Recent trends in UK economics education: A-Level and university applications and acceptances (2023)
Report by Peter Dawson, UEA
Employability of economics graduates (2019)
As well as the research report, this project generated case studies of how economics departments are talking employability.
National Student Survey Analysis (last updated 2019)
Comparing Economics NSS results against other subjects, and between university groupings
The Year in Economics Teaching 2014-15
A report and data covering policy changes, the curriculum reform debate, and changes in classroom practice.
Undergraduate degrees in Economics in the UK (2013)
Summary report and data tables
Learning and Teaching Development Projects
These were small projects funded by the Economics Network in a succession of tranches from 2004 to 2011.
Open Educational Resources
The Teaching Resources in Undergraduate Economics (TRUE) project hosts showcases of shared resources in fifteen specialist options of economics.
The DeSTRESS project shares and creates resources to support statistical literacy in economics and other social sciences.
Census of UK HE Economics (2008)
A comparative picture of the structure of Economics degrees and the teaching and assessment methods used across the UK
Distributed e-Learning
The JISC/Higher Education Academy DeL initiative has funded several projects related to eLearning in Economics.
We were also involved in the Summer 2007 JISC-funded CAMEL project to examine the benefits and weaknesses of e-learning.
Fund for the Development of Teaching and Learning (FDTL5)
Four major HEFCE-funded projects for Economics:
- Embedding computer-based learning
- Embedding Threshold Concepts (archived)
- FEELE (online economic experiments)
- METAL (maths in economics resources)
Inquiry Based Learning
Two projects funded by CILASS
