Formerly Professor of Education at the University of Cambridge, I am the Director of the Leverhulme Trust and an economist of education.

I’m an economist of education, which means I apply economic principles to the study of education. I do lots of work on trying to understand the effectiveness of different education systems, of understanding the causes of inequality in our education systems, and I try to come up with practical solutions to how we can narrow these inequalities.

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Making a Difference in Education

Family Background and University Success: Differences in Higher Education Access and Outcomes in England

What’s the Good of Education? The Economics of Education in the UK