Education Market Research Insights And Findings
Poll Discovers UK Kids Have Good Tech Skills but Alarming Gaps in Mundane Tasks
September 2011
A survey by Kelkoo, which posed a wide range of questions to 1,057 parents to learn about the daily activities and capabilities of children, has revealed some curious anomalies. Currently, it seems that an overwhelming majority of UK primary school children… Read more...
Poll Finds Majority of Britons Blame Poor Parenting and Lack of Discipline for Riots
August 2011
A poll on behalf of the Metro newspaper has revealed that the British public blames poor parenting and lack of discipline at school for the recent riots that shook the UK, rather than police harassment or poverty gaps. The survey results, published today,… Read more...
National Literacy Study Finds UK Children Not Reading Enough Books
August 2011
A survey by The National Literacy Trust on has found that children much prefer reading emails and text messages to books. The organisation questioned more than 18,141 young people in 111 schools across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland on their… Read more...
Research Suggests Britons Opposed To Raising Tuition Fees
August 2011
A survey of 2767 adults, carried out by YouGov, has shown that around half (46%) of British people believe that the proportion of young people who go on to university from further education is too high. A quarter (23%) feel the number going to university… Read more...
Survey Suggests Autopilot Action Can Be Used to Protect Children
June 2011
A survey carried out by the Child Accident Prevention Trust on more than 5,000 adults has discovered that most people spend a great deal of their lives on ‘autopilot’ - eight out of 10 admitted to carrying out many tasks without any conscious… Read more...
New Study Suggests Behaviour of UK Schoolgirls Has Worsened
April 2011
A survey of teachers, heads and other school staff in the UK suggests that girls’ behaviour in the classroom has deteriorated in the last two years. A secondary school teacher who was involved in the study commented: "Boys are more physically aggressive… Read more...
