The Sheffield Institute of Education (SIOE) Research and Knowledge Exchange Centre (SIRKE) is the hub for all funded research and knowledge exchange activity within the Institute. Building on over 25 years of experience, including our work as the former Centre for Development and Research in Education, we design, deliver, research and evaluate educational innovation at local, national and international levels.
Our Centre brings together a diverse team of education professionals, statisticians, social scientists, curriculum designers and teacher development specialists. We combine wide-ranging subject expertise with advanced methodological capability across qualitative, quantitative and mixed-methods research, ensuring our work is rigorous, relevant and impactful and informs both policy and practice.
Academically robust, ethical and evidence-led, we are equally grounded in the realities of policy and practice beyond the university. Collaborative, responsive and solutions-focused, we work closely with partners to deliver high-quality, cost-effective outcomes that answer complex research questions and real-world challenges, to make a measurable difference.
