British Council – ELTRA Evaluation

British Council - ELTRA Evaluation

Global

2022 - 2023

Countries

Global

Lead M&E Consultant(s)

Nicky Hockly & Simon Borg

Project Overview

The British Council’s English Language Teaching Research Awards (ELTRA) scheme began in 2009 and aims to: (i) facilitate the production of high-quality research from the UK relevant to ELT practitioners; (ii) improve access of ELT policy makers and professionals worldwide to high quality and relevant research from the UK; and (iii) facilitate and encourage the establishment and maintenance of active research links between ELT professionals and policy makers in the UK and overseas. The aim of this evaluation was to examine the impact of the ELTRA scheme, with impact defined to include a range of academic and non-academic consequences of research.

Approaches & Outputs

A mixed-methods approach was adopted and included interviews with British Council stakeholders, lead UK researchers and six international co-researchers who had carried out a total of 64 projects. The work included a review of the degree of practical orientation in 30 ELTRA reports and application forms, bibliometic analysis of ELTRA report downloads and citation data, and soliciting testimonials from beneficiaries of ELTRA research. From these data, a final report with recommendations for the scheme, as well as case studies for 17 ELTRA projects, were developed.

Impact On

The British Council’s design and delivery of the ELTRA scheme going forward.

British Council – ELTRA Evaluation