Public Seminar Series: What Works? Reflecting on the EEF’s development and impact, and its relationship with academic research
Since its inception in 2011 as the ‘What Works’ centre for education, the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) has built a strong reputation in the school system promoting evidence-informed practice, and continues to provoke interest and imitation internationally. It has recently been re-endowed to enable its work for at least another decade. But arguably its impact on academic educational research has been relatively limited. EEF Chief Executive Professor Becky Francis will outline the EEF’s recent developments and strategic direction, and reflect on the EEF’s achievements, limitations and learning to date. She will attend to the EEF’s relationship with academia and wider educational research, reflecting on successful existing and potential collaborations and opportunities, addressing some myths about the EEF, and inviting greater strategic engagement of HEIs and academic teams with the EEF, for the benefit of socially-disadvantaged pupils.
Date: 6 November 2023, 17:00 (Monday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2023)
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room A and online
Speaker: Professor Becky Francis (Education Endowment Foundation)
Organising department: Department of Education
Organiser: Professor Steve Strand (University of Oxford)
Part of: Public Seminar Series 2023/24
Booking required?: Recommended
Booking url: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/public-seminar-series-professor-becky-francis-tickets-665412054367
Audience: Public
Editors: Hannah Freeman, Heather Sherkunov