Citizenship and human rights

Citizenship and human rights education is recognised as essential in the education of everyone, particularly young people. Such an education equips and empowers learners with the knowledge, understanding and skills to:

• exercise their democratic rights and responsibilities
• contribute to the building of a universal culture of human rights
• play an active and informed part in democratic life in society.

NFER researchers have built up considerable expertise in this area, at national, European and international level, through involvement in a range of research projects, evaluations and consultancies.

Major citizenship-related projects

• CELS – Citizenship Education Longitudinal Study
• ICCS – International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (International)
• ICCS – International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (England)
• National Evaluation of Schools Linking Network

Selected other projects

• Evaluation of Learning Money Matters
• Scoping of Student Participation
• Evaluation of European Year of Citizenship
• Evaluation of Post-16 Citizenship Development Projects

Selected publications

• Five Nations Network Call to Action – September 2009
• Pupil Assessment in Citizenship Education – August 2009
• Citizenship Education Longitudinal Study (CELS) – 6th report 2008

Selected consultancies

• Council of Europe EDC/HRE Project
• Five Nations Network (UK and Ireland)
• DCSF Citizenship CPD Handbook
• European Commission Active Citizenship Project