Professor of Economics. Founding Director of the UCL Centre for Education Policy and Equalising Opportunities (@cepeo-ucl.bsky.social). Economics of education. Inequality. Research Fellow at the IFS, IZA and CESifo. 1st gen🏴� .. more
Professor of Economics. Founding Director of the UCL Centre for Education Policy and Equalising Opportunities (@cepeo-ucl.bsky.social). Economics of education. Inequality. Research Fellow at the IFS, IZA and CESifo. 1st gen🏴�
➡️ Access the report here: repec-cepeo.ucl.ac.uk/cepeow/cepeo...
📊 What did we find?
🔸 Most of the socio-economic background (SEB) and ethnic inequalities in entry to professional occupations are driven by employer-side decisions made during the recruitment process
Reposted by Lindsey Macmillan
Join @lindseymacmillan.bsky.social, Julia Ellingwood, @michael-sanders.bsky.social and fellow researchers if your work is interested in improving the life chances of children & young people, locally and globally
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Reposted by Lindsey Macmillan
www.forskningsradet.no/nyheter/2025...
Reposted by Lindsey Macmillan, Gill Wyness
My new blog for @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social provides an overview:
bit.ly/4n7KO1f
Paul will be looking at changes in student employment and how this helps or hinders their life chances.
Congratulations Paul, we’re looking forward to learning more from this work
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My new blog for @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social provides an overview:
bit.ly/4n7KO1f
🎓We show that these biases have consequences for university outcomes
🎙️ Governments' considering increasing reliance on subjective assessments should take steps to mitigate this bias
Reposted by Marina Della Giusta
"Measuring systematic gaps in teacher judgement: A new approach"
😷 We use the Covid-19 induced cancellation of exams, where teachers assigned student grades & rankings within grade
econpapers.repec.org/paper/uclcep...
@opmc1.bsky.social @gillwyness.bsky.social Rich Murphy
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We're looking for a centre administrator to join our fantastic team! Role is for 3 days a week, with flexible hybrid working options. Interest in @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social's mission a bonus.
🕕Apply by 23.59 on 24th October 2025
Full details: tinyurl.com/5t586vuj
Please share widely!
Reposted by Laura K. Taylor, Lindsey Macmillan, Jake Anders
We're looking for a centre administrator to join our fantastic team! Role is for 3 days a week, with flexible hybrid working options. Interest in @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social's mission a bonus.
🕕Apply by 23.59 on 24th October 2025
Full details: tinyurl.com/5t586vuj
Please share widely!
⛪️ Can Schools Change Religious Attitudes?
Evidence from German State Reforms of Compulsory Religious Education
w/ @benjaminarold.bsky.social & Larissa Zierow
👉 Religious education in school affects adult lives
🔗 jhr.uwpress.org/content/earl...
A 🧵 1/6
Reposted by Lindsey Macmillan, Gill Wyness
Read:
🚀 4th CESifo Junior Workshop on the Economics of Education 🤩
30-31 March 2026, Munich
Keynote: Michela Carlana (Harvard)
PhD students & early postdocs, please apply!
www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/ev...
Deadline: 11 Jan 2026
@caterinapavese.bsky.social @mtotarelli.bsky.social
I'll be discussing a number of new @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social research papers on inequalities in access to top jobs econpapers.repec.org/paper/uclcep...
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I'll be discussing a number of new @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social research papers on inequalities in access to top jobs econpapers.repec.org/paper/uclcep...
Today 1.30-2.30pm @uclpolicylab.bsky.social panel 'A new age of work' - discussing youth LM
Tomorrow 3.15-4.30pm @suttontrust.bsky.social panel 'Elitist Britain' - discussing @nuffieldfoundation.org funded work on access to professions
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/e...
My @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social Chart
Reposted by Caroline Krafft, Lindsey Macmillan, Raúl Pacheco-Vega
My @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social Chart
Reposted by Gavin Kelly
ifs.org.uk/articles/eng...
And important to note that these are for EHCP only. There will be many more young people with SEND for these conditions, but no EHCP
Reposted by Becky Francis, Lindsey Macmillan
ifs.org.uk/articles/eng...
Reposted by Lindsey Macmillan
"Experimental evidence on modularising context in teacher education"
Sign up now: ucl.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Reposted by Nick Pearce, Stephen Evans, Maria Abreu , and 1 more Nick Pearce, Stephen Evans, Maria Abreu, Lindsey Macmillan
Purposeful government can make a difference - but it will require learning lessons, real focus & new resource. Me in the @financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/97da...
But its not good news for everyone: with London & the South East continuing to pull away from the rest of the country, and boys slightly ahead of girls.
Reposted by Lindsey Macmillan, Simon Wiederhold, Jill A. Jacobson
"The Research Paper Playbook: A PhD Student's Guide to Writing and Presenting"
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Reposted by Lindsey Macmillan
🔸 Half of the gap in offer rates for low SEB applicants occur at the online stage while the other half occur at face-to-face stage
Those who are at least aware there may be issues and probably have policies and training in place
Reposted by Lindsey Macmillan
Reposted by Lindsey Macmillan
🎤Testing, Testing – Why are Black applicants not getting graduate jobs?🎓💼
Black applicants are 45% less likely to get a graduate role than their white peers
blogs.ucl.ac.uk/cepeo/2025/0...
Reposted by Lindsey Macmillan
More about Martin here: www.bi.team/people/marti...