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Sarah Golden
BA, MPhil
Principal Research Officer
s.golden@nfer.ac.uk
+44 (0)1753 637196
Sarah is a Senior Research Officer in the Research, Evaluation and Information Department working on mentoring, vocational learning, work-based route and social inclusion projects.


Partnerships, Social inclusion, Work-related curriculum, Research methods and statistics, National Curriculum, Further education, Higher education.

Education-Business partnerships, employers, GCSEs, labour market.
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Golden, S., Bielby, G., O’Donnell, L., Morris, M., Walker, M. and Maguire, S. (2008). Outcomes of the Youth Opportunity Fund/Youth Capital Fund (DCSF Research Report 046).

O’Donnell, L., Golden, S., McCrone, T., Rudd, P. and Walker, M. (2006). Evaluation of Increased Flexibility for 14-16 Year olds Programme: Delivery for Cohorts 3 and 4 and the Future (DfES Research Report 790). London: DfES.

Golden, S., O’Donnell, L., Benton, T. and Rudd, P. (2006). Evaluation of Increased Flexibility for 14 to 16 Year Olds Programme: Outcomes for the Second Cohort (DfES Research Report 786). London: DfES.

Golden, S., McCrone, T., Walker, M. and Rudd, P. (2006). Impact of e-learning in Further Education: Survey of Scale and Breadth (DfES Research Report 745). London: DfES.

Golden, S. (2005). ‘Increasing flexibility in the key stage 4 curriculum - the impact on schools and students’, NFER News, Winter, 16. [online]

Golden, S., O’Donnell, L., Benton, T. and Rudd, P. (2005). Evaluation of Increased Flexibility for 14 to 16 Year Olds Programme: Outcomes for the First Cohort (DfES Research Report 668). London: DfES.

Golden, S., O’Donnell, L. and Rudd, P. (2005). Evaluation of Increased Flexibility for 14 to 16 Year Olds Programme: the Second Year (DfES Research Report 609). London: DfES.

Judkins, M., Golden, S., Ireland, E. and Morris, M. (2005). Evaluation of Aimhigher: Excellence Challenge. Implementing Aimhigher: Excellence Challenge. The Experiences of Ten Partnerships (DfES Research Report 646). London: DfES.

Kendall, L., O’Donnell, L., Golden, S., Ridley, K., Machin, S., Rutt, S., McNally, S., Schagen, I., Meghir, C., Stoney, S., Morris, M., West, A. and Noden, P. (2005). Excellence in Cities. The National Evaluation of a Policy to Raise Standards in Urban Schools 2000-2003 (DfES Research Report 675A).

Morris, M. and Golden, S. (2005). Evaluation of Aimhigher: Excellence Challenge. Interim Report 2005 (DfES Research Report 648). London: DfES.

Morris, M., Golden, S., Ireland, E. and Judkins, M. (2005). Evaluation of Aimhigher: Excellence Challenge. The Views of Partnership Coordinators 2004 (DfES Research Report 650). London: DfES.

Golden, S., Nelson, J., O’Donnell, L. and Morris, M. (2004). Evaluation of Increased Flexibilities for 14-16 Year Olds: the First Year (DfES Research Report 511). London: DfES.

Golden, S., Nelson, J., O’Donnell, L. and Rudd, P. (2004). Evaluation of Increased Flexibilities for 14-16 Year Olds: Profile of Partnerships and Students 2002-2003 (DfES Research Report 558). London: DfES.

Golden, S., Nelson, J., O’Donnell, L. and Rudd, P. (2004). Implementing the Increased Flexibility for 14 to 16 Year Olds Programme: the Experience of Partnerships and Students (DfES Research Report 562). London: DfES.

Golden, S., Spielhofer, T., Sims, D. and O’Donnell, L. (2004). Supporting the Hardest-to-reach Young People: the Contribution of the Neighbourhood Support Fund (DfES Research Report 535). London: DfES.