Who is PRE Online for?

PRE Online is designed for everyone interested in finding out about the practical applications of the latest research into education. It is especially useful for teachers, head teachers and education students and provides electronic access to a wide selection of research projects, many of which can be applied in any school.

How can PRE Online help you?

PRE Online will keep you up to date with the research that matters. Published articles emphasise the practical applications of the research that is taking place both in and outside of the classroom and provide case study examples of how the findings are being used.

PRE Online provides direct access to over 70 articles about current research in education. To ensure the high quality of all articles, NFER and the PRE editorial panel scrutinise each one to make sure that it is based on sound educational research and that it is written with a practitioner audience in mind. As well as contributions from the current year, we have broadened the scope of PRE Online to include selected publications from our 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006 backlist.

Searching for what you want

Articles are arranged alphabetically and you can also search by keyword. To check if the article is of interest to you, just view the summary. If you would then like to read it, follow the instructions to enter it into your 'briefcase' and it will be emailed to you as a Word document.

Sharing PRE articles

It is a feature of PRE that you can photocopy all articles for internal use so you can use the articles for staff development and training or for sharing information within your school or organisation.

Subscribing to PRE

Standard subscription
The standard subscription includes two issues of the printed copy of PRE each year, together with online access to this website. Articles are accessed via a username and password and subscribers are able to search through back issues, join popular debates and download articles for free. Recent research with subscribers to PRE has revealed that they consider it to be an invaluable resource and that the online version is particularly useful for passing on research information to others in order to inform practice. The standard subscription price is £29.50 per year.

Online only option
The online-only subscription provides electronic access to individual users, who are issued with usernames and passwords. Subscribers to the online-only option may browse through back issues and search for articles using keywords, authors' names, article titles or issue numbers. Subscribers may download articles for free direct into their email inbox. The online only subscription price is £19.50 per year.

Multi-user option
The multi-user subscription allows organisations access to the online journal for an unlimited number of users, who may be issued with usernames and passwords as necessary. Subscribers to the multi-user option also receive two complimentary copies of the printed journal. This is a popular method of access for university libraries and local education authorities. Recent research with subscribers has revealed that they consider it to be an invaluable resource and that the online version is particularly useful for passing on research information to others in order to inform practice. The multi-user subscription price is £250 per year.

What does it cost?

If you are a subscriber to the printed version of PRE you are entitled to a free online subscription. Simply email us with your request and we will send you your unique login details.

If you wish to download one or more articles without subscribing, you can do this by adding the articles to the briefcase and then using the simple checkout facility. The articles will be emailed to you immediately.

If you are new to PRE Online and would like to subscribe, you can do so on our website. Simply click the subscribe button and follow the instructions.

If you are from an organisation that would like to have a multiple-user subscription to PRE Online please email a.yorke@nfer.ac.uk To submit an article to PRE, please contact the Editor, Alison Lawson, for a copy of the guidelines for contributors at: a.lawson@nfer.ac.uk

We hope you find PRE Online stimulating and useful. If you have any comments or suggestions about the site please contact us:

By email on: a.yorke@nfer.ac.uk or m.smyth@nfer.ac.uk
By telephone: +44 (0) 1753 637002
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