Andrew Morris

Principal Researcher: Research management

Areas of interest and expertise

• Research and impact evaluation
• The interaction of research, policy and practice

Knowledge and experience

• National Educational Research Forum: Director
• LSIS: Consultant
• City and Guilds: Consultant
• NFER: Adviser
• LSDA: Research manager
• City & Islington College: Director
• Islington Sixth Form Centre: Deputy Director

Currently working with:

• Learning & Skills Research network: Co-organiser
• Coalition for Evidence Based Education: Chair
• EIPPEE European evidence initiative: Organiser
• UCL Institute of Education as Honorary Senior Lecturer
• The Institute of Effective Education: Collaborator

Selection of research and publications

• Paper in the 2018 Royal Society/British Academy report: Harnessing Educational Research
• Three articles on School University research partnership (2013 – 2017)
• Books on science education for adults (2015 – 2016)
  • Why Icebergs Float: Exploring Science in Everyday Life. UCL Press.
  • Getting to Grips with Science: a fresh approach for the curious. Imperial College Press
• Regular column on research in Society for Education and Training magazine: Intuition
• Booklet: Twenty years of City & Islington College. Co-author with Tom Jupp
• Booklet: Evidence Matters: towards informed professionalisation in education. CfBT
• Articles in FE Week, FE News, TES
• Reports published by Learning and Skills Research Centre
  • From Idea to Impact: a guide to the research process
  • Collaborative Research in Practice