Biography
Professor Sandra McNally is Professor of Economics at University of Surrey and Director of the Education Programme at the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics. She is a co-director of the DfE-funded Economics of Education Research Centre (EERC). She has directed the Centre for Vocational Education Research (CVER), a LSE-led consortium, funded by the Department for Education (2015-2020). This has a few ongoing projects. She is a co-editor of the Economics of Education Review and a member of research networks CESifo, RFBerlin and IZA.
Current areas of research include:
- Evaluation of education programmes, including the long-term effect of the 'literacy hour'.
- Vocational education and skills, including migration and skills demand; impact evaluation of Skill Bootcamps; returns to sub-degree qualifications and apprenticeships.
- The impact of policies pursued at the time of COVID-19 on school attendance and learning loss.
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