This project aims to understand how we can best harness existing and future capacity, and create optimal conditions, to ensure research informs and is informed by education policy and practice in schools and colleges. 

To achieve this objective, the project will gather a broad range of evidence, especially on the interactions between research, education policy and practice in the schools and colleges in the UK and in other parts of the world. 

 As part of this gathering-evidence exercise, the British Academy and the Royal Society are interested to look at local, regional and international comparisons and case studies. Indeed, they are seeking to appoint researchers/research teams to undertake an analysis of available qualitative and quantitative data from education research ecosystems at all the above-mentioned levels across the world, including parts of the UK. 

Attached is a specification which provide further details about the objectives and expectations of this research work.