Schools invited to bid for £50,000 research fund

Education organisations and schools across England are being invited to bid for a share of £50,000 from Leeds Beckett University.

The aim of the funds is to find out “what really works to improve the lives of children and young people”.

The Carey Philpott Partner Research Fund has been established by the Carnegie School of Education at Leeds Beckett, and is open to applications from all of its partner schools, networks and community-based organisations with an education focus, of which there are more than 1,000 nationwide, to develop practice-based research within their organisation.

Five awards of £10,000 are available for the academic year 2017-18, with successful bidders being supported by a researcher within the university who is an expert in the project’s field. Each organisation will also become part of the Carey Philpott Partner Research network and will benefit from sharing outcomes of all research projects in the scheme.

Rachel Lofthouse, professor of teacher education at Leeds Beckett University, explained: “The overall aim of the Fund is to support the development of educational practices which are informed by relevant, rich and context-sensitive research.

“We hope that the five successful projects will support educational decision-making which creates positive impacts for children and young people, professionals, and communities.

“Researchers from the Carnegie School of Education look forward to sharing their expertise, but just as importantly, to learning alongside the practitioner researchers who get engaged in each setting.”