Lindsey Macmillan

@lindsey_mac
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Professor of Economics. Director @cepeo_ucl. Social mobility, inequalities, education. Research Fellow @TheIFS. First gen 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. Mum of 3
Evidence from @cepeo_ucl colleagues Sam Sims & Asma Benhenda shows the effectiveness of teacher retention payments: https://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:ucl:cepeow:22-04
EconPapers: The effect of financial incentives on the retention of shortage-subject teachers: evidence from England

By Sam Sims and Asma Benhenda; Abstract: School systems often experience shortages of maths and science teachers, reflecting difficulties in both recruiting

πŸ‘€ New evidence out today on the physical health of young people, including the lasting effects of Long Covid, and the inequalities in these experiences - from our new COSMO study πŸ‘‡

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🚨 NEW: Young people from the most deprived parts of the country are more likely to report long COVID than those from the least deprived areas.

Our latest briefing explores the incidence of COVID-19 among young people, as well as patterns in exercise and alcohol consumption πŸ§΅πŸ‘‡

πŸ¦πŸ”—: https://twitter.com/CosmoStudy/status/1619962776356802560

COVID Social Mobility & Opportunities Study on Twitter

β€œπŸš¨ NEW: Young people from the most deprived parts of the country are more likely to report long COVID than those from the least deprived areas. Our latest briefing explores the incidence of COVID-19 among young people, as well as patterns in exercise and alcohol consumption πŸ§΅πŸ‘‡β€

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Ten years ago! Celebrating PhD graduation with The Boss. What a legend

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Our latest polling shows how working-class students are being hit hardest by the increased cost of living πŸ’°

They are more likely to have skipped meals & less likely to have received financial support from their parents compared to middle class students

https://buff.ly/3HbMpAa

πŸ¦πŸ”—: https://twitter.com/suttontrust/status/1619279622490755072

Cost of Living and University Students - Sutton Trust

How are students being impacted by the increasing cost of living?

Sutton Trust

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Our own @[email protected] presenting his paper with @[email protected] looking at progressive versus traditional teaching approaches
#CEPEOSeminarSeries

πŸ¦πŸ”—: https://twitter.com/CEPEO_UCL/status/1618630758767394817

Centre for Ed Policy & Equalising Opportunities on Twitter

β€œOur own @DrSamSims presenting his paper with @JohnPeterJerrim looking at progressive versus traditional teaching approaches #CEPEOSeminarSeries”

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Don’t miss it!

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HAPPENING TODAY!

Make sure you register below πŸ‘‡ https://twitter.com/CEPEO_UCL/status/1617436346762641410

πŸ¦πŸ”—: https://twitter.com/CEPEO_UCL/status/1618519107485171713

Centre for Ed Policy & Equalising Opportunities on Twitter

β€œTHIS THURSDAY ‡️ @DrSamSims will be discussing his paper on 'Traditional and progressive approaches to teaching: new empirical evidence on an old debate' πŸ“… This Thursday πŸ•’ 15:00 (UK Time) πŸ”— https://t.co/B0hJreNYtj”

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Fantastic. We need more schools to reserve places for kids that can’t afford to live in the catchment area. Bravo. https://twitter.com/adamboxer1/status/1618341499347021827

πŸ¦πŸ”—: https://twitter.com/jonpayates/status/1618366688176787456

Adam Boxer on Twitter

β€œChris (the Principal) set about rebalancing. Working with a few other schools that took similar steps, he put Pupil Premium into our admissions criteria, so students with PP can gain priority access in the event of oversubscription. >”

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This made our evening in Glasgow all the more interesting last night - no water supply in the city centre thanks to burst pipes from 1859

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WOW! Check this out... here's the culprit! 😲

The 36" pipe that burst in Milngavie is the Victorian pipework laid as part of the original Katrine Aqueduct in 1859. (1/2)

πŸ¦πŸ”—: https://twitter.com/scottish_water/status/1618290325788790784

Scottish Water on Twitter

β€œWOW! Check this out... here's the culprit! 😲 The 36" pipe that burst in Milngavie is the Victorian pipework laid as part of the original Katrine Aqueduct in 1859. (1/2)”

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Past @[email protected] research found a 5% salary supplement for shortage subjects could have resolved teacher shortfalls, but the pay gaps in the graduate market has since changed, says @[email protected], commenting on ways to boost teacher pay.
https://bit.ly/3ZZepjg

πŸ¦πŸ”—: https://twitter.com/IOE_London/status/1618215984178896896

How do you pay teachers more?

Dr Sam Sims discusses the graduate pay gap outside of teaching and what it will take to resolve the issue of strikes.

IOE - Faculty of Education and Society