Race, sex, class and educational achievement at age 16
Seminar 4 of Hilary Term’s Sociology Seminar Series

Please join either in person or online. For in-person attendees, the talk will be preceded by a light lunch at 12.15pm.

Please email comms@sociology.ox.ac.uk with any questions or to receive the Microsoft Teams link.

Biography

Steve Strand has been Professor of Education at the University of Oxford since 2013. Previously he was Professor of Education at the University of Warwick (2005-2012), Senior Assessment Consultant and Head of Research and Data Analysis at GL assessment, the UK’s leading educational test and assessment publisher (1998-2005), and Head of Research and Evaluation at Wandsworth (1990-1998) and at Croydon (1988-1990) Local Education Authorities.

His research interests are in ethnic, social class and gender gaps in a wide range of educational outcomes (e.g. achievement, progress, special education, exclusion) and he is particularly interested in the interface between equity and school effectiveness. He has worked extensively with Government departments, Local Authorities and individual schools on the analysis of pupil achievement data and school effectiveness.
Date: 5 February 2024, 12:45 (Monday, 4th week, Hilary 2024)
Venue: Seminar Room, Department of Sociology
Speaker: Professor Steve Strand (University of Oxford)
Organising department: Department of Sociology
Organiser contact email address: comms@sociology.ox.ac.uk
Part of: Sociology Department Weekly Seminar
Booking required?: Not required
Audience: Members of the University only
Editor: Laurel Quinn