Yr Athro Chris Taylor

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Cyfarwyddwr Academaidd, SPARK
Celfyddydau, Dyniaethau a Gwyddorau Cymdeithasol

Mae Chris yn Athro Gwyddorau Cymdeithasol ym Mhrifysgol Caerdydd ac ef yw Cyfarwyddwr Academaidd Parc Ymchwil Gwyddorau Cymdeithasol Prifysgol Caerdydd (SPARK). Cyn hyn, roedd yn Gyd-Gyfarwyddwr Sefydliad Ymchwil a Data Cymdeithasol ac Economaidd Cymru (WISERD).

Mae Chris wedi cyhoeddi'n helaeth ar ystod eang o faterion addysgol a chymdeithasol ac mae wedi gwneud ymchwil ar draws pob sector addysg, o'r blynyddoedd cynnar i addysg uwch. Mae hyn wedi cynnwys gwerthusiadau a ariennir gan y llywodraeth o'r Cyfnod Sylfaen ar gyfer pob plentyn 3-7 oed yng Nghymru, y Grant Datblygu Disgyblion a chymhwyster Bagloriaeth Cymru, Cymrodoriaeth ESRC sy'n astudio daearyddiaeth tyfu i fyny yn y DU a Grant Mawr ESRC ar economi wleidyddol gwaharddiadau ysgolion ledled y DU. Yn ddiweddar, sefydlodd Labordy Data Addysg WISERD, gan ddefnyddio data gweinyddol addysg i gefnogi blaenoriaethau addysg yng Nghymru ac mae'n helpu i gynnull yr Astudiaeth Aml-Garfan WISERDEducation flynyddol (WMCS). Mae hefyd yn rhan o dîm PISA 2021 ar gyfer Cymru a Lloegr, gan weithio gyda Phrifysgol Rhydychen a Pearson. Mae Chris hefyd yn aelod o Ganolfan Fawr ESRC ar Gymdeithas Sifil yn WISERD, gan arwain ar nifer o becynnau gwaith ar gymdeithas sifil gan gynnwys effaith graddedigion ar gymdeithas sifil, trosglwyddo agweddau ac ymgysylltu dinesig rhwng y cenedlaethau, rôl neiniau a theidiau mewn blynyddoedd ffurfiannol plant a'r cyfleoedd a'r rhwystrau i gyfranogiad plant mewn cymdeithas sifil.

Cyn hynny Chris oedd golygydd Teaching and Teacher Education a'r British Educational Research Journal ac ar hyn o bryd mae ar fwrdd golygyddol y Journal of Education Policy, y British Journal of Sociology of Education a'r British Journal of Educational Studies. Mae'n aelod o Bwyllgor Cyfleoedd a Chyflawniadau Myfyrwyr Cyngor Cyllido Addysg Uwch Cymru (CCAUC) ac ef yw cadeirydd annibynnol y Ganolfan Astudiaethau Hydredol, UCL, Bwrdd Cynghori Strategol.

Date
Type

2008

Bannan-Ritland, B. et al., 2008. The "compleat" design experiment: from soup to nuts. In: Kelly, A. E. , Lesh, R. A. and Baek, J. Y. eds. Handbook of design research methods in education: innovations in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics learning and teaching. London: Routledge. , pp.21-46.
Freedman, E. et al., 2008. The 2008 BERA charter for research staff: Promoting quality conditions for conducting quality research. Macclesfield, UK: British Educational Research Association (BERA). Available at: http://www.bera.ac.uk/publications/ethical-guidelines.
Power, S. A. R. et al. 2008. Out-of-school learning: variations in provision and participation in secondary schools: Final report to the Campaign For Real World Learning. Project Report.Shrewsbury: Field Studies Council.
Taylor, C. M. and CRG Research Limited, 2008. Assessment of capacity and viability of local authority outdoor education centres: Final report. Project Report.Cardiff: CRG Research Limited.

2007

Taylor, C. M. 2007. Geographical information systems (GIS) and school choice: the use of spatial research tools in studying educational policy. In: Gulson, K. N. and Symes, C. eds. Spatial Theories of Education: Policy and Geography Matters. Routledge Research in Education London: Routledge. , pp.77-93.
Taylor, C. M. et al. 2007. Formative evaluation of the applied educational research scheme (AERS). Project Report.[Online].Edinburgh: Education Information and Analytical Services, Scottish Government. Available at: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2008/01/07140223/0.

2005

Fitz, J. et al. 2005. Attitudes towards participation in higher education in Wales. Project Report.[Online].Cardiff University. Available at: https://www.bangor.ac.uk/finance/fo/RR5.pdf.

2002

Fitz, J. , Gorard, S. and Taylor, C. M. 2002. School Admissions after the School Standards and Framework Act: Bringing the LEAs Back In?. Oxford Review of Education 28 (2-3), pp.373-394. (10.1080/03054980220143487)
Fitz, J. , Taylor, C. M. and Gorard, S. 2002. Local Education Authorities and the regulation of educational markets: four case studies. Research Papers in Education 17 (2), pp.125-146. (10.1080/02671520210122900)
Taylor, C. M. 2002. Geography of the "new" education market: secondary school choice in England and Wales. Aldershot: Ashgate.

2001

Taylor, C. M. and Gorard, S. 2001. The role of residence in school segregation: placing the impact of parental choice in perspective. Environment and Planning A 33 (10), pp.1829-1852. (10.1068/a34123)
Taylor, C. M. 2001. Hierarchies and 'Local' Markets: the Geography of the 'Lived' Market Place in Secondary Education Provision. Journal of Education Policy 16 (3), pp.197-214. (10.1080/02680930110041024)

Research interests

The geography of education
Education and neighbourhoods
School choice and diversity
Social justice and education policy
Participation in Higher and Further Education
Evaluation of education policy
Inter-disciplinary research methods
Combining qualitative and quantitative research methods
Research capacity building

Recent funded research

Analysis of Destinations and Retention of Year 12 Students in Sixth Form Schools, funded by the Welsh Government (with R Davies), £25k
Part-time Higher Education Research Provision (Stage One) for the Diamond Review, funded by the Welsh Government (with Prof G Rees), £25k
Analysis of responses to the ‘call for evidence’ undertaken as part of the Professor Donaldson’s independent review of the national curriculum and assessment, funded by the Welsh Government (with Prof S Power), £15k
WISERD/Civil Society ESRC Large Centre, (with Prof I Jones, Cardiff University et al), £7M
Evaluation of Foundation Phase Flexibility Pilots, funded by the Welsh Government (with Dr M Rhys and Dr S Waldron), £119k
Centre for Administrative Data Research and Evaluation (CADRE) - an ESRC Administrative Data Research Centre (with Prof D Ford, Swansea University, et al), £10M
School Health Action Research Partnership and Network (SHARPEN), funded by the MRC (with Prof L Moore et al), £400k
Evaluation of the Pupil Deprivation Grant, funded by the Welsh Government (with Ipsos-MORI), £119k (Extension awarded for 2015/16 £121k)
Impact and Effectiveness of Widening Access to HE in Wales, funded by the ESRC Secondary Data Analysis Initiative and HEFCW (with Prof G Rees), £288k (ESRC: £187k; HEFCW: £101k)
WISERDEDUCATION, funded by HEFCW (with Prof S Power), £930k
Research Project to examine the relationships between the Welsh Baccalaureate Advanced Diploma and Higher Education, funded by the Welsh Government, £25k
Growing up in 21st Century Britain: spatial analysis of the Millennium Cohort Study (Mid-Career Fellowship), funded by the ESRC, £136k
Evaluating the Foundation Phase – tender to evaluate the Foundation Phase in Wales, funded by the Welsh Government (with Prof T Maynard, Canterbury Christchurch University, and WISERD), £990k
Analysis of university progress for students with the Welsh Baccalaureate and from low participation neighbourhoods, funded by Cardiff University (with Prof G Rees and WISERD), £9k
REAL-net, funded by the European Commission (with Prof S Power), €235k per annum
A Social and Professional Network for Early Career Researchers in Education, funded by the ESRC (with Dr P Carmichael, University of Cambridge), £79k
Welsh Institute of Social and Economic Data, Research and Methods (WISERD), funded by the ESRC and the Welsh Assembly Government (with Prof H Beynon et al), £4.8M
LINK-Wales: The Learning in Wales Network, funded by ESRC/HEFCW Wales Education Research Network (WERN) (with Prof S Power and Mr G Thomas, University of Wales, Aberystwyth), £39k
NCRM Networks for Methodological Innovation: Measuring segregation: methods, tools and data, funded by ESRC National Centre for Research Methods (with Dr R Harris, University of Bristol), £6.5k
Assessment of Capacity and Viability of Local Authority Outdoor Education Centres, funded by the Department of Children, Schools and Families (with CRG Research Ltd, Prof S Power and Prof G Rees), £62k
Education in the Rural Community, bursary award funded by the ESRC/HEFCW Wales Education Research Network (WERN) (with University of Wales, Aberystwyth), £12k
Formative Evaluation of the Applied Educational Research Scheme (AERS), funded by the Scottish Executive (with Prof S Power, Prof G Rees), £30k
Research Development Initiative (Round 2): BERA/ESRC 2007 Residential Summer School, funded by the ESRC, £12k
Scoping Study to Identify Quantitative Methods Capacity Building Needs in Wales, funded by the ESRC and HEFCW (with Prof L Moore, Prof K Whitfield, Prof G Maio, Dr A Robinson), £30k

Research project links

Undergraduate

I do not currently convene any undergraduate modules but I have taught on all of the following modules:

Dissertation (Year 3 module)
Conflict and Change in Education Policy (Year 3 module)
Education in Practice (Year 2 module)
Education and Society (Year 1 module)

Postgraduate

I do not currently convene any postgraduate modules but I have taught on all of the following modules:

Research Methods (Masters and Professional Doctorate modules)
Research and Evidence-Based Policy and Practice (Professional Doctorate module)
Social Context of Education (Professional Doctorate module)
Strategies of Applied Research (Masters module in MSc Social Science Research Methods (ESRC 1+3))

Chris has supervised many Masters and PhD students and on a wide range of research topics including: school truancy, school vouchers, higher education participation, paid employment among undergraduates, the emotional geographies of museums (with the National Museum of Wales, intergenerational justice, wellbeing in the Foundation Phase (with the Welsh Government), schools and volunteering, citizenship education in Malaysia (with the Malaysian Government), the effectiveness of early family interventions (with Home-Start UK) and children's and young people's subjective wellbeing.

Chris is particularly keen to develop collaborative studentships with non-academic external partners.

Education and qualifications

2000: PhD (Human Geography), University of Leicester, UK
1995: BA Geography (First), University of Leicester, UK

Career overview

2000 - present: Cardiff University, School of Social Sciences
1995 - 1999: University of Leicester, Geography Department

Anrhydeddau a dyfarniadau

Aelodaethau proffesiynol

British Educational Research Association (BERA) (2000 – ). Also elected member of BERA executive council (2003-2006) with specific responsibility for support and development amongst the BERA membership.
American Educational Research Association (AERA) (2001 – )

Safleoedd academaidd blaenorol

2013 - present: Cardiff Co-Director of the Wales Institute of Social & Economic Research, Data & Methods, Cardiff University
2012 - present: Professor of Education, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University
2011 - present: Visiting Research Associate at the Institute of Education, University College London (UCL)
2009 - 2012: Reader in Education, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University
2006 - 2009: Senior Lecturer in Education,School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University
2003 - 2006: Lecturer in Education, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University
2000 - 2003: Research Associate, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University
1997 - 1999: Lecturer in Human Geography, Department of Geography, University of Leicester

Pwyllgorau ac adolygu

2015 - present: Member of the Cardiff University Innovation Centre/SPARK Buiding Steering Group
2012 - present: Chair of the School of Social Sciences Undergraduate Examination Board

External Committees

2016 - present: Chair of the Institute of Welsh Affairs (IWA) Education Group
2015 - present: Member of the Millennium Cohort Study (MCS) Age 17 Scientific Advisory Group
2010 - 2016: Member of the ESRC Capabilities Committee (formerly the Training and Skills Committee)
2015 - present: Member of the ESRC Infrastructure Working Group
2015 - 2016: Member of the Welsh Government Digital Competence Framework Quality Assurance Group
2015 - present: Member of the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW) Student Opportunity and Achievement Committee (SOAC)
2015 - present: Member of the ESRC Centre for Longitudinal Studies’ Strategic Advisory Group