COVID-19

COVID-19 projects


Project Researcher Institution Topics
COVID-19 and disadvantage gaps in England 2020 Emily Hunt Education Policy Institute
The impact of COVID-19 on educational, language & socioemotional outcomes in KS1 Dr Claudine Bowyer-Crane National Institute of Economic and Social Research
Digital equality in education Professor Morag Treanor Heriot-Watt University
COVID-19 and childcare: local impacts across England Jane Lewis Centre for Evidence and Implementation
COVID-19 and school availability: impact on parental labour supply and well-being Dr Birgitta Rabe University of Essex
COVID-19 mitigation measures: education provision and access to special schools Amy Skipp ASK Research
The impact of COVID-19 on mainstream schools in England Caroline Sharp NFER
Social cohesion in the context of COVID-19 Professor Dominic Abrams University of Kent
How the COVID-19 crisis is affecting food security Martin O’Connell Institute for Fiscal Studies
COVID-19 social study Dr Daisy Fancourt University College London
Law and compliance during COVID-19 Dr Joe Tomlinson University of York
Growing up under COVID-19 Laurie Day Ecorys
How the UK public gets information about COVID-19 Professor Rasmus Kleis Nielsen Reuters Institute, University of Oxford
The effects of COVID-19 on families’ time-use and child development Dr Sarah Cattan Institute for Fiscal Studies
Comparisons of cognitive skills and educational attainment across the UK Luke Sibieta Education Policy Institute
Understanding and supporting legal participation for Litigants in Person Professor Gráinne McKeever Ulster University
Contemporary fathers in the UK Adrienne Burgess The Fatherhood Institute

We are an open, collaborative and engaged funder and our aim is to support the social science research community to deliver successful projects that have a positive impact on people’s lives.

Our priorities during the COVID-19 pandemic are to support our staff, our grant-holders and the young people who participate in our student programmes, as well as to fund research that addresses the wider social significance of the pandemic.

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