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Ferdinand Rauch explains how temporary events, such as the London Tube strikes and recent pandemic restrictions, can lead to positive long-term change - a fresh start - on Stephen Dubner's Freakonomic... Read more...
17 March 2021
Published February 2020, this paper finds evidence that the use of machine-learning can be an effective tool in assessing risk in domestic abuse cases, and so informing priorities for police response. ... Read more...
08 April 2020
The work of the Centre for Vocational Education Research was referred to by Lord Bhattacharyya (Lab) who is Professor of Manufacturing, Director and Chairman at the Warwick Manufacturing Group at Warwick Unive... Read more...
27 November 2017
The standard metric of monopoly power is the concentration ratio, or the share of the market accruing to the top four (or 20) firms. In a 2017 paper, MIT’s David Autor, Christina Patterson, and John Van ... Read more...
26 October 2017
Shaun Larcom; Ferdinand Rauch; Tim Willems, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 132, Issue 4, November 2017 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/qje/qjx020 ... Read more...
10 October 2017
To what extent does the quality of management matter for a business to be successful? ask Nicholas Bloom, Erik Brynjolfsson, Lucia Foster, Ron Jarmin, Megha Patnaik, Itay Saporta-Eksten and John Van Reenen ... Read more...
13 September 2017
Article by Nicholas Bloom, Erik Brynfolfsson, Lucia Foster, Ron Jarmin, Megha Patnaik, Itay Saporta Eksten and John Van Reenen Disentangling the relationship between management practices and productivity ha... Read more...
17 May 2017
However another study from the London School of Economics suggests a ban on phones has the effect of an extra week of classes over a pupil’s school year. Also in: Retford Today Should ... Read more...
21 January 2017
A recent study found a ban on phones generally helps classroom performance research by the London school of economics found that after schools outlawed mobiles test scores of pupils aged 16 impr... Read more...
19 January 2017
Pupils make substantially more progress in literacy if they follow a pen-and-paper course than if they take a similar programme online, new research has found. Researchers working with pupils in 51 primary schools found ... Read more...
28 October 2016
Impact on academia While technology has disrupted the educational system across the world, and with tablets and laptops replacing physical text books and the entire teaching and learning experience, smartphones remain... Read more...
09 October 2016
There have been major changes to Ireland's apprenticeship system over the past few years, and now the overall number of apprentices is expected to increase to about 10,700. And, although Ireland's apprenticeship system i... Read more...
13 September 2016
Thousands of 16-year-olds are stuck in an educational ''revolving door'', returning year after year to study low-level qualifications, a major new study has found. The Centre for Vocational Education Research (CVER) at ... Read more...
19 August 2016
Research for the Centre for Economic Performance at the LSE examines the impact of mobile phone bans on pupils' academic achievement in subsequent years. The researchers, Louis Philippe Beland at Louisiana State Universi... Read more...
18 May 2016
Research published last year by the London School of Economics found that banning mobile phones affected school pupils according to their ability. ''Banning mobile phones improves outcomes for the low-achieving students ... Read more...
11 May 2016
Although empirical evidence about the effects of phone access on learning seems to be scarce, the findings of a recent study on student phone access and the achievement gap by Louis-Philippe Beland and Richard Murphy for... Read more...
27 April 2016
From middle schools to colleges, cellphones' adverse effects on student achievement may outweigh their potential as a learning tool. The findings of a recent study on student phone access and the achievement gap by Loui... Read more...
SIR - I noted with interest the research from the London School of Economics into the use of synthetic phonics in schools. Phonics is a highly effective method of helping children who are behind with reading to catch... Read more...
26 April 2016
There's no doubt that smartphones have remarkable capabilities which, in theory, could promote student learning. But the truth is that kids - in spite of the best efforts of parents and teachers - use their phones prima... Read more...
12 April 2016
Last year a London School of Economics study found that banning phones from school boosts exam results and benefits low-achieving and low-income pupils the most. This article was published by The Times on March 16, 201... Read more...
16 March 2016
Technology certainly has its place in the classroom, but not when as a smartphone. According to a new study from the London School of Economics, banning smartphones was linked to improved test scores among students in th... Read more...
10 March 2016
London School of Economics and Political Science recently produced a report that found that grades improved in schools that banned mobile phones. This effect was most pronounced for struggling students; however, trying t... Read more...
08 March 2016
In fact, according to academics at the London School of Economics, the effect of banning mobile phones from school premises adds up to the equivalent of an extra week's schooling across the academic year. This artic... Read more...
10 June 2015