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COVID-19 related deaths and deprivation
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic data has been published of various metrics related to the virus, its spread and its impact on the population. Numerous studies have raised questions about the manner in which the impact of the spread of the virus has disproportionately affected groups in society. In this study I explored the relationship between…
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Exploring the purpose and value of museums
Observing the number of museums, their diversity, differences, similarities and changes over time raises an important series of questions. Why we have museums? What are they for and what value do they have? How might the value of museums be measured or captured? Working from these initial questions I designed and conducted qualitative research to…
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Relationship between KS2APS and Progress 8
Progress 8 is a secondary school performance measure, designed to compare all of a schools’ pupils’ results with those of other pupils with a similar prior attainment. (Department for Education (DfE), 2016). Since Progress 8 was an attempt to address the perceived unfairness of the use of threshold measures, I wanted to explore the nature…