Staff profiles
Mike Coldwell
Director, CEIR
Phone 0114 225 6054
Email m.r.coldwell@shu.ac.uk
Mike has a wide range of research experience, particularly in the areas of 14-19 education, school workforce development and careers and evaluation methodology, using qualitative, quantitative and combined methods. He has authored and co-authored over 50 research and evaluation reports and over 15 journal and conference papers.
Mike has been conducting, managing and directing research projects for government and other organisations for over 10 years. Mike currently co-directs the Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA) NQT Quality study, the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DSCF) Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education (PSHEE) Mapping Study, and the National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics (NCETM) Impact Study. Other recent projects include the national 14-19 Leadership and Management Development Programme Evaluation, two other studies for the DCSF, the After School Science and Engineering Clubs and Choice Advice evaluation, the TDA Testbed Research and Evaluation project, and the TDA/Lifelong Learning UK (LLUK) study of support staff roles in applied learning.
In the region, Mike recently directed the Yorkshire Futures Teacher Recruitment and Retention Study and the Yorkshire Forward evaluation of Rotherham Ready Enterprise Project and the evaluation of Transition Advisers in the Dearne Valley.
Mike's background is as a business studies and information technology teacher in comprehensive schools and he has extensive experience of work-related and vocational education and social inclusion projects. From October 2006 to November 2007 Mike was acting director of the Centre for Education and Inclusion Research, and he was confirmed as director in December 2007.
Selected publications
Coldwell M, Maxwell B, McCaig C, Davies J and Stevens A (2011) NQT Quality Improvement Study for the Training and Development Agency for Schools Synthesised key findings from all five stages of the NQT Quality Improvement Study (PDF 644KB)
Coldwell, M, Shipton, L, Stevens, A, Stiell, B, Willis, B
and Wolstenholme, C (2011) Process evaluation of the Year
1 Phonics Screening Check Pilot for Department
for Education
> Download research report from DfE website
> Download
research brief from DfE website
Coldwell M, Perry E, Wardle J (2011) The National Strategies 1997–2011 A brief summary of the impact and effectiveness of the National Strategies (PDF 745KB)
Coldwell M, Davies J, Maxwell B and McCaig C (2011) NQT Quality Improvement Study for the Training and Development Agency for Schools Part 4 Report: The Third Year of Teaching (PDF 964KB)
Formby, E, Coldwell M, Stiell B, Demack S, Stevens A, Shipton L, Wolstenholme
C, Willis B (2011) Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) Education:
A mapping study of the prevalent models of delivery and their effectiveness
for Department for Education
> Download
research report from DfE website
> Download
research brief from DfE website
Coldwell, M. and Simkins, T (2010) Level models of continuing professional development evaluation: a grounded review and critique. Professional Development in Education 37 (1)
Coldwell M, Maxwell B, Shipton L, Boylan M (2010) Assessing the Impact of the National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics (NCETM) on Teachers and Learners for NCETM
Coldwell M, Jackson A, Stiell B (2009) Planning Careers Education and Guidance Projects: Learning from the Small-Scale Careers Education and Guidance Initiative for TDA
> Download the report from TDA website
Centre for Education and Inclusion Research (2009). NQT Quality Improvement Study for the Training and Development Agency for Schools, Report on Part 2 Phase 1 - NQT Quality Improvement Study: The NQT Year.' TDA
Centre for Education and Inclusion Research (2009) Teacher Recruitment
and Retention in Yorkshire and the Humber for Yorkshire
Futures
> Download main
report part 1 (PDF 6MB) / appendices
part 2 (PDF 1.92MB)
Stiell B, Shipton L, Coldron J, Coldwell M (2008) Choice Advice: an Evaluation
for DCSF
> Download report
(PDF 701KB) / research
brief (PDF 162KB)
Mannion K, Coldwell C (2008) After School Science and Engineering Clubs Evaluation for Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF)
> Download report from DCSF website
Coldwell M, Simkins T, Coldron J, Smith R, Aspinwall K, Close P, Elliot N, Garrett Viv, Maxwell B, Wainwright J, Willis B, Wolstenholme C (2008) Developing the whole school workforce - An evaluation of the Testbed programme (Final Report, PDF 270KB) for the Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA)
Coldwell M, Trickey S, Gornall L, Holland M, Drew S, Willis B and Wolstenholme C (2007) Rotherham Ready: Final Report
Simkins T, Coldwell M, Close P, Morgan A (2007) Outcomes of in-school leadership development work: a study of three NCSL programmes in Educational Management Administration and Leadership (for publication 2008)
Coldwell M, Gornall G, Holland M, Trickey S, Willis B and Wolstenholme C (2006) Developing Enterprise Culture in a Northern Educational Authority in the UK: Involving trainee teachers in learning-orientated evaluation Paper presented to the European Conference on Educational Research, Geneva 2006
Coldwell M, Morgan A, Holland M, Smith P, Trickey S (2005) Dearne Valley Learning Opportunities Partnership (DeVeLOP) Transition Advisers Project Draft Final Report to Steering Group
Coldwell, M. Morgan , A., Holland , M., Smith, P. and Trickey, S. (2005) Transition Advisers Project Final Reportfor DeVeLOP.
Coldwell, M., Holland , M., Rybinski, D. and Trickey, S. (2004) Pathways to Success: Objective 1 Measure 3.12, Final Report . Rotherham : Objective 1 South Yorkshire [also two interim reports: PW 1 and PW 2 ].
Coldwell, M., Holland , M., Trickey, S. and Rybinski, D. (2004) Walk-in Jobs - Creating Pathways to Success Curriculum Briefing , 2: 3, 14-18.
Coldwell, M., Stephenson , K. and Caillau, I. (2003) Evaluation of Home School Agreements Research Report 455 Nottingham: DfES publications
Coldwell M., Holland, M., Close P., Caillau I., Haigh A. (2003) Charter for Transition Final Report of a 3 Year School Improvement Project for Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, funded by SRB3 2003
Williams, J, Trickey S, Coldwell, M and Holland, M, (2003) A Review of Education and Training Needs and Provision in North West Rotherham, South Yorkshire Learning and Skills Council
Coldwell M, Holland, M. and Garland P. (2001) Evaluation report of the CITB Construction Initiative for Barnsley LEA. School of Education , Sheffield Hallam University, 2001
Coldwell, M. and Holland , M. (2001) Challenges at 12 and 16: Views on Some Aspects of Secondary Education in a Former Coal Mining Town in Northern England International Electronic Journal for Leadership in Learning 5:14.
Conference papers
Coldwell, M., Maxwell, B. and McCaig, C. (2010) Cultures of career development: senior leaders' and early career teachers' views of career (PDF 441KB) Paper presented at British Educational Research Association (BERA) conference, September 2010.
Coldwell M, Simkins T, Maxwell B (2009) Models of CPD evaluation: a grounded review and critique. Paper presented at European Conference for Educational Research Vienna
Coldwell M, Coldron J, Smith R (2008) Active social location in schools: Professional development for the whole school workforce? (PDF 144KB) Paper presented at BERA annual conference, Edinburgh, 4 September 2008
Holland. M. Coldwell, M. and Morgan, B (2007) The Development of the Secondary Vocational Curriculum in a Northern Local Authority in England Paper presented to the European Conference on Education Research Ghent, Belgium, September 2007
Trickey, S., Coldwell, M., Holland , M., Rybinski, D. and Close, P. (2005) Evaluation of Valued Youth: A National Peer-Tutoring Programme to Increase Self Confidence and Motivation. Paper presented to European Conference on Educational Research, Dublin , September 2005
> Download report (PDF 286KB)
Coldwell, M., Trickey, S., Holland , M. and Smith, P., (2005) Bridging the gap? The role of transition advisers in the move from compulsory education Paper presented to the British Education Research Association Conference, University of Glamorgan, September 2005.
Coldwell, M., Holland, M., Rybinski, D. and Trickey, S. (2004) Innovative uses of the European Social Fund ( ESF) in the development of vocational education 14-16 in South Yorkshire UK. Paper presented to the EERA Annual Meeting, University of Crete.
Trickey, S, Holland, M, Coldwell, M and Rybinski, D (2004) Evaluating teachers' and trainers' development in a large scale curriculum development project in South Yorkshire. Paper presented to BERA Annual Conference, Manchester, Education-line University of Leeds.
Coldwell, M., Stephenson, K. and Caillau, I. (2003) Findings from an Evaluation of Home-School Agreements. Paper presented at British Educational Research Association Annual Conference, Edinburgh
Holland, M, Coldwell, M, Trickey, S and Rybinski, D (2003) 'New Pathways. Evaluating the implementation of a major work-related programme in Northern England.' Paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the American Research Association, Chicago
Holland, M., Coldwell, M., Trickey, S., Rybinski, D., Jones, H., Morgan, B., and Byford, H. (2003) Pathways to 'Opportunity and Excellence': Collaborative curriculum innovation In South Yorkshire Paper to be presented to the BERA Annual Conference, Edinburgh
Coldwell, M., Logie, A. and Povey, H. (2002) Secondary school students' experience of bullying. Paper presented at European Conference in Educational Research, Lisbon
Holland M, Coldwell, M and Close, P (2002) Transitions and Progress: teachers' views of progress in attainment of pupils age 5-16 Paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans
Coldwell M. and Holland , M. (2001) Pupil, teacher and parent views on secondary education in an economically deprived former coal mining town in the UK . Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Seattle , April 2001.
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