Centre for Assessment and Learning Studies (CALS)
Research interests include: Examination standards, Examination policy, Educational assessment evaluation, Assessment of language, Assessment of mathematics, Learning, Comparative studies of assessment and School effectiveness
Centre for Learning, Knowing and Interactive Technologies (L-KIT)
What is the situated and distributed nature of people's learning and knowing?
Centre for Globalisation, Education and Societies (GES)
Globalisation and its changing relationships with education and learning in local, national and transnational societies
Centre for Research On Language and Education (CREOLE)
Encompassing issues of language use in different communities of practice
Centre for Multilevel Modelling (CMM)
Developing statistical methodology, software and training materials for social research
Centre for Narratives and Transformative Learning (CeNTraL)
Exploring and developing narrative inquiry methods and transformative approaches to learning
Centre for Psychology and Learning in Context (CPLiC)
How do internal factors, such as neurological and psychological processes, interact with external factors such as the school, home and culture of the learner?
Centre for International and Comparative Studies (ICS)
How do culture and context impact upon learning and development?