Research data
The HSRC Research Data Service provides a digital repository facility for the HSRC's research data in support of evidence based human and social development in South Africa and the broader region. Access to data is dependent on ethical requirements for protecting research participants, as well as on legal agreements with the owners, funders or in the case of data owned by the HSRC, the requirements of the depositors of the data. We facilitate data use by preparing comprehensive metadata and disseminating data and related documents to appropriate target audiences. Data sharing is subject to an End User License agreement. Data sets from the following projects have been curated and are available for use:
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Research data: LEARNERS
2021 School and individual predictors of mathematics achievement in South Africa: the mediating role of learner aspirations
Extant literature has demonstrated the importance of individual and school-related factors in improving mathematics achievement. Despite thi...
2021 Science engagement projects: Talent Development Programme Report on the 2020 Cohort
The format of the 2020 Talent Development Programme (TDP), coordinated by Stellenbosch University Centre for Pedagogy (SUNCEP), was altered ...
Download this report2021 Learner voices: learning experiences and well-being amidst COVID-19
The disruption of young people's education during the COVID-19 pandemic has been extensive and will likely have profound long-term consequen...
Download this report2021 The pursuit of social justice through educational policy for poor, rural and special needs learners in South Africa
Since 1994, the South African government has promulgated large-scale policy overhauls to redress the segregated and unequal apartheid era ed...