National Foundation for Educational Research
The National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) was founded in 1946 as a centre for educational research and development in England and Wales. NFER's head office is located at 'The Mere' in Slough, Berkshire, England. The foundation also has offices in Swansea and York.
The foundation's work includes educational research, evaluation of education and training programmes, and the development of assessments and specialist information services. They also sponsor the CERUK (Current Educational Research in the UK) database, which contains details of current or on-going research in education and related disciplines, and host EURYDICE, a network of European information on education.
The NFER founded nferNelson, which they sold to the Granada Learning Group in 2000.