Research interests: 

Heather no longer works for NIESR

Education: 

BA (Sociology), Sheffield
PhD Southampton - Technological change and skill

Employment: 

1998 – present NIESR
1990-1998 - Research Fellow, Policy Studies Institute
1987-1990 - Research Officer, Banking Insurance and Finance Union
1985-1987 - Research Officer, Essex University

Examples of current and recent projects

• Evidence and perceptions in the Brexit immigration debate (Leverhulme Trust) 
• Promoting integration of religious and ethnic minority groups in schools (for DfE)
• Good practice in the Integration of migrant pupils in schools (Paul Hamlyn Foundation)
• The impact of reforms to welfare and welfare to work on equality groups (for the Equality and Human Rights Commission)
• The impact of the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage on employers' pay setting practices (for BEIS)
• Workable options for immigration policy, post Brexit (ESRC UK in a Changing Europe)
• The response of employers in key sectors to Brexit (ESRC UK in a Changing Europe) 
• Use of employment agencies in the public sector - for the Office of Manpower Economics 
• The impact of free movement on the labour market (ESRC)
• Changing the debate on immigration using video animation - funded by the City of London
• Local employment and skills programmes - for the Local Government Association
• The long-run dynamic impacts of migration - funded by Barrow Cadbury Trust, NASSCOM and Unbound Philanthropy
• The potential impact of migration from Bulgaria and Romania on the UK resulting from the lifting of restrictions in 2014 - for the British Embassy/Foreign Office
• Evaluation of projects commissioned by the Education Endowment Foundation:
  • Mind the Gap2 - a trial using 'Growth Mindset' by Portsmouth University
  • Developing Healthy Minds in Teenagers - a PSHE programme delivered by How to Thrive
  • Powerful Learning Conversation 
  • Lesson Study (with CEP/LSE) 
  • The Abra Phonics programme (with CEP/LSE) 
  • Evaluating Formative Assessment - a trial delivered by SSAT
  • Improving Working Memory - a trial delivered by Oxford University
  • Young Enterprise

Other Information:

Journalists: for a high resolution picture of Heather Rolfe for print, please use this file

https://econpapers.repec.org/RAS/pro855.htm

Blog posts by Dr Heather Rolfe

New immigration policy: a bitter pill to swallow for those who give us our daily bread

22 Aug 2019, Rolfe, H

Growing pains: growth mindset effects are hard to measure but that doesn’t mean it’s not helping

11 Jul 2019, Rolfe, H

Integration isn’t about ‘improving’ minorities but preparing all children for life in diverse Britain

31 May 2019, Rolfe, H

Schools help migrant pupils to achieve despite funding cuts

13 May 2019, Rolfe, H

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Projects

An Evaluation of Equality and Human Rights Commission’s ‘Is Britain Fairer 2018’ [completed]

Changing Pupils' Mindsets [completed] plus Effectiveness Trial [completed]

Changing the debate: video animation on the impact of immigration [completed]

Day One mandation of prison leavers to the Work Programme [completed]

Educational attainment, ethnicity and disadvantage

Effective school approaches towards integrating migrant children and their families [completed]

Embedding Formative Assessment [completed]

Evaluation of Mathematical Reasoning

Evaluation of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s Minimum Income Standards Programme [completed]

Evidence and perceptions in the post-Brexit immigration debate [completed]

How employers set pay for young people [completed]

How to Thrive - improving pupils' non-cognitive skills

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