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Collaborative research, to improve literacy experiences and outcomes across the lifespan

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Redefining Reading

2026-2030

 

Children and young people’s reading habits are changing.  Across the UK, the last two decades have seen considerable shifts in children and young people’s reading attitudes and practices, with reports of continued declines in reading enjoyment and engagement. Understanding contemporary volitional reading practices and how these shape children and young people’s reading engagement, in both individual and social contexts, is essential to understand the complexity of their literacy lives, and create meaningful and relatable messaging to re-engage the younger generation to see themselves as readers.

 

This mixed methods project integrates existing national data with new qualitative research centring children and young people’s voices to significantly advance understanding of reading engagement across diverse text types.

 

This project is funded by an ESRC/SGSSS PhD Collaborative Studentship, in collaboration with the National Literacy Trust

 

PhD researcher: Lauren Galligan

Principal Supervisor: Professor Sarah McGeown

Second Supervisor: Dr Patrick Errington

Project Partner: Dr Christina Clark

 

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