Researching a topic for education

The UK: The Department for Education publishes official statistics on education and children.

The UK: Data and information on learners, learning programmes and learner achievement from across the further education sector.

The UK: HESA is the Higher Education Statistics Agency and provides detailed information about UK Higher Education.

The UK: The main gateway to UK official statistics. Provides direct access to tables of data, full text publications and the latest official releases. Covers Britain's economy, population and society at national and regional levels.

UK and international survey and statistical data drawn from a range of respected sources including: United Nations, IMF, OECD, World Bank, International Labour Organization (ILO), International Energy Agency (IEA), Eurostat and UNIDO. There are differing levels of access provided to datasets and some require user registration, agreement to an end user license or criteria to be met before access can be provided.

UNICEF is a charity which aims to improve the lives of disadvantaged children globally, through work such as providing vaccines, supporting child health and nutrition, and enabling safe water and sanitation. They publish reports and statistics on their work and research. Their data site can be found under the 'Research and Reports' tab.

WHO is the United Nations agency that connects nations, partners and people to promote health. They produce fact sheets and reports on global health issues.

The British Educational Research Association (BERA) is the leading authority on educational research in the UK, supporting and representing the community of scholars, practitioners and everyone engaged in and with educational research both nationally and internationally.