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There are two main ways to find information on the NFER website: browsing the site with menus and navigation bars; searching

browsing
NFER website simplifies the browsing process by having three different levels of navigation. The main navigation bar - coloured tabs - represent the largest sections on the website, each of which has its corresponding sub-navigation (sub-menu). For example the About NFER tab, when selected, will display the About NFER page, as well as the About NFER sub-menu.

To access some of the utility pages, the NFER Utility menu can be used. Some examples of utility pages are advanced search page, site index page, contact us page, help page, etc. In addition, users can see if they have anything in their shopping cart, or simply access the NFER  shop. The Utility menu is always displayed on the top right corner of every NFER web page.

searching
There are two different search types offered on NFER website. The quick search, a box that is displayed on every page and the advanced search (accessible from utilities menu, see above).

The quick search function searches all pages on the site, including their content and page titles. The advanced search, on the other hand, allows users to specify individual search fields, such as title, document, author, date range, document type etc.

 Research areas glossary

Our research and publications are classed in the following research areas but may be found in more than one area where relevant.

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• 14-19 - covers this age group and 14-19 reform, school to work/FE or HE transition
• Adult education - Higher education, lifelong learning and work-based learning
• Arts, creativity and cultural education - arts education and creativity
• Assessment - includes computer based assessment, test development & school/pupil performance
• Careers education & guidance - careers education, school to work transition, study pathways
• Change for Children - Children & Young People's Services, Every Child Matters, multi-agency working, vulnerable children (looked-after children, gypsies/travellers, asylum seekers, young carers, parents and school phobics/refusers)
• Citizenship education - Citizenship education including IEA Civic Education Project
• Curriculum management - aspects of managing and teaching curricula, class size
• Disengagement from learning - includes exclusion, truancy, attendance, school refusal and strategies for improving pupil behaviour, Prison education
• Early childhood education - includes Foundation Stage, pre-school to primary education
• Education policy - national & local policies, reform, initiatives and pilots
• Educational leadership - school leadership and management
• Environmental education - school grounds, education for sustainable development and outdoor education
• Excellence in Cities - all research relating to the Excellence in Cities initiative, Aimhigher and Pupil Learning Credits
• Further education - covers learning and skills, aspects of 14-19 reform, adult & lifelong learning and VET
• Health education - includes healthy eating, National fruit scheme, sex and drug education
• Higher education -  covers higher education, progression to HE and widening access.
• ICT - use of ICT in teaching, learning, testing and management
• International research - international and collaborative studies, TIMSS, PIRLS and research carried outside the UK
• LGA research - research funded by the Local Government Association
• Learning support - includes, teaching assistants and mentoring
• Listening to children & young people -  undertaking research that involves young people
• Literacy - covers literacy, reading, writing and PIRLS
• National Curriculum - National Curriculum & component stages (Foundation - Key Stage 4)
• Numeracy - numeracy, maths education and TIMSS study
• Out of school learning - covers homework, summer schools and extended schools initiatives
• Partnerships - partnerships and multi-agency working
• Primary education - covers ages 5-11, primary to secondary education transition, selective education (11+)
• Professional development - staff development, HR issues, teacher retention and staff attitudes
• Research engaged school - teachers as researchers
• Research methods and statistics- research methodologies, statistical analysis and ethics
• Secondary education - covers ages 11 to 16
• School improvement - school improvement initiatives
• Science education - science education and TIMSS
• Social inclusion - social inclusion initiatives, disengagement and travellers
• Special needs - special educational needs and gifted and talented
• Teaching and learning - teaching and learning methods, initiatives and interventions
• Vulnerable children - includes looked-after children,gypsies/travellers, asylum seekers, young carers and school refusers
• Widening participation - school to FE/HE transition
• Work related curriculum - vocational education/training and 14-19 reforms
• Work-based learning - workplace, continuing and adult education (vocational education and training - VET)

Most of the documents on the NFER website are free to download and read. We are trying to keep the document formats consistent, so that the users do not have to use different types of software.
The most popular document format on the NFER website is Adobe PDF, usually repesented by this  icon. To read PDF documents, Adobe Acrobat Reader is required. If your computer does not come with this software, it can be downloaded free from http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

Occasionally, downloadable documents can be in Microsoft Word format . These usually do not require any additional software, and can be read straight through the browser.

If you experience problems downloading a particular document when you click on the icon, try clicking with the right mouse button and then selecting the Save as option from the menu.

The NFER shop is a new section of our website where users can search, browse and order NFER publications.

Here are a few helpful topics:

To find a publication by title, author, ISBN or publication date, use the search window.

To browse the titles aphabetically, use the index by clicking on a letter to display a list of titles begining with that letter.

If you wish to purchase a publication, click on the Add to cart link at the bottom of the page. The total price, together with the number of items in the cart, will appear in the shopping cart window.

To view the cart at any time whilst browsing the NFER site, click the shop icon on the top menu, or, if you are already in the shop, click on the View cart button.

To proceed to checkout, simply click the Purchase button.

If you need to delete an item from cart, enter 0 in the quantity box and click update.

if you need to delete all the items from the cart, click the Empty cart button.

After you have entered all your details you will be redirected to the WorldPay secure server where your credit card details can be entered.