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George Smith

George Smith
Position:
Senior Research and Teaching Associate
Telephone (+01865):
(2)70344
Email Address:
george.smith@spi.ox.ac.uk

Personal Info

George Smith was until December 2008 a University Reader in Social Policy and Research Fellow at Green College, Oxford. He was Head of Department from 2005-2007 and previously the Department's research coordinator and course director for the Comparative Social Policy graduate degrees. He co-directed the Social Disadvantage Research Centre with Professor Michael Noble from its foundation in the 1990s to 2005. His fields of interest include urban disadvantage, social security, poverty/low income and education, and the measurement of deprivation at the local level. He worked on the Educational Priority Areas Project and the Community Development Projects in the 1970s; was co-ordinator of OECD projects on educational disadvantage in the US and disadvantaged youth in urban areas. Until April 1996 he was adviser/research consultant to the British Government's Office for Standards in Education (OFSTED), London and before that to Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Schools (HMI) over a fifteen year period. He is a Research Associate of the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) London. Recently he has undertaken research in India and Bangladesh on the use of new sources of microdata to assess poverty and deprivation at the local level.

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Publications

  • Smith, George., Smith, Teresa & Tom Smith (2007) Whatever Happened to EPAs? Part 2: Educational Priority Areas - 40 years on. FORUM, 48 (1 & 2) pp 141-156. can be accessed at www.wwwords.co.uk/forum/content/pdfs/49/issue49_1.asp
  • Smith, Teresa., Sylva, Kathy., La Valle, Ivana., Dearden, Lorraine., Smith, George., Coxon, Kate., Sigala, Maria., Mathers, Sandra., Smith, Ruth., Purdon, Susan., Shaw, Jonathan., & Sibieta, Luke. (2007) National Evaluation of the Neighbourhood Nurseries Initiative: Integrated Report. DfES SureStart Report: SSU/2007/FR/024, March 2007.
  • Sigala, Maria & Smith, George (2007) National Evaluation of the Neighbourhood Nurseries Initiative: Tracking and Neighbourhood Change SureStart Research Report SSU/2007/FR/023, DfES March 2007
  • Smith, G., Pellissery, S., Rajan, S. and Dubuc, S. (2007) Indian Microdata Scoping Study. Final Report to the ESRC, Department of Social Policy and Social Work 34p.http://www.dise.in/Downloads/Use%20of%20Dise%20Data/George%20Smith,%20Sony%20Pellissery,%20Sweta%20Rajan%20and%20Sylvie%20Dubuc.pdf
  • McLennan, D., Anttila, C., Gutiérrez-Romero, R., Mason, D., Wilkinson, K., Mokhtar, C., Dibben, C., Smith, G., & Noble, M (2006) Neighbourhood Management Programme Baseline Report.  Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, NRU.
  • Smith, George & Exley, Sonia (2006) The influence of overseas examples on DES policy-making for the school system in England, 1985-1995 Oxford Review of Education, Vol. 32, No. 5, pp. 575-597. Routledge. ISSN 0305-4985 (print)/ISSN 1465-3915 (online)/06/050575-23
  • Noble, M. Wright, G , Smith, G & Dibben, C. (2006) 'Measuring multiple deprivation at the small-area level' Environment and Planning A, 2006, 38(1) January, pages 169 -185
  • Smith, George & Smith, Teresa  (2006) A. H. Halsey: Oxford as a base for social research and educational reform Oxford Review of Education, Special Issue, 32 (1), 105-126, February 2006.
  • Smith, Teresa., Lee, Caroline., with Braswell, Sean., Coxon, Kate., Smith, George., Sylva, Kathy & Tanner, Emily (2005) 'Early Stages of the Neighbourhood Nurseries Initiative: Opening the Nurseries'. Department for Education and Skills Publications.  ISBN 1 84478 405 5.
  • Noble, M. Barnes, H. Smith, G. McLennan, D. Dibben, C. Avenell, D. Smith, Tom, Anttila, C, Sigala, M & Mokhtar, C. (2005) Northern Ireland Multiple Deprivation Measures, 2005.  NISRA, May 2005.
  • Smith, George & Smith, Tom (2005) Mapping deprivation at the local level: recent experience from the United Kingdom ICSC Research Review, 12(2), 2005, pp79-84
  • Smith, G., Smith, T., Wilkinson, K., and Sigala, M (2005) National Evaluation of the New Deal for Communities Programme: Education and skills, SDRC Papers on the New Deal for Communities National Evaluation
  • Noble, M., Wright, G., Dibben, C., Smith, G., McLennan, D., Anttila, C., Barnes, H., Covizzi, I., Mokhtar, C., Noble, M., Avenell, D., Gardner, J., & Lloyd, M. (2004) The English Indices of Deprivation, 2004.  Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, Neighbourhood Renewal Unit, 2004.
  • Buchanan, A., Bennett, F., Ritchie, C., Smith, T., Smith, G., Harker, L. & Vitali-Ebers, S.  (2004) The impact of government policy on social exclusion among children aged 0-13 and their families: A review of the literature for the Social Exclusion Unit in Breaking the Cycle series , London: Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. (Social Exclusion Unit.)
  • Smith, G., Noble, M., Anttilla, C., Gill, L., Zaidi, A., Wright, G., Dibben, C and Barnes, H.  (2004) The Value of Linked Administrative Records for Longitudinal Analysis. Report to the ESRC National Longitudinal Strategy Committee.
  • Noble, M. Wright, G. Lloyd, M. Dibben, C. Smith, G. Ratcliffe, A. McLennan, D. Sigala, M & Anttila, C  (2003) Scottish Index of Deprivation 2003: Summary Report Scottish Executive, Edinburgh , 2003.
  • Noble, M., Wright, G., Lloyd, M., Dibben, C., Smith, G.A.N.  (2003) Scottish Indices of Deprivation 2003: Full Report  Scottish Executive web document available from www.scotland.gov.uk/library5/social/siod-00.asp
  • Evans, M.Noble, M. Wright, G. Smith, G. Lloyd, M & Dibben, C  (2002) Growing Together or Growing Apart? Geographic Patterns of Change in IS and JSA-IB Claimants in England 1995-2000  The Policy Press, 2002.
  • Noble, M., Wright, G., Smith, G., Ratcliffe, A., Lloyd, M., Dibben, C., Braswell, S., (November 2002) (2002) Updating the Indices of Deprivation 2000: Stage One Report, Stage 1 Consultation document (London: Neighbourhood Renewal Unit).
  • Smith, George & Smith, Teresa (2001) 'Excellence, diversity and inequality in education' in Fimister, G (ed) An End in Sight?', Child Poverty Action Group, London, 51-62.
  • Noble, Michael, Evans, Martin, Dibben, Chris & Smith, George (2001) Changing Fortunes: geographic patterns of income deprivation in the late 1990s DLTR and Social Exclusion Unit, Renewal July 2001
  • Smith, George, Noble, Michael & Wright, Gemma (2001) 'Do we care about area effects?' Environment and Planning A, 33, 1341-1344
  • Plewis, I, Smith, George, Wright, Gemma, & Cullis, A (2001) Linking Child Poverty and Child Outcomes: Exploring Data and Research Strategies ASD Research Branch Working Papers No 1, Department for Work and Pensions October 2001.
  • Noble, M. Smith, G. Wright, G. Dibben, C. & Lloyd, M  (2001) The Northern Ireland Multiple Deprivation Measure, 2001 Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Occasional Paper 16, 2001.
  • Dibben, C. Surender, R. Sims, A. Noble, M, Hill, A, Goldacre, M. Goodman, Lloyd, M. Wright, G. Smith, G.  (2001) Health Poverty Index Scoping Project Report. Department of Health.
  • Noble, M., Lloyd, M., Wright, G., Dibben, C. and Smith, G.A.N. (2001) 'Developing deprivation measures for Northern Ireland' Journal of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland 31.
  • Smith, George  (2000) 'Schools' in Halsey, A H & Webb, J Twentieth-Century British Social Trends, pp 179-220, Basingstoke, Macmillan.
  • Noble, Michael, Smith, George, Wright, Gemma, Dibben, Chris, Lloyd, Myfanwy & Penhale, Bruce. (2000) Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation: 2000 Edition. The National Assembly for Wales.
  • Noble, Michael, Penhale, Bruce, Smith, George, Wright, Gemma, Dibben, Chris, Owen, Tom & Lloyd, Myfanwy (2000) Indices of Deprivation 2000 Regeneration Research Summary, Number 31 2000, Department of Transport, Environment and the Regions (DETR)
  • Lloyd, C & Preller, K with Sandham, S and Smith, G  (2000) Young People, Offending and Local Action in Young People in Transition series, National Youth Agency Press for the Carnegie UK Trust.
  • Smith, George & Noble, Michael  (2000) 'Developing the use of administrative data to study poverty' in Bradshaw, J & Sainsbury, R (eds) Researching Poverty, Studies in Cash & Care, Ashgate, 2000, pp77-97
  • Smith, George (2000) 'Research and Inspection: HMI and OFSTED, 1981-1996 - A Commentary.' Oxford Review of Education, 26 (3&4).
  • Noble, M., Smith, G.A.N., Penhale, B., Wright, G., Dibben, C., Owen, T. & Lloyd, M.  (2000) Measuring Multiple Deprivation at the Small Area Level: The Indices of Deprivation 2000 DETR, Regeneration Research Summary No. 37, 2000
  • Noble, M., Penhale, B., Smith, G.A.N., Wright, G., Dibben, C. & Lloyd, M., (2000) Response to the Formal Consultations on the Indices of Deprivation 2000 DETR, London.
  • Noble, Michael., Smith, George., Cheung, Sin Yi. with de Moor, Desmond., Smith, Teresa., & Whitlock, Sandra. (1998) Lone Mothers Moving In and Out of Benefit. York Publishing Services for Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
  • Noble, Michael, Cheung, Sin Yi, & Smith, George  (1998) 'Origins and Destinations: Social Security Claimant Dynamics' Journal of Social Policy 27 (3).
  • Smith, G., Smith, T., & Wright, G. (1997) 'Choice, diversity or division? Poverty and schooling 1979-1997' in Walker, A & Walker, C Britain Divided: the Growth of Social Exclusion, 1979-1997.
  • Smith, George (1996) 'Urban Education: Current Position and Future Possibilities: Some Evidence from Research' in Barber, Michael & Dann, Ruth, Raising Standards in the Inner Cities, Cassell.
  • Smith, George Williamson, Howard Platt, Lucinda et al  (1996) 'Youth in an Age of Uncertainty: A Review of Recent Research' in The Carnegie Young People Initiative Years of Decision, pp 19-85, Leicester, National Youth Agency.
  • Noble, Michael & Smith, George (1996) 'Two nations? Changing patterns of income and wealth in two contrasting areas' in Hills, J New Inequalities, Cambridge University Press.
  • Smith, George (1996) 'Results from the Reading Tests' in OFSTED The Teaching of Reading in 45 Inner London Primary Schools, London.
  • Smith, Teresa., & Noble, Michael., with Barlow, Jane., Sharland, Elaine., & Smith, George. (1995) Education Divides: Poverty and Schooling in the 1990s. London, Child Poverty Action Group.
  • Noble, M., Cheung, S Y., Smith, G., & Smith, T. (1995) 'Using Census Data to predict Income Support Dependency'. Policy and Politics vol 23 no 4 pp 327 - 333.

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