Introduction

We've been busy!

This has been a busy first year for the Q Step Academy! It has been great to work with so many schools, organisations and individuals who want to learn more about social statistics.

Over the last year we have…

• run quantitative social science taster sessions with around 440 pupils spanning primary to secondary ages
• delivered an ESRC Festival of Social Science events on social statistics to secondary school pupils and teachers
• worked with 8 schools across the city region to developing a program of quantitative research methods training in the 2019/20 academic year
• offered 4 research projects as part of the Nuffield Research Placements programme
• designed and published a Social Statistics module for national roll-out by The Brilliant Club
• contributed to consultations around the SQA’s new Higher in Applications of Mathematics
• created placement opportunities for Q-Step undergraduate students to contribute to the school of social and political science outreach teaching material
• disseminated research using teaching data to understand factors influencing learning social statistics