Centre for Education Research on Identities and Inequalities (CERII)

CERII is the home of education research at ARU. We are committed to developing research on education, identities and inequalities which contributes to knowledge formation and makes a difference to people’s lives and society at large.

Our activities are consistently underpinned by a dual concern for inclusion and excellence, yet are also diverse in terms of epistemological, theoretical and empirical foci. The centre brings together our expertise in a range of topics related to identities and inequalities in education and work contexts throughout the life course.

The most recent Research Excellence Framework (REF 2021) identified three areas of excellence: gender, sexuality and care-based identities; sustainability in education; and curriculum research.

The aims of CERII are to:

For more information, contact Prof Marie-Pierre Moreau, Director, at [email protected]

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Director

Prof Marie-Pierre Moreau

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Prof Marie-Pierre Moreau is Professor in Education and Education Research Lead in the School of Education at ARU. A sociologist by training, her interests are located at the nexus of education, work and inequalities.

Her current research concentrates in two key areas: teachers' identities and careers, with specific reference to gender and the 'feminisation thesis’, and the relationship between care and academic work, with specific reference to the way students and academic staff with caring responsibilities are positioned in academic discourses.

She is the author or co-author of over 100 publications, including two monographs and two edited volumes. She is the editor of the Bloomsbury Gender and Education book series (with Prof. Penny Jane Burke, Newcastle, Australia and Prof. Nancy Niemi, Yale, USA). In 2014, she was appointed as an expert to the European Commission to provide advice on its policies and programmes in the fields of research, gender equality and education.

Research Fellows/Assistants

Dr Samson Maekele Tsegay

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Dr Samson Maekele Tsegay is a Research Fellow at ARU. He was a program coordinator in the University of Asmara and the National Board for Higher Education in Eritrea for about ten years. Furthermore, he worked as a Visiting Lecturer at Beijing Normal University and University of Roehampton.

He is author or co-author of many book chapters and articles in peer-reviewed journals. His research interests focus on comparative education, critical pedagogy, global citizenship education, migration and education, and internationalisation of higher education.

Lucie Wheeler

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Lucie Wheeler is a Research Assistant and PhD candidate in the School of Education at ARU. She has experience and qualifications in child development and early years education with specialist areas of research in home education/homeschooling, alternative education/provision and neurodiversity.

Prior to working in research, Lucie spent 14 years in various educational settings such as primary and special schools, colleges, nurseries and private pre-school provisions working both as a practitioner and in leadership roles.

Advisory Board

Dr Alex Moseley

Dr Alex Moseley is Head of Anglia Learning and Teaching. He leads the activities of Anglia Learning and Teaching, which are driven by our Learning, Teaching and Assessment Strategy.

Alex Thorpe

Alex Thorpe is a curator and educator interested in the potential of the arts for social change. She brings together artists with people to generate collective actions in response to pressing social issues. Currently Education Curator at the Serpentine Galleries, she leads on collaborative programmes with children, young people and families, producing toolkits to share research more widely.

Alex was co-curator of Rights to the City? an international symposium of artists, organisations and practitioners that seeks to explore the place of social and political activity in art making and is currently co-editing a book reflecting on five years of Serpentine community-based projects. Between 2007 and 2014 Alex worked at Manchester Art Gallery developing programmes and spaces with children and families.

Dr Anna Wanka

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Dr Anna Wanka is a sociologist and critical gerontologist interested in un/doing difference and the material-discursive construction of age. Her areas of expertise comprise life course transitions/retirement and the re/production of intersectional social inequalities across the life course, ageing and technologies, age-friendly cities and communities, ageing migrants, and lifelong learning. She has expertise in both qualitative and quantitative methods and has developed reflexive approaches to mixed-methods research.

Since 2022 she has been leader of the research group on “Linking Ages – The Socio-Material Practices of Un/Doing Age across the Life-Course” at Goethe University Frankfurt a.M., Germany.

Dr Matt Lumb

Dr Matt Lumb is Associate Director of the Centre of Excellence for Equity in Higher Education (CEEHE) at the University of Newcastle, Australia. His work focuses on co-developing critical, praxis-based spaces that hold the possibility of challenging hegemonic methodologies constructing policies, practices and evaluative projects of equity and widening participation in higher education.

Matt has been involved in projects of equity research and practice in Higher Education for about ten years, coming to the work from a background in community development and high school teaching. His PhD explored the unintended consequences of a university outreach program he helped to conduct, including the pressure to produce evidence of impact and the worrying ways in which his own white, male, middle class values were shaping evaluative processes.

Dr Phil Kirkman

Dr Phil Kirkman is Associate Professor in Education in the Faculty of Arts, Humanities, Education and Social Sciences at ARU.

Dr Sarah Burch

Dr Sarah Burch is the Director of Research and Research Students in Education in the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Social Care at ARU.

Dr Sebastian Rasinger

Dr Sebastian Rasinger is an Associate Professor in Applied Linguistics and Deputy Head of School of Humanities at ARU. He is interested in bilingualism, migration, ethnic and cultural identities, and intercultural communication, as well as the representation of minority groups in public and media discourse, using methods derived from both corpus linguistics and Critical Discourse Analysis.

He has recently edited (with Guido Rings) the multidisciplinary Cambridge Handbook of Intercultural Communication (2020, CUP) and is currently writing (also with Guido Rings) the Cambridge Introduction to Intercultural Communication (forthcoming, CUP).

Dr Steve Connolly

Dr Steve Connolly is the Deputy Head of the School of Education at ARU. Steve worked in a range of London secondary schools for almost twenty years, teaching English, Media and Creative Arts subjects and occupying a number of roles as a middle and senior leader. For much of this time, he was also an active researcher, completing both his MA and PhD in Media Education at the Institute of Education, UCL.

Steve moved into higher education in 2015 to the University of Bedfordshire where he taught a range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses and worked and researched in the School of Teacher Education for six years, having responsibility for a range of research projects and knowledge exchange activities.

Steve joined ARU in 2021 and became part of the team delivering Education MA courses. He is currently the Deputy Head of the School of Education and Co-Director of the Professional Doctorate in Education (EdD). He is also a member of the REF advisory group of the School of Education.

Moreover, Steve is the author of The Changing Role of Media in the English Curriculum: Returning to Nowhere (Routledge, 2021) and Knowledge and Knowing in Media and Film Studies (UCL Press, 2025). In late 2024, he was appointed as a member of the academic advisory panel to the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Political and Media Literacy.

Dr Timothy Hall

Dr Timothy Hall is Academic in Residence at Citizens UK and organiser for Cambridge Citizens. Before this he was Academic Lead for Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences at University Centre Peterborough and, prior to this, Head of Global Studies at the University of East London.

He began working with Citizens UK in 2010 and is the founder of Peterborough Citizens. He now leads on Citizens UK’s partnerships with universities nationally, as well as setting up a new chapter in Cambridge.

Prof Uvanney Maylor

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ARU Members

Abdul Moiz

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Abdul Moiz is a Senior Lecturer Practitioner in the Faculty of Arts, Humanities, Education and Social Sciences. His interests include:

  • Critical realism and curriculum research
  • Reflexivity, networks, and their role in teachers’ curriculum-making practices

Dr Adriana Sandu

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Dr Adriana Sandu is a Senior Lecturer in Social Work. Her interests include:

  • Gender, migration, identity and belonging
  • Social justice/inequality
  • Health inequalities, public policy
  • Qualitative methodology with a focus on visual ethnography

Prof Alison Greig

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Prof Alison Greig is Director of Education for Sustainability. Her interests include:

  • Sustainability education
  • Interdisciplinarity
  • Transformative learning
  • Systems thinking

Dr Anna Paraskevopoulou

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Dr Anna Paraskevopoulou is Associate Professor in Management. Her research interests include:

  • Disadvantage and discrimination in the workplace
  • Precarious work and precarious work conditions
  • The impact of legal status on work conditions
  • Migrants and refugees (especially on employment)
  • Equality, diversity and inclusion

Prof Catherine Lee

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Prof Catherine Lee is Pro Vice Chancellor and Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Humanities, Education and Social Sciences. Her interests include:

  • Teacher education
  • LGBT teachers and LGBT leadership
  • Experiences of LGBT people in rural communities
  • Widening participation in Higher Education
  • Health and wellbeing

Ceri Morgan

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Ceri Morgan is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Arts, Humanities, Education and Social Sciences. Her interests include:

  • Children's languages and literacies
  • Multilingualism
  • Language policy
  • Family-based learning
  • Creative and participatory approaches to research involving children

Chinenye Ubah

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Chinenye Ubah is a Lecturer in Adult Nursing. Her interests include:

  • Communication
  • Assessment confidence
  • Simulated learning
  • International nurses

Corinna Richards

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Corinna Richards is a Senior Lecturer Practitioner in the Faculty of Arts, Humanities, Education and Social Sciences. Her interests include:

  • Imposter phenomenon
  • Teacher educators
  • Professional identities of teacher educators
  • IPA as a methodology for educational research

Dr Daniela Mangione

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Dr Daniela Mangione is a Senior Lecturer in Early Years and Primary Education and Course Leader of the FdA Early Years and Education. Her interests include:

  • Teaching and learning in higher education
  • Drama learning spaces for adults
  • Work-based learning as a teaching and learning practice
  • Professionalism in education
  • Outdoor education

Dr David Smith

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Dr David Smith is a Reader in the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Social Care. His interests include:

  • Social inclusion and social policy
  • Health inequalities
  • BAME migrant populations
  • Gypsy, Roma and Travellers
  • Social theory 

Deborah Caws

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Deborah Caws is Senior Lecturer Practitioner. Her research interests include:

  • Teacher education
  • Teachers’ professional learning
  • Interdisciplinary approaches to pedagogy

Prof Denise Hawkes

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Prof Denise Hawkes is Head of School of Economics, Finance and Law in the Faculty of Business and Law. Her interests include:

  • Economics of education
  • Labour economics
  • Education evaluation
  • Pay and progression gaps

Dr Elsa Lee

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Dr Elsa Lee is a Senior Lecturer in Education. Her interests include:

  • Environmental sustainability education
  • Education and environmental justice
  • Arts-based research methods
  • Ethnography
  • Place-based pedagogy
  • Nature connectedness
  • New materialism, relationality and indigenous epistemologies

Dr Emma Miles

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Dr Emma Miles is a Senior Lecturer in Education. Her interests include:

  • Theatre for children
  • The pedagogy of arts and cultural experiences for children
  • Museum learning
  • Collaborative and arts-based qualitative methodological approaches 

Dr Ian Normile

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Dr Ian Normile is a Senior Lecturer in Education. His research interests include:

  • Philosophy of education
  • Critical thinking
  • Purposes of higher education
  • Academic freedom
  • Mystical experiences
  • Reflective practice
  • Cross-cultural learning
  • Democratic education & education for democracy

Irine Mano

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Irine Mano is Senior Lecturer in Social Work. Her interests include:

  • Black/ migrant studies
  • Diversity inclusion and additional needs in social work practice
  • Practice learning in social work
  • Social justice and inequality
  • Black women in leadership positions

Prof Jeannette Baxter

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Prof Jeannette Baxter is Research Convenor for English Literature. Her interests include:

  • Arts-based participatory action research with schools and community groups on issues of refugee migration and sanctuary seeking
  • Developing arts-based research methodologies for child researchers
  • Heritage recovery and preservation through creative practice and storytelling
  • Global citizenship education

Dr Joanna Fox

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Dr Joanna Fox is an Associate Professor of Social Work. Her interests include:

  • The inclusion of lived experiences in mental health research and practice
  • Service user involvement in social work education
  • Supporting mental health in the workplace
  • Exploring first person narratives in mental health research
  • The role of family carers in mental health recovery

Dr Joanne Bowser-Angermann

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Dr Joanne Bowser-Angermann is an Associate Professor of Education. Her interests include:

  • Effects of educational policy on teaching and learning, particularly in the FE sector
  • Student engagement and children’s motivation to learn
  • Parent-child separation in military families

John Parkin

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John Parkin is a Senior Lecturer Practitioner in Primary Education. His interests include:

  • Technology, computing and digital literacy
  • Misinformation/disinformation in education settings
  • Online safety in school contexts
  • Masculinities
  • Male primary school teachers

Julia Carr

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Julia Carr is a Senior Lecturer and Course Leader. Her interests include:

  • Autism
  • Neurodiversity
  • Social justice
  • Critical disability studies

Dr Ka Lee Carrie Ho

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Dr Ka Lee Carrie Ho is a Senior Lecturer in Education. Her interests include:

  • Aesthetic education
  • Applied theatre and drama-in-education
  • A/r/tography research methodology
  • Children's learning (e.g. literacy, STEAM, motor development)
  • Creativity and social-emotional learning of children with AS and ADHD
  • Spirituality and wellbeing

Dr Katherine Christopher

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Dr Katherine Christopher is a Senior Lecturer in Education. Her interests include:

  • Philosophy of Education
  • Environmental education
  • Curriculum design
  • Teachers’ self-perception

Dr Kay Aaronricks

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Dr Kay Aaronricks is Head of School for Education and Social Care. Her interests include:

  • Professional identity of the early years workforce
  • Continuous professional development in early years

Dr Leanne Gray

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Dr Leanne Gray is a Senior Lecturer in Education. Her interests include:

  • Early counting and primary mathematics
  • Early years education
  • Outdoor learning
  • Learners with English as an additional language in mathematics

Prof Margaret Greenfields

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Prof Margaret Greenfields is a Professor of Social Policy. Her interests include:

  • Inclusive education, educational access, and widening participation
  • Gypsies, Travellers, Roma, Showmen and Boater communities
  • Innovative assessment regimes
  • Migrant and refugee education
  • LGBTQI+ young people and representation in education
  • Intersectional educational pedagogic practice
  • Educational outcomes of minoritised communities 

Paula Daines

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Paula Daines is a Senior Lecturer Practitioner in the Faculty of Arts, Humanities, Education and Social Sciences. Her interests include:

  • Teacher education
  • Early career teachers
  • Female career-changers who move into primary teaching
  • The role of mentoring early career teachers

Dr Paulette Luff

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Dr Paulette Luff is a a Senior Lecturer in Education. Her interests include:

  • Early childhood pedagogy and practice
  • Arts
  • Sustainability
  • Home-based early learning

Dr Pauline Lane

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Dr Pauline Lane is an Associate Professor of Mental Health. Her interests include:

  • Critical race and indigenous theories
  • Gypsy and Traveller communities
  • Refugees and migration
  • Equality
  • Human rights

Dr Phil Kirkman

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Dr Phil Kirkman is Associate Professor in Education. His interests include:

  • International leadership and development
  • Technology-mediated development
  • Professional knowledge and teacher development
  • Pedagogic discourse and educational inequalities

Dr Rachel Minett

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Dr Rachel Minett is Lead for Initial Teacher Training. Her interests include:

  • Teacher efficacy beliefs
  • Teacher education and development
  • Online and distance education

Dr Rebecca Clarkson

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Dr Rebecca Clarkson is a Senior Lecturer in Education. Her interests include:

  • Assessment theory and cultures
  • Policies of assessment and exam development
  • Teacher assessment
  • Moderation practices
  • Literacy

Rochelle Mallet

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Rochelle Mallet is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Arts, Humanities, Education and Social Sciences. Her interests include:

  • Gender and young children
  • Early years
  • Infant voice
  • Rights-respecting practice
  • Posthumanism

Dr Roxana Anghel

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Dr Roxana Anghel is a Senior Researcher and Senior Lecturer in Education. Her interests include:

  • Transition/liminality (leaving care)
  • Care-experienced people as knowers and co-production
  • Pedagogy and research for environmental justice and sustainability
  • Eco-social paradigm
  • Grand Challenges
  • Pedagogy for plural leadership, community mobilisation, and action

Ruth Platt

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Ruth Platt is a Senior Lecturer Practitioner and Course Leader for PGCE. Her interests include:

  • The transition to primary school
  • Early years education
  • Belonging, identity and wellbeing in the classroom
  • Trainee and early career teacher identity and development 

Dr Sarah Burch

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Dr Sarah Burch is Director of Research and Research Students in Education. Her interests include:

  • Ageing and wellbeing
  • Ageing and social inclusion
  • Ageing and technology
  • Caregiving
  • Ageing and gender

Dr Sarah Wall

Dr Sarah Wall is a Senior Lecturer in Education. Her interests include:

  • Supporting social, emotional and mental health in schools (particularly pupils with attachment difficulties)
  • Behavioural presentations in attachment, autism and pathological demand avoidance
  • The role of the Education Mental Health Practitioner
  • Widening participation in HE for those on the autistic spectrum
  • Associative disability discrimination in the UK educational sphere
  • Legal issues arising from SEND

Dr Sebastian Rasinger

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Dr Sebastian Rasinger is an Associate Professor in Applied Linguistics and Deputy Head of School of Humanities. His interests include:

  • Bilingualism, migration, ethnic and cultural identities
  • Intercultural communication
  • Representation of minority groups in public and media discourse

Dr Sinem Hizli Alkan

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Dr Sinem Hizli Alkan is a Senior Lecturer in Education. Her interests include:

  • Curriculum making
  • Teachers’ reflexivity
  • Teachers’ networks
  • Teaching mathematics for social justice
  • Teacher agency

Dr Solava Ibrahim

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Dr Solava Ibrahim is a Senior Lecturer in International Relations, and Course Leader for MA International Relations and MA International Development. Her interests include:

  • Politics of poverty reduction and social justice
  • Dynamics of grassroots-led development
  • Expansion of the human development and capability approach
  • Impact of political changes on deprived communities
  • Gender and women's groups

Stacy Randall

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Stacy Randall is a Senior Lecturer and FdA Early Childhood Studies Course Leader. Her interests include:

  • Early years and education
  • Leadership
  • Safeguarding children in education
  • The Reggio approach and learning
  • Continuous Professional Development

Dr Steve Connolly

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Dr Steve Connolly is a Senior Lecturer in Education. His interests include:

  • Media education and media literacy
  • Curriculum and curriculum theory
  • Teacher education
  • Epistemologies of school subjects
  • Literacies
  • The teaching of writing

Dr Tarisai Chikomba

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Dr Tarisai Chikomba is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Arts, Humanities, Education and Social Sciences. His interests include:

  • Teacher professional development
  • Computing
  • Social justice
  • African research
  • EDI-related research

External Associate Members

Dr Chrissy Mangafa

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Dr Chrissy Mangafa's interests include:

  • The potential of mobile technologies in education
  • Inclusion and Special Educational Needs
  • Teachers' Continuing Professional Development
  • Participatory research in education
  • School transition and social mobility
  • Children's and teachers' wellbeing and resilience

Dr Cynthia Okpokiri

Dr Cynthia Okpokiri's interests include:

  • Children, parenting and family dynamics
  • Social work practice education
  • Well-being, equality, and social justice
  • Migration, difference, and group dynamics
  • Alternative epistemologies, knowledges, and methodologies 

Dr Fanny Froehlich

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Dr Fanny Froehlich's interests include:

  • Feminist research on social inequalities and identities
  • Social justice, social transformation and linkages to gendered social norms
  • Transnational and cross-cultural development policy and practice
  • Co-production of knowledge
  • Participatory feminist research methods 

Dr Hazel Wright

Dr Hazel Wright's interests include:

  • Life stories and narrative research
  • Women in society
  • Children, families and communities
  • Adult, higher and early childhood education
  • Diversity, equality and inclusion
  • Sustainability and the natural world

Dr Mallika Kanyal

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Dr Mallika Kanyal's interests include:

  • Children’s voice/participation in early years and primary education
  • Students' voice/participation in Higher Education
  • Participatory research methodology

Prof Nicola Walshe

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Prof Nicola Walshe's interests include:

  • Climate change and sustainability education (CCSE)
  • Teacher education practices in CCSE
  • Arts- and nature-based pedagogies and practices
  • The intersection between arts, nature and wellbeing, particularly for children

Dr Noa Lavi

Dr Noa Lavi's interests include:

  • Children, childhood and child development
  • Family relations
  • Teaching and learning
  • Social and emotional learning
  • Marginalized societies and school programs
  • The experience of aid and development initiatives

Dr Sara Spear

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Dr Sara Spear's interests include:

  • Family-school relationships
  • Parental engagement
  • Physical activity
  • Primary schools
  • Special schools
  • Outdoor learning
  • Disadvantaged groups

Student Members

Amanda Anderson

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Amanda Anderson is a postgraduate researcher in the Faculty of Art, Humanities, Education and Social Science.

Thesis: Ethnographies of environmental sustainability education providers

Supervisors: Dr Paulette Luff, Dr Elsa Lee and Prof Nicola Walshe

Folu Ajiboye

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Folu Ajiboye is a postgraduate researcher in the Faculty of Art, Humanities, Education and Social Science.

Thesis: Teaching conceptions and teaching practice: the perspective of architectural lectures in Nigeria

Supervisors: Prof Marie-Pierre Moreau and Dr Adriana Sandu

Friend Olamuyiwa

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Friend Olamuyiwa is a postgraduate researcher in the Faculty of Art, Humanities, Education and Social Sciences.

Thesis: Effect of guidance and counselling on the academic performance of secondary school students in Nigeria

Supervisors: Dr Steve Connolly and Dr Samson Maekele Tsegay

Katie Reynolds

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Katie Reynolds is a postgraduate researcher in the Faculty of Art, Humanities, Education and Social Science.

Thesis: Exploring how LGBTQ teachers construct leadership within heteronormative and/or cisnormative cultures (working title)

Supervisors: Prof Catherine Lee, Prof Daragh McDermott

Mariam Krayem

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Mariam Krayem is a postgraduate researcher in the Faculty of Faculty of Art, Humanities, Education and Social Sciences.

Thesis: Educators promoting children's fine motor skills in early years settings: case studies in England and in Lebanon

Supervisors: Dr Paulette Luff and Dr Daniela Mangione

Sarah Parker

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Sarah Parker is a postgraduate researcher in the Faculty of Art, Humanities, Education and Social Science.

Thesis: Potions, stethoscopes and beards – how a child’s construction of a science identity is informed by their experiences of science capital and gender

Supervisors: Prof Marie-Pierre Moreau and Dr Emma Miles

Shingirayi Kandi

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Shingirayi Kandi is a postgraduate researcher in the Faculty of Art, Humanities, Education and Social Science.

Thesis: Embedding outdoor learning into special school culture

Supervisors: Prof Marie-Pierre Moreau, Dr Sara Spear and Dr Elsa Lee

Valerie Freestone

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Valerie Frestone is a postgraduate researcher in the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Social Care.

Thesis: Can an understanding of the lived experience of Black African student mental health nurses help practice assessors to develop culturally-centred pedagogies? A phenomenological study

Supervisors: Dr Pauline Lane and Dr Cynthia Okpokiri

Our research activity concentrates in three domains in which we have significant expertise: identities and equities in education settings; education and environmental justice; and curriculum making and social justice.

These domains are closely aligned with the research priority areas identified in ARU’s Research and Innovation Strategy 2022-27 (PDF).

Curriculum making and social justice

Our research activity under this theme draws from a nuanced understanding of curriculum as social and relational phenomena and explores curriculum making theories/practices in different subjects, with specific consideration for their implications for social justice.

Building upon recent curriculum theoretical typology (e.g., Priestley et al., 2021), we acknowledge three important questions in our curriculum making research activities: (1) who make the curriculum (e.g., teachers, curriculum experts, academics, etc.); (2) where it is made (e.g., schools, classroom, local area); and (3) what practices are involved in the making of a curriculum (e.g., writing a curriculum policy document, content selection, support offered to teachers).

Our work in this group captures a range of topics about curriculum making:

  • Teaching mathematics in language diverse contexts
  • Critical realism and curriculum research
  • Literacy and assessment
  • Development of reading and writing
  • Cognitive science in the classroom
  • Teaching science
  • Media education and media literacy
  • Cultural capital in education
  • Reflexivity, networks and their role in teachers’ curriculum making practices

For queries about this theme, contact Dr Sinem Hizli-Alkan at [email protected]

Read more about curriculum making and social justice.

Identities and equities in education settings: gender, sexuality and ethnicity

Our research in this area encompasses a broad range of educational inequalities in education and work settings, from early years to higher education and throughout the lifecycle. This strand of our work is concerned with two specific areas:

Gender, sexuality and care-based identities: this stream explores how groups minoritised because of their gender, sexual or care-based identities navigate care-free, heterosexist norms in a range of contexts, including as students and workers.

Examples of work in this area include LGBT teachers negotiating heteronormative school cultures, gender issues in the teaching profession, HE students and academics with caring responsibilities, and ancillary workers in HE.

This strand of our work is funded through a broad range of national and international research grants.

Ethnicity and migration: this stream explores issues of inclusion and exclusion related to minority ethnic groups and migrants, in a broad of range of learning, work and community organisations.

Recent work in this area considers, for example, the experiences of minority ethnic teachers in British schools and gender-based violence in the UK Eritrean community.

We maintain an active presence in this field through a broad range of publications and impact activities. We contributed two impact case studies to REF 2021, which reflects our deep commitment to engaging with practitioners, policymakers and the wider public.

Our work in this area has attracted multiple awards and been funded by a broad range of funders including the European Commission, the British Academy, Advance HE, the SRHE, various local authorities, and a range of national and international charities such as the Nuffield Foundation and the Volkswagen Foundation.

Members of this stream are active in shaping the field through our editorship of the Access: Critical explorations of equity issues in higher education journal (run jointly with the University of Newcastle, Australia), lead editorship of the Bloomsbury Gender and Education book series, and editorial board membership of a range of relevant, established journals.

Read more about identities and equities in education settings: gender, sexuality and ethnicity.

Education and environmental justice

The aim of this theme, led by Dr Elsa Lee, is to establish a space in the School of Education and beyond where questions of social and epistemological justice can be researched and taught.

As such, the theme seeks to reveal differential social impacts of environmental degradation, and the rub between these impacts and education. For example, in what ways do gender, race, class and environmental degradation intersect, and what are the relationships between these intersections and education? How might an inclusive approach affect this relationship?

Existing activity in this area includes our involvement with the Ruskin Modules (e.g. Social Justice in Education, and Climate Justice), and our exemplary theme on wellbeing, arts and environmental sustainability education for the Primary Education Studies degree.

We also have a number of Vice Chancellor's PhD Scholarship funded doctoral students working on questions linked to environmental justice in education.

In terms of research and communication, our Sustainable Futures research theme funded initiatives, such as EEJ Reading and Research Collective (EEJ RRC) and the Conservation Justice Education project, exemplify our intentions to become global leaders in research in this field.

EEJ RRC in particular is establishing ARU as a key player in this space internationally by drawing in participants from across the UK, Europe, South America and South Africa, and through its innovative relationship with a local community-based artist.

Elsa Lee is link convenor for the European Educational Research Association (EERA)’s conference network 30 Convenors, which links ARU to over 350 researchers globally, creating exciting potential for research and publication collaborations, including a special issue collection on ESE in Europe for the Environmental Education Research Journal that is currently in development.

For queries about this theme, contact Dr Elsa Lee at [email protected]

Read more about education and environmental justice.

  • 2024-2025: Exploring Early Childhood Studies students' beliefs about mathematics, funded by BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants Scheme (PI: Dr Leanne Gray).
  • 2024-2026: National legislation and local practices towards accommodating Gypsy/Travellers in England 1960-2010, funded by BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants Scheme (PI: Dr David Smith).
  • 2024-2025: Human Capital and the UK Graduate Route: Understanding the Career Expectations and Experiences of International Graduates in the UK, funded by BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants Scheme (PI: Dr Samson Maekele Tsegay).
  • 2024-2028: Intergenerational care relations: Challenges and potentials for reconciliation of education and care in ageing knowledge societies, funded by VolkswagenStiftung (Principal Investigator (PI): Dr Anna Wanka (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Germany); Co-Investigator (Co-I)/ARU PI: Marie-Pierre Moreau).
  • 2024-2025: The role and challenges of organisations supporting asylum-seekers and refugees in England, funded by ARU (PI: Samson Maekele Tsegay).
  • 2023-2024: Standing together: Preventing violence against refugee women and girls, funded by The National Lottery Community Fund (PI: Samson Maekele Tsegay).
  • 2023-2024: An evaluation of prejudice reporting processes and training needs in early years education, funded by Cambridgeshire County Council (PI: Marie-Pierre Moreau; Co-I: Ruth Platt; Researcher: Lucie Wheeler).
  • 2023-2024: Academically asymmetrical paired mentoring: Raising attainment in GCSE science examinations amongst disadvantaged Year 11 school students, funded by Education Endowment Foundation (University of Roehampton (PI: Prof. Ian Abrahams) and ARU (PI: Marie-Pierre Moreau; Co-Is: Phil Kirkman and Elsa Lee).
  • 2023-2024: Doing the dirty work of academia? Ancillary staff in UK Higher Education, funded by the Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE) (PI: Marie-Pierre Moreau; Researcher: Lucie Wheeler).
  • 2022-2023: Exploring the experiences of home-educated families’ access to GCSE level qualifications and the barriers they face, funded by Safe and Inclusive Communities (S&ICs) funding, Anglia Ruskin University (PI: Lucie Wheeler; Co-I: Noa Lavi).
  • 2022-2023: Schools and Outreach Unit, ARU: Evaluation of Outreach Activities at Anglia Ruskin University (PI: Marie-Pierre Moreau; Co-I: Pauline Lane; Researcher: Samson Maekele Tsegay).
  • 2022: Widening access to HE institutions for Home-Educated applicants in England, funded by Safe and Inclusive Communities (S&ICs), ARU (PI: Lucie Wheeler).
  • 2022: Gender equality and gender mainstreaming in national recovery and resilience plans, funded by European Institute for Gender Equality (national PI - Marie-Pierre Moreau; lead coordinator - PPMI, Vilnius).
  • 2022: Gender-based Violence among Eritrean Refugees in Great Britain, funded by S&ICs, ARU (Investigator: Samson Maekele Tsegay; Research Assistant: Shewit Tecleberhan).
  • 2022: Creating a Space for Race in English Schools (PI: Steve Connolly; Researcher: Samson Maekele Tsegay) and University of Bedfordshire.
  • 2021-2022: Towards the ‘care-full’ university: caregivers in pandemic times at ARU, funded by ARU (PI: Marie-Pierre Moreau; Research Assistant: Lucie Wheeler).
  • 2021-2022: Evaluation of the IOA Learning Behaviour Lead and the NOA Engagement Champions programmes (PI: Dr Sara Spear, Co-Is: Phil Kirkman, Rebecca Clarkson and Deborah Cawes).
  • 2021-2022: NOA/EVD Transition projects evaluation, funded by Norfolk County Council (PI: Phil Kirkman, Co-Is: Eleni Lithari and Chrissy Mangafa; Researchers: Samson Maekele Tsegay and Lucie Wheeler).
  • 2021: An investigation of primary school teachers’ perceptions of social media networks in relation to their wellbeing in the context of the COVID 19 pandemic, funded by ARU Seed-corn Funding (PI: Phil Kirkman, Co-I: John Parkin).
  • 2021: Widening access to Higher Education: Listening to autistic students’ voices for developing inclusive curriculum approaches at Anglia Ruskin University, funded by ARU Seed-corn Funding (PI: Sarah Wall, Co-I: Chrissy Mangafa).
  • 2020-2022: Precarious transitions: Doctoral students negotiating the shift to doctoral transitions, funded by British Academy/Leverhulme (PI: Marie-Pierre Moreau, Co-I: Kate Hoskins, Brunel University, Researcher: Ellen McHugh).
  • 2020-2021: Social media and communications during military parent-child separation, funded by the Royal Navy and Royal Marines Children's Fund (project based in the VFI; CERII Co-Is: Jo Bowser-Angermann and Leanne Gray).
  • 2020-2021: Fostering a sense of belonging for higher education staff and students with caring responsibilities: What works?, funded by Advance HE, Good Practice Awards (PI: Marie-Pierre Moreau, with Sally Campbell Galman, University of Massachusetts at Amherst).
  • 2020-2021: Gender Equality Index in the EU Member States: policy context and statistical analysis, UK and France case studies, funded by European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE), European Commission (PI UK and France: Marie-Pierre Moreau; lead partner: PPMI, Vilnius, Lithuania).
  • 2019-2022: ECO-CAPABILITIES: Supporting Children's wellbeing through participatory art in nature, AHRC (PI: Nicola Walshe, Researcher: Zoe Moula).
  • 2018-2019: Care-free at the top’? Exploring the experiences of senior academic staff who are caregivers (pdf), funded by the SRHE, 2017 SRHE Research Awards (PI: Marie-Pierre Moreau, Research Assistant: Murray Robertson).
  • 2018: Carers and careers in academia: What works? (Film), funded by the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education (PI: Marie-Pierre Moreau, with Tim Bernard, film director).
  • 2018: Evaluation of the Eurydice website, funded by the Education Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency of the European Commission (ARU PI: Marie-Pierre Moreau).
  • 2016-2022: Courageous Leaders: Promoting Diversity in School Leadership. School Leadership programme for LGBT teachers funded by the DfE (PI: Catherine Lee).
  • 2016-2019: Creative Writing through the Arts. Paul Hamlyn Foundation funded project in partnership with the Royal Opera House Bridge and 45 primary schools in Essex (PI: Paulette Luff)
Read more about research projects.

In 2019, we launched the Policy Briefing paper series to provide specific guidelines and recommendations to policymakers in our areas of expertise. Each paper is informed by our recent research and designed in consultation with the relevant stakeholders.

CERII welcomes applications from prospective doctoral students who are interested in developing research on education, identities and inequalities through our PhD or EdD route.

Particular areas of expertise within CERII include: gender, sexuality and care in education; sustainability in education; early childhood pedagogies and practice; critical pedagogies in education; and race, ethnicity and migration in education.

Contact [email protected] (EdD route) or [email protected] (PhD route) for more information.

We offer a stimulating and inclusive programme of research activities. Our activities include:

  • The Education Research Seminar Series, launched on 30 April 2019. These seminars take place once a term and are open to all, including the wider public. Find out about upcoming seminars or catch up on recent ones on the ARU YouTube channel.
  • The Write It Now (WIN) workshops, launched on 13 February 2019. These workshops provide a space for colleagues and doctoral students who wish to discuss their work in progress in a critical but supportive environment.
  • Regular events open to all, including book and report launches, and conferences.

Check the ARU community events listing for our upcoming events, or contact Dr Samson Maekele Tsegay at [email protected] if you would like to be added to our mailing list and receive information about our programme of events.

Books

Tsegay, S. M. (Ed.) (2024) Migration and Forced Displacement: Vulnerability and Resilience - Volume 1. IntechOpen.

Tsegay, S. M. (Ed.) (2024) Migration and Forced Displacement: Vulnerability and Resilience - Volume 2. IntechOpen.

Ashraf, M. A. and Tsegay, S. M. (Eds.) (2024) STEM Education-Recent Developments and Emerging Trends. IntechOpen.

Gibson, P., Morgan, R., Brett, A. (2023) Primary teacher solutions: ready pedagogy and inspirational ideas. Abingdon: Taylor & Francis.

Moreau, M. P., Lee, C., Okpokiri, C. (Eds) (2023) Reinventing the family in uncertain times: Education, policy and social justice. London: Bloomsbury.

Hook, G., Moreau, M. P., Brooks, R. (Eds) (2022) Student carers in higher education: Navigating, resisting and redefining academic cultures. London: Routledge.

Connolly, S. (2021) The Changing Role of Media in the English Curriculum: Returning to Nowhere. Abingdon: Routledge.

Lee, C. (2020) Courage in the Classroom: LGBT teachers share their stories. London: Hachette.

Lee, C. (2020) Pretended: Schools and Section 28: Historical, Cultural and Personal Perspectives. Melton: John Catt.

Moreau, M. P. (2019) Teachers, gender and the feminisation debate. London: Routledge.

Read more about books.

2024

Zemuy, M., Tsegay, S. M. and Aihui, P. (2024) 'PowerPoint-based lectures and students’ experiences in Eritrean Higher Education Institutions', SN Social Sciences, 4(9), pp. 162.

Bates, G. and Connolly, S. (2024) 'Exploring teachers' views of cultural capital in English schools', British Educational Research Journal. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.3965

Fox, J. (2024) 'Autoethnographic reflections on mental distress and medication management: Conceptualising biomedical and recovery models of mental health', Community Mental Health Journal. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-024-01230-5

Gray, L. and Harris, M. (2024) 'Enjoyment, confidence, and broader experiences of teaching mathematics to the under-fives: accounts from students of Early Childhood Studies', European Early Childhood Education Research Journal. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/1350293X.2024.2331219

Kahn, P., Moreau, M. P. and Gagnon, J. (2024) 'Precarity and illusions of certainty in higher education teaching', Teaching in Higher Education, 29(3), pp. 699-706. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/13562517.2024.2326403

Moreau, M. P., Hoskins, K. and McHugh, E. (2024) 'Intersectional solidarities and inter-individual affinities: enactments of equity and privilege through doctoral supervision relationships', International Studies in Sociology of Education. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/09620214.2024.2352711

Smith, L., López Sánchez, G. F., Soysal, P., Veronese, N., Gibson, P., Pizzol, D., Jacob, L., Butler, L., Barnett, Y., Oh, H., Shin, J. I. and Koyanagi, A. (2024) 'Association of handgrip strength with suicidal ideation among adults aged ≥50 years from low‐ and middle‐income countries', Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1111/sltb.13071

Ubah, C., Goldspink, S. and Tsegay, S. M. (2024) 'African International Nurses' Experiences of Pastoral Support: A Scoping Review', International Journal of Nursing Studies Advances, 100202. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnsa.2024.100202

Wheeler, L., and Moreau, M. (2024) 'Using literature reviews to research marginalized groups: the case of research on carers in higher education', Sage Research Methods: Diversifying and Decolonizing Research. Available at: https://doi.org/10.4135/9781529682878

Xenofontos, C., Hizli Alkan, S. and Appelbaum, P. (2024) 'An exploration of Scottish teachers’ perceptions of equitable teaching practices in mathematics', Cogent Education, 11(1), 2310436. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/2331186X.2024.2310436

Read more about 2024.

2023

Hizli Alkan, S. and Sahin Ipek, D. (2023) 'Addressing Language Diversity in Early Years Mathematics: Proposed Classroom Practices through a Live Brief Assessment', Education Sciences, 13(10), pp. 1025.

Moreau, M. P. and Robert, S. A. (2023) 'Re/Definitions of teachers and teaching work in UK and US policy discourses under Covid-19 and their implications for social justice', International Studies in Sociology of Education. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/09620214.2023.2243282

Tsegay, S. M. and Tecleberhan, S. (2023) 'Violence against women: experiences of Eritrean refugee women in Britain', Violence Against Women. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012231220372

Tsegay, S. M. (2023) 'International Migration: Definition, Causes and Effects', Genealogy, 7(3), pp. 61.

Ashraf, M. A., Shabnam, N., Tsegay, S. M. and Huang, G. (2023) 'Acceptance of Smart Technologies in Blended Learning: Perspectives of Chinese Medical Students', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(3), pp. 2756. Available at: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20032756

Connolly, S. and Wicks, K. (2023) 'Part-time higher education students’ interactions with a virtual learning environment as an exploration of theories of connectivism', Compass: Journal of Learning and Teaching, 16(1), pp. 71-92.

Gibson, P. (2023) 'Combining words and drawings, the better to understand students’ lived experiences', Compass: Journal of Learning and Teaching, 16(1), pp. 20-33.

Hoskins, K., Moreau, M. P. and McHugh, E. (2023) 'From PhD to ECR: Supervisory relationships, precarity and the temporal regimes of academia', Access: Critical explorations of equity in higher education, 11(1), pp. 47–62.

Moreau, M. P. and Wheeler, L. (2023) 'Through a glass, darkly: Gazing into the field of carers in academia', Review of Education, 11(1), pp. 1-36. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1002/rev3.3387

Smith, L., López Sánchez, G. F., Veronese, N., Soysal, P., Oh, H., Kostev, K., Rahmati, M., Butler, L., Gibson, P., Keyes, H. and Barnett, Y. (2023) 'Association of fruit and vegetable consumption with mild cognitive impairment in low-and middle-income countries', The Journals of Gerontology: Series A, glad055. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glad055

Tsegay, S. M., Wheeler, L., Kirkman, P., Pratt-Adams, S. (2023) 'Teacher Perspectives on Primary-Secondary School Transition Projects During the COVID-19 Pandemic', Sage Open, 13(2), 21582440231181382. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440231181382

Read more about 2023.

2022

Bunn, M., Burke, P.J., Lumb, M., Moreau, M. P., Shaw, J., Tsegay, S. M., 2022. Editorial: Theory as contestation. Access: Critical explorations of equity in higher education, 10(1), pp. 1-6. doi: 1959.13/1451553

Tsegay, S. M., Epstein, D., 2022. Interview: In conversation with Professor Debbie Epstein. Access: Critical explorations of equity in higher education, 10(1), pp. 99–105. doi: 1959.13/1451566

Wood, A., Gray, L., Bowser-Angermann, J., Gibson, P., Fossey, M., Godier-McBard, L., 2022. Social media and Internet-based communication in military families during separation: An international scoping review. New media & society.

Hizli Alkan, S., 2022. Traversing between Supra, Macro, and Meso Sites. Scottish Educational Review, 54(1), pp. 70-92. doi: 10.1163/27730840-54010007

Hizli Alkan, S., 2022. "Are we making a quilt, with lots of ill-fitting cloths in here?": Teachers’ internal conversations on curriculum making. Journal of Educational Change. doi: 10.1007/s10833-022-09452-8

Xenofontos, C., Hizli Alkan, S., 2022. "They're coming into school hungry, they're not ready to learn". Scottish teachers' perceptions of marginalization in school mathematics. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 18(6), em2116. doi: 10.29333/ejmste/12071

Xenofontos, C., Hizli Alkan, S., Andrews, P., 2022. Estimation in the Primary Mathematics Curricula of Cyprus, Greece and Turkey: A Privileged or Prevented Competence? Athens Journal of Education, 9.

Xenofontos C., Hizli Alkan, S., 2022. Prospective Primary Teachers' Professional Noticing in Non-Formal Learning Environments: The Case of a Mathematics Fair. Education Sciences, 12(1), pp. 55. doi: 10.3390/educsci12010055

Connolly, S. M., Bates, G., 2022. 'Different people, different backgrounds, different identities’: filling the vacuum created by policy views of ‘cultural capital’. The Curriculum Journal. doi: 10.1002/curj.198

Gibson, P., Clarkson, R., Scott, M., 2022. Promoting potential through purposeful inclusive assessment for distance learners. Distance Education. doi: 10.1080/01587919.2022.2143321

Alam, J., Ashraf, M. A., Tsegay, S. M., Shabnam, N., 2022. Early Childhood between a Rock and a Hard Place: Early Childhood Education and Students’ Disruption in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(8), 4486. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19084486

Green, B., Connolly, S., 2022. English teaching and media education: the (lost) legacies of Cultural Studies. Continuum Journal of Media & Cultural Studies. doi: 10.1080/10304312.2022.2053503

Lee, C., 2022. Coming out in the university workplace: a case study of LGBTQ + staff visibility. Higher Education. doi: 10.1007/s10734-022-00884-y

Mano, I., 2022. A scoping review to explore what is known about black African social work students who have additional support needs in England. Journal of Practice Teaching and Learning, 18(3), pp. 67-86.

Nyathi, N., 2022. A synthesis of contextual safeguarding and commonly used child safeguarding theoretical models and approaches. Journal of Children's Services. doi: 10.1108/JCS-02-2022-0008

Pardhan, S., Parkin, J., Trott, M., Driscoll, R., 2022. Risks of digital screen time and recommendations for mitigating adverse outcomes in children and adolescents. Journal of School Health. doi: 10.1111/josh.13170

Tsegay, S. M., Ashraf, M. A., Perveen, S., Zegergish, M. Z., 2022. Online Teaching during COVID-19 Pandemic: Teachers’ Experiences from a Chinese University. Sustainability, 14(1), p. 568. doi: 10.3390/su14010568

Walshe, N., Moula, Z., Lee, E., 2022. Eco-Capabilities as a Pathway to Wellbeing and Sustainability. Sustainability,14(6), 3582. doi: 10.3390/su14063582

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2021

Hizli Alkan, S., 2021. Curriculum making as relational practice: a qualitative ego-network approach. The Curriculum Journal, 32(3), pp. 421-443. doi: 10.1002/curj.98

Hizli Alkan, S., Priestley, M., 2019. Teacher mediation of curriculum making: the role of reflexivity. Journal of Curriculum Studies, 51(5), pp. 737-754. doi: 10.1080/00220272.2019.1637943

Ashraf, M., Cagliesi, G., Hawkes, D., Rab, M., 2021. Tackling the gender biases in higher education careers in Pakistan: potential online opportunities post COVID-19. Emerald Open Research, 3(13). doi: 10.35241/emeraldopenres.14256.1

Bodenhorn, B., Lee, E., 2021. What Animates Place for Children? A Comparative Analysis. Anthropology & Education Quarterly, 12409. doi: 10.1111/aeq.12409

Anghel, R., 2021. From ‘the New Man’ to care‐leaver activists - Communist and contemporary discourses shaping 50 years of leaving care in Romania. Child & Family Social Work, 26(2), pp. 258-269. doi: 10.1111/cfs.12819

Ashraf, M. A., Tsegay, S. M., Meijia, Y., 2021. Blended learning for diverse classrooms: Qualitative experimental study with in-service teachers. Sage Open, 11(3), 21582440211030623. doi: 10.1177/21582440211030623

Ashraf, M. A., Tsegay, S. M., Ning, J., 2021. Teaching Global Citizenship in a Muslim-Majority Country: Perspectives of Teachers from the Religious, National, and International Education Sectors in Pakistan. Religions, 12(5), pp. 1-14. doi: 10.3390/rel12050348

Bodenhorn, B., Lee, E., 2021. What Animates Place for Children? A Comparative Analysis. Anthropology & Education Quarterly, pp. 1-18. doi: 10.1111/aeq.12409

Casa-Nova, M. J., Smith, D., 2021. Introduction: beyond nation states? Journal of Contemporary European Studies, 29(1), pp. 1-8. doi: 10.1080/14782804.2020.1815680

Connolly, S., 2021. The Changing Role of Media in the English Curriculum: Returning to Nowhere (Abingdon: Routledge). doi: 10.4324/9781003047308

Lane, P., Smith, D., 2021. Mid-term review-UK Roma national integration strategy: Roma at the intersection of ethnic-inclusive, post-racial and hyper-ethnic policies. Journal of Contemporary European Studies, 29(1), pp. 73-83. doi: 10.1080/14782804.2019.1626226

Lee, C., 2021. How do male and female Headteachers evaluate their authenticity as school leaders? Management in Education, 0892020621999675. doi: 10.1177/0892020621999675

Lee, C., 2021. Inclusive relationships, sex and health education: Why the moral panic? Management in Education, 08920206211016453. doi: 10.1177/08920206211016453

Lee, C., 2021. Promoting diversity in university leadership: the argument for LGBTQ+ specific leadership programmes in higher education. Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 25(3), pp. 91-99. doi: 10.1080/13603108.2021.1877205

Moreau, M. P., Galman, S. C., 2021. Writing/drawing care-based equity into practice: A research-and art-based collaboration about caring responsibilities in academia. Access: Critical explorations of equity in higher education, 9(1), pp. 40-52.

Moula, Z., Walshe, N., Lee, E., 2021. Making nature explicit in children’s drawings of wellbeing and happy spaces. Child Indicators Research, 14(4), pp. 1653-1675. doi: 10.1007/s12187-021-09811-6

Okpokiri, C., 2021. Parenting in fear: Child welfare micro strategies of Nigerian parents in Britain. The British Journal of Social Work, 51(2), pp. 427-444. doi: 10.1093/bjsw/bcaa205

Osaiyuwu, A., Burch, S., Sandu, A., 2021. Acceptance, obedience and resistance: Children's perceptions of street trading in Nigeria. Children & Society, 36(1), pp. 36-51. doi: 10.1111/chso.12482

Smith, D. M., Gillin, N., 2021. Filipino nurse migration to the UK: Understanding migration choices from an ontological security-seeking perspective. Social Science & Medicine, 276, 113881. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.113881

Spear, S., Parkin, J., van Steen, T., Goodall, J., 2021. Fostering “parental participation in schooling”: primary school teachers’ insights from the COVID-19 school closures. Educational Review, pp. 1-20. doi: 10.1080/00131911.2021.2007054

Spear, S., Spotswood, F., Goodall, J. and Warren, S., 2021. Reimagining parental engagement in special schools–a practice theoretical approach. Educational Review, pp. 1-21. doi: 10.1080/00131911.2021.1874307

Spear, S., Tapp, A., Morey, Y., 2021. End of life choices and storytelling – exploring preferences and conflicts. Storytelling, Self, Society.

Spotswood, F., Wiltshire, G., Spear, S., Makris, A., 2021. Disrupting social marketing through a practice-oriented approach. RAUSP Management Journal, 56(3), pp. 334-347. doi: 10.1108/RAUSP-10-2020-0231

Thomason, M., Connolly, S., 2021. What Does Engagement Look Like in a Media Studies Classroom? Participations: Journal of Audience & Reception Studies, 18(2), pp. 356-373.

Tsegay, S. M., 2021. A reflection on my academic journey: The struggle to shape my destiny. Access: Critical explorations of equity in higher education, 9(1), pp. 69-77.

Tsegay, S. M., 2021. Gender and Family Relations: Experiences of Highly Educated Eritrean Migrants in the UK. Global Social Welfare, pp. 1-10. doi: 10.1007/s40609-021-00217-4

Tsegay, S. M., 2021. Hope Springs Eternal: Exploring the Early Settlement Experiences of Highly Educated Eritrean Refugees in the UK. Journal of International Migration and Integration, pp. 1-21. doi: 10.1007/s12134-021-00883-5

Tsegay, S. M., 2021. Raising children in Exile: Experiences of highly educated Eritrean Migrants in the UK. International Studies in Sociology of Education, pp. 1-21. doi: 10.1080/09620214.2021.1930569

Wall, S., 2021. ‘A little whisper in the ear’: how developing relationships between pupils with attachment difficulties and key adults can improve the former’s social, emotional and behavioural skills and support inclusion. Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties, 26(4), pp. 394-411. doi: 10.1080/13632752.2021.1979322

Kenway, J., Epstein, D., 2021. The Covid-19 conjuncture: rearticulating the school/home/work nexus. International Studies in Sociology of Education, pp. 1-26. doi: 10.1080/09620214.2021.1888145

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2020

Henderson, E., Moreau, M. P., 2020. Carefree conferences? Academics with caring responsibilities performing mobile academic subjectivities [Special Issue: Thoughtful Gatherings]. Gender and Education, 32(1), pp. 70-85.

Durrant, P., Brenchley, M., Clarkson, R., 2020. Syntactic development across genres in children’s writing: the case of adverbial clauses. Journal of Writing Research, 12(2), pp. 419-452.

Walshe, N., Lee, E., Smith, M. J., 2020. Supporting Children’s Well-being with Art in Nature: Artist Pedagogue Perceptions. Journal of Education for Sustainable Development, 14(1), pp. 98-112. doi: 10.1177/0973408220930708

Anghel, R., Grierson, J., 2020. Addressing needs in a liminal space: the citizen volunteer experience and decision-making in the unofficial Calais migrant camp–insights for social work. European Journal of Social Work, 23(3), pp. 486-499. doi: 10.1080/13691457.2019.1709158

Gillin, N., Smith, D., 2020. Overseas recruitment activities of NHS Trusts 2015–2018: Findings from FOI requests to 19 Acute NHS Trusts in England. Nursing Inquiry, 27(1), e12320. doi: 10.1111/nin.12320

Healy, G., Walshe, N., 2020. Real-world geographers and geography students using GIS: relevance, everyday applications and the development of geographical knowledge. International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 29(2), pp. 178-196. doi: 10.1080/10382046.2019.1661125

Healy, G., Walshe, N., Dunphy, A., 2020. How is geography rendered visible as an object of concern in written lesson observation feedback? The Curriculum Journal, 31(1), pp. 7-26. doi: 10.1002/curj.1

Hughes, S., Burch, S., 2020. ‘I'm not just a number on a sheet, I’m a person’: Domiciliary care, self and getting older. Health & Social Care in the Community, 28(3), pp. 903-912. doi: 10.1111/hsc.12921

Kirkman, P., Brownhill, S., 2020. Refining professional knowing as a creative practice: towards a framework for Self-Reflective Shapes and a novel approach to reflection. Reflective Practice, 21(1), pp. 94-109. doi: 10.1080/14623943.2020.1712195

Mangione, D., Norton, L., 2020. Problematising the notion of ‘the excellent teacher’: daring to be vulnerable in higher education. Teaching in Higher Education, pp. 1-16. doi: 10.1080/13562517.2020.1812565

McCleeary, M., Sol, N., 2020. Moving through Autonomy toward Interdependence: A Framework for Examining Student Perceptions of Development in a Hybrid Model Study Abroad Program. Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 32(3), pp. 99-125. doi: 10.36366/frontiers.v32i3.581

Moreau, M. P., 2020. A matter of time? Gender equality in the teaching profession through a cross-national comparative lens. Gender and Education, 32(6), pp. 820-837. doi: 10.1080/09540253.2018.1533918

Smith, D., Newton, P., Berlin, J., Barrett, S., 2020. A community approach to engaging Gypsy and Travellers in cancer services. Health Promotion International, 35(5), pp. 1094-1105. doi: 10.1093/heapro/daz103

Spear, S., Morey, Y., Van Steen, T., 2021. Academics’ perceptions and experiences of working with students with mental health problems: insights from across the UK higher education sector. Higher Education Research & Development, 40(5), pp. 1117-1130. doi: 10.1080/07294360.2020.1798887

van Breda, A. D., Munro, E. R., Gilligan, R., Anghel, R., Harder, A., Incarnato, M., Mann-Feder, V., Refaeli, T., Stohler, R., Storø, J., 2020. Extended care: Global dialogue on policy, practice and research. Children and Youth Services Review, 119, 105596. doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105596

Walshe, N., Lee, E., Smith, M. J., 2020. Supporting children’s well-being with art in nature: Artist pedagogue perceptions. Journal of Education for Sustainable Development, 14(1), pp. 98-112. doi: 10.1177/0973408220930708

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2019

Hawkes, D., Grianza, A., 2019. A systematic literature review of economic benefits of doctorates in the UK. Work Based Learning e-Journal International, 8(2), pp. 1-27.

Lee, C., 2019. How do lesbian, gay and bisexual teachers experience UK rural school communities? Social Sciences, 8(9), pp. 1-14. doi: 10.3390/socsci8090249

Lee, C., 2019. Keeping Lily Safe: An Autoethnographic Exploration of Human-Animal Attachment during Adversity. Social Sciences, 8(7), pp. 1-14. doi: 10.3390/socsci8070217

Lee, C., 2019. Capturing the personal through the lens of the professional: The use of external data sources in autoethnography. Methodological Innovations, 12(1), 2059799119825576. doi: 10.1177/2059799119825576

Lee, C., 2019. Fifteen years on: the legacy of section 28 for LGBT+ teachers in English schools. Sex Education, 19(6), pp. 675-690. doi: 10.1080/14681811.2019.1585800

Herodotou, C., Hlosta, M., Boroowa, A., Rienties, B., Zdrahal, Z., Mangafa, C., 2019. Empowering online teachers through predictive learning analytics. British Journal of Educational Technology, 50(6), pp. 3064-3079. doi: 10.1111/bjet.12853

Newton, P., Smith, D., 2019. Learning from patients’ experiences: the case of Travellers and their experiences of using health services for skin complaints. British Journal of Dermatology, 180(6), pp. 1290-1291. doi: 10.1111/bjd.17913

Greenfields, M., Smith, D. M., 2019. “NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN”: Romany Gypsies, Travellers and their entwined historical relationships with London working-class communities. International Journal of Roma Studies, 1(1), pp. 5-34. doi: 10.17583/ijrs.2019.2957

Millan, M., Smith, D., 2019. A comparative sociology of Gypsy Traveller health in the UK. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(3), pp. 1-13. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16030379

Wall, K., Cassidy, C., Robinson, C., Hall, E., Beaton, M., Kanyal, M., Mitra, D., 2019. Look who’s talking: Factors for considering the facilitation of very young children’s voices. Journal of Early Childhood Research, 17(4), pp. 263-278. doi: 10.1177/1476718X19875767

Henderson, E. F., Moreau, M. P., 2020. Carefree conferences? Academics with caring responsibilities performing mobile academic subjectivities. Gender and Education, 32(1), pp. 70-85. doi: 10.1080/09540253.2019.1685654

Moreau, M. P., Robertson, M., 2019. ‘You Scratch My Back and I’ll Scratch Yours’? Support to Academics Who Are Carers in Higher Education. Social Sciences, 8(6), pp. 1-12. doi: 10.3390/socsci8060164

Moreau, M. P., 2019. Teachers, gender and the feminisation debate (Abingdon: Routledge). doi: 10.4324/9781315201436

Nyathi, N., 2018. Child protection decision-making: social workers’ perceptions. Journal of Social Work Practice, 32(2), pp. 189-203. doi: 10.1080/02650533.2018.1448768

Walshe, N., Tait, V., 2019. Making connections: a conference approach to developing transformative environmental and sustainability education within initial teacher education. Environmental Education Research, 25(12), pp. 1731-1750. doi: 10.1080/13504622.2019.1677858

Walshe, N., Driver, P., 2019. Developing reflective trainee teacher practice with 360-degree video. Teaching and Teacher Education, 78, pp. 97-105. doi: 10.1016/j.tate.2018.11.009

Frezghi, T. G., Tsegay, S. M., 2019. Internationalisation of higher education in China: A critical analysis. Social Change, 49(4), pp. 643-658. doi: 10.1177/0049085719886693

Spotswood, F., Wiltshire, G., Spear, S., Morey, Y., Harris, J., 2021. A practice theory approach to primary school physical activity: opportunities and challenges for intervention. Critical Public Health, 31(4), pp. 392-403. doi: 10.1080/09581596.2019.1695746

Hodges, K., Burch, S., 2019. Multiple and Intersecting Experiences of Women in Prostitution: Improving Access to Helping Services. Dignity: A Journal on Sexual Exploitation and Violence, 4(2), pp. 1-22. doi: 10.23860/dignity.2019.04.02.03

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2018

Hawkes, D., Yerrabati, S., Taylor, S. J., 2018. The EdD at 20: Lessons learned from professional doctorates. London Review of Education, 16(1), pp. 1-3. doi: 10.18546/LRE.16.1.01

Hawkes, D., Yerrabati, S., 2018. A systematic review of research on professional doctorates. London Review of Education, 16(1), pp. 10-27. doi: 10.18546/LRE.16.1.03

Asztalos Morell, I., Greenfields, M., Smith, D. M., 2018. Governing underprivileged Roma migrations within the EU: Receiving country responses and Roma resilience. Local Economy, 33(2), pp. 123-126. doi: 10.1177/0269094218767329

Berlin, J., Smith, D., Newton, P., 2018. “It's because it's cancer, not because you're a Traveller” - exploring lay understanding of cancer in English Romany Gypsy and Irish Traveller communities. European Journal of Oncology Nursing, 34, pp. 49-54. doi: 10.1016/j.ejon.2018.02.010

Burch, S., Preston, C., Bateup, S., 2018. True technology-enabled mental health care: trust, agency and ageing. Mhealth, 4(30), pp. 1-3. doi: 10.21037/mhealth.2018.08.02

Donley, T., King, D. M., Nyathi, N., Okafor, A., Mbizo, J., 2018. Socioeconomic status, family functioning and delayed care among children with special needs. Social Work in Public Health, 33(6), pp. 366-381. doi: 10.1080/19371918.2018.1504703

Luff, P., 2018. Early childhood education for sustainability: origins and inspirations in the work of John Dewey. Education, 3-13, 46(4), pp. 447-455. doi: 10.1080/03004279.2018.1445484

Miles, E., 2018. Bus journeys, sandwiches and play: young children and the theatre event. Research in Drama Education: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance, 23(1), pp. 20-39. doi: 10.1080/13569783.2017.1396889

Nyathi, N., 2018. Child protection decision-making: social workers’ perceptions. Journal of Social Work Practice, 32(2), pp. 189-203. doi: 10.1080/02650533.2018.1448768

Preston, C., Burch, S., 2018. Dementia buddying as a vehicle for person-centred care? The performance of a volunteer-led pilot on two hospital wards. Journal of Health Services Research & Policy, 23(3), pp. 139-147. doi: 10.1177/1355819618767944

Smith, D., 2018. Roma migration, anti-migrant sentiment and social integration: A case study in South-east England. Local Economy, 33(2), pp. 187-206. doi: 10.1177/0269094218766456

Tsegay, S. M., Zegergish, M. Z., Ashraf, M. A., 2018. Pedagogical practices and students’ experiences in Eritrean higher education institutions. Higher Education for the Future, 5(1), pp. 89-103. doi: 10.1177/2347631117738653

Tsegay, S. M., Zegergish, M. Z., Ashraf, M.A., 2018. Socio-cultural adjustment experiences of international students in Chinese higher education institutions. Millennial Asia, 9(2), pp. 183-202. doi: 10.1177/0976399618786342

Kenway, J., Fahey, J., Epstein, D., Koh, A., McCarthy, C., Rizvi, F., 2018. Multi‐sited Global Ethnography and Elite Schools: A Methodological Entrée. In: Beach, D., Bagley, C., Marques Da Silva, S. (Eds.), 2018. The Wiley Handbook of Ethnography of Education (New Jersey: Wiley), pp. 423-442. doi: 10.1002/9781118933732.ch18

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