliament with Barry Sheerman on PISA and its use in
policymaking.
March 2015. Member of the ‘Shanghai-Exchange’ steering group (Department for Education).
April 2015. Invited guest to OECD seminar about the Thomas J Alexander Fellowship
October 2015. Invited keynote presentation to the Fundación Ramón Areces Foundation. Madrid, Spain.
Seminars / conferences (2012 onwards)
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April 11th 2012: ‘The educational expectations of young adults.’ British Sociological Association annual
conference, University of Leeds (http://www.britsoc.co.uk/events/bsa-annualconference/programme.aspx)
June 17th – 19th 2012: ‘Access to higher education in the UK compared to other countries.’ IWAEE
conference, Catanzaro Italy (http://www.iwaee.org/)
June 29th: ‘Socio –economic differences in children’s reading skills using PISA data.’ Presentation at the
Institute for Fiscal Studies (http://www.ifs.org.uk/events/792)
August 30th 2012: ‘Access to higher education in the UK compared to other countries.’ Education
divisional seminar, Michigan State University
(http://calendar.outreach.msu.edu/EventView.aspx?event=9e8cbdbd-cfb7-4fa4-b1aa-883c3d9b81d0)
September 4th 2012: ‘Changes in PISA data over time in the UK.’ British Educational Research
Association Early Career Researcher conference (http://beraconference.co.uk/)
September 5th 2012: ‘Changes in PISA data over time in the UK.’ British Educational Research
Association conference (http://beraconference.co.uk/)
October 17th 2012: ‘Access to higher education in the UK.’ Department of Quantitative Social Science
seminar series, Institute of Education, University of London.
October 19th 2012: ‘Access to higher education in the UK.’ LLAKES annual conference, Institute of
Education, University of London. (http://www.llakes.org/llakes-conference/)
May 2013: ‘The mathematics skills of school children: how does the UK compare to the high
performing East Asian nations.’ Presentation at the pathways meeting. Tubingen, Germany.
June 2013: ‘Higher education access across countries.’ European Society of Population Economics.
Aarhus, Denmark.
July 2013: ‘The socio-economic gradient in children’s reading skills and the role of genetics.’
Understanding Society annual conference 2013. Essex, UK.
November 2013: ‘Income inequality and intergenerational mobility: Does the Great Gatsby Curve really
exist?’ Institute of Education, University of London DoQSS seminar.
(http://www.ioe.ac.uk/research/departments/qss/36262.html)
November 2013: ‘Chess in schools: a randomised controlled trial.’ Presentation at the pathways
meeting. Windsor, UK.
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December 2013: ‘Income inequality and intergenerational mobility: Does the Great Gatsby Curve really
exist?’ Nuffield College, Oxford. (http://www.nuff.ox.ac.uk/Lists/Events/DisplayEvent.aspx?ID=252)
December 2013: ‘Chess research across Europe?’ Institute of Education (host).
March 2014. Comparative and International Education Society 2014. (http://www.cies.us/2014/)
April 2014. ‘Socio-economic differences in access to higher status university: a cross-country
comparison.’ American Educational Research Association 2014.
May 2014. ‘Income inequality, intergenerational mobility and the Great Gatsby Curve: is education the
key?’ OECD.
July 9th 2014. ‘Creating research impact.’ ESRC Research Methods Festival.
November 14th-16th 2014. Pathways meeting. Marbach Castle. Germany.
April 2015. American Education Research Association annual conference.
April 2015. Presentation to ISER (Essex).
April 2015. Presentation to George Washington University and UCL.
May 2015. Presentation IEB Barcelona.
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