Foreword, Sonia Exley (LSE, UK)
Introduction, Craig Skerritt (University of Manchester, UK)
Part I: First-Hand Accounts of Shaping National Policy
1. Higher Education Policy Advice and Policy Making in Practice in the UK, Huw Morris (University College London, UK)
2. Policy Advice and Devolved Education Policy Making in Wales: An Adviser's Account, David Egan (Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK)
3. How the Indian Government is Spearheading India's Education Reform Agenda: A View from Inside the Indian Ministry of Education, Rashi Sharma and Purabi Pattanayak (Ministry of Education, India)
4. From Research Briefing to National Guidance: Influencing School Clothing Policy in Scotland, Rachel Shanks (University of Aberdeen, UK)
5. The Transforming Education Project: Research Impact and Setting the Direction for Policy Change in Northern Ireland, Stephen Roulston and Matt Milliken (Ulster University, UK)
6. The Evolution from Trainee Teacher to Policy Informer, Sarah Bibi (Teach First/Reconnect London, UK)
Part II: Policy Advice Mechanisms
7. The Role of Intermediaries in Research-Policy Engagement, John O'Connor (Qualifications and Quality Assurance Authority of Ireland, Ireland)
8. Supporting Schools to Spend the Pupil Premium: Reflections from the Education Endowment Foundation's Work, Harry Madgwick and Nick Worsley (Education Endowment Foundation, UK)
9. Developing, Managing, and Growing a Research Organisation: The Education Policy Institute, Jon Andrews (Education Policy Institute, UK)
10. A Collaborative Mechanism for Integrating Independent Expert Advice into EU Policy Making for Science Education, Cliona Murphy and Mathijs Vleugel (European Federation of Academies of Science and Humanities, Ireland)
11. Expert Policy Advice in Germany: The Standing Scientific Commission on Education Policyz, Christine Becks, Susanne Farwick, and Isabell van Ackeren-Mindl (University Duisburg-Essen, Germany)
Part III: Policy Making Insights from Research with Policy Elites
12. Making Sense of Policy Making: A Study of Education Ministers' Perspectives on Large-Scale Reforms, Adam Barton (University of Cambridge, UK)
13. Comparing the Assessment-Reform Process in Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore Through Interviews with Policy Elites, Loic Menzies (University of Cambridge, UK)
14. What Drives Policy Making in Finland? Critical Reflections Upon Interviewing Finnish Policy Elites, Jennifer Chung (University College London, UK)
15. Negotiating a University Law in Spain: Actors, Conflicts, and Innovations, Enrique Maestu-Fonseca (University of Madrid, Spain) and José-Luis Parejo (University of Valladolid, Spain)
16. Exploring the Role of New Actors and Coalitions in Advancing Policy Change: The Politics of Educational Innovation in Catalonia, Lluís Parcerisa (University of Barcelona, Catalonia) Andreu Termes (Metròpoli Institute, Catalonia), Marcel Pagès (University of Girona and Autonomous University of Barcelona, Catalonia) and Martí Manzano (Autonomous University of Barcelona, Catalonia)
Part IV: Policy Making in Schools
17. (Re)positioning Tacher Educators as Policy Makers who Span Across Policy Making Arenas, Cameron Van der Smee, Dylan Scanlon, Jacqui Peters, Trent Brown, and Joanne Henriksen (Deakin University, Australia)
18. Building the Foundation in New Schools: Insights on Developing Inclusive Policy Environments from Two Founding Principals, David Cashman and Alan Sheehan (School Principals, Ireland)
19. Including Students in Policy Making: The Perspective of a Post-Primary School Principal in Ireland, Helen McTighe (School Principal, Ireland)
20. Involving Parents in the Development of a School Literacy Policy in a Designated Disadvantaged Primary School in Ireland: A First-Hand Account from a Deputy Principal, Ciara Barry (Deputy Principal, Ireland)
Conclusion
References
Index