Mike Adkins
Biographic Data
| ID | 6154930 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mike Adkins |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mike |
| FAMILY NAME | Adkins |
| SIGNATURE | ADKINS M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nottingham |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5289-7302 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Beyond literacy interventions
This article examines how four secondary schools in a remote, rural and coastal region implemented evidence‐based approaches to improve student literacy. It introduces a novel nested capitals framework that integrates social capital theory with professional capital and institutional capital, conceptualising these as interacting across multiple system levels (students and families, staff and schools). We analyse how leaders and teachers in the cas…
Can boarding schools help looked after and vulnerable children improve academic attainment
The education of children in statutory care, or at the edge of care, is a serious concern for governments and policymakers. How to promote educational opportunities for these children can involve challenging and often contentious proposals. In this paper, we study one proposal put into practice in England: the provision to children who are in statutory care, or at the edge of care, with the opportunity to attend an independent boarding school. Th…
Can teaching assistants improve attainment and attitudes of low performing pupils in numeracy? Evidence from a large-scale randomised controlled trial
The use of teaching assistants (TAs) is widespread in many education systems, but the ways that TAs can support learning effectively are poorly understood. Much evidence indicates that most TA support has no, or negative, effects on pupil attainment. A small but growing body of evidence shows that structured TA intervention programmes can be effective. This paper reports the results of a large-scale randomised controlled trial of Catch Up® Numera…
Pedagogical devices as children’s social care levers
It has been proposed that boarding schools in England can be used to provide a stable education and care environment for vulnerable children in need, and the government is expanding their use. However, for vulnerable children to be placed in boarding schools, social workers will need to be willing to contemplate boarding as a viable care option. In this study we interviewed N = 21 social care practitioners including directors, senior and middle m…
Reassessing the economic value of advanced level mathematics
In the late 1990s, the economic return to Advanced level (A‐level) mathematics was examined. The analysis was based upon a series of log‐linear models of earnings in the 1958 National Child Development Survey (NCDS) and the National Survey of 1980 Graduates and Diplomates. The core finding was that A‐level mathematics had a unique earnings premium of 7–10% at age 33. In recent years, this finding has contributed to the government's agenda of incr…
The Impact of Research on Policy
The relationship between research and policymaking has been discussed repeatedly. However, the debate tends to be in general, abstract terms or from a macroeconomic perspective with any examples described in a fairly cursory way. Despite the inherent complexity of the research-policy interface, analyses tend to homogenise ‘research’ and ‘policy’ as coherent entities with discussions often focusing on products (research and policies) rather than o…
Reassessing the economic value of advanced level mathematics
In the late 1990s, the economic return to Advanced level (A‐level) mathematics was examined. The analysis was based upon a series of log‐linear models of earnings in the 1958 National Child Development Survey (NCDS) and the National Survey of 1980 Graduates and Diplomates. The core finding was that A‐level mathematics had a unique earnings premium of 7–10% at age 33. In recent years, this finding has contributed to the government's agenda of incr…
Pedagogical devices as children’s social care levers
It has been proposed that boarding schools in England can be used to provide a stable education and care environment for vulnerable children in need, and the government is expanding their use. However, for vulnerable children to be placed in boarding schools, social workers will need to be willing to contemplate boarding as a viable care option. In this study we interviewed N = 21 social care practitioners including directors, senior and middle m…
Reassessing the economic value of advanced level mathematics
In the late 1990s, the economic return to Advanced level (A‐level) mathematics was examined. The analysis was based upon a series of log‐linear models of earnings in the 1958 National Child Development Survey (NCDS) and the National Survey of 1980 Graduates and Diplomates. The core finding was that A‐level mathematics had a unique earnings premium of 7–10% at age 33. In recent years, this finding has contributed to the government's agenda of incr…
The Impact of Research on Policy
The relationship between research and policymaking has been discussed repeatedly. However, the debate tends to be in general, abstract terms or from a macroeconomic perspective with any examples described in a fairly cursory way. Despite the inherent complexity of the research-policy interface, analyses tend to homogenise ‘research’ and ‘policy’ as coherent entities with discussions often focusing on products (research and policies) rather than o…
Pedagogical devices as children’s social care levers
It has been proposed that boarding schools in England can be used to provide a stable education and care environment for vulnerable children in need, and the government is expanding their use. However, for vulnerable children to be placed in boarding schools, social workers will need to be willing to contemplate boarding as a viable care option. In this study we interviewed N = 21 social care practitioners including directors, senior and middle m…
Can teaching assistants improve attainment and attitudes of low performing pupils in numeracy? Evidence from a large-scale randomised controlled trial
The use of teaching assistants (TAs) is widespread in many education systems, but the ways that TAs can support learning effectively are poorly understood. Much evidence indicates that most TA support has no, or negative, effects on pupil attainment. A small but growing body of evidence shows that structured TA intervention programmes can be effective. This paper reports the results of a large-scale randomised controlled trial of Catch Up® Numera…
Can boarding schools help looked after and vulnerable children improve academic attainment
The education of children in statutory care, or at the edge of care, is a serious concern for governments and policymakers. How to promote educational opportunities for these children can involve challenging and often contentious proposals. In this paper, we study one proposal put into practice in England: the provision to children who are in statutory care, or at the edge of care, with the opportunity to attend an independent boarding school. Th…
Beyond literacy interventions
This article examines how four secondary schools in a remote, rural and coastal region implemented evidence‐based approaches to improve student literacy. It introduces a novel nested capitals framework that integrates social capital theory with professional capital and institutional capital, conceptualising these as interacting across multiple system levels (students and families, staff and schools). We analyse how leaders and teachers in the cas…
Political science (3 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Government (linguistics) (2 works) · Literacy (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Parental Involvement in Education (2 works) · Pedagogy (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Public relations (2 works)