Department of Educational Studies staff

Patricia Alexander

Patricia is a tutor for the PGCE Secondary Mathematics and coordinator for the Mathematics Subject Enhancement course.

Dr Jim Anderson

Jim has interests in theories and methods of second language learning, multilingualism and new literacies.

Atkinson, Dennis

Dennis is an internationally published academic whose most recent book focussed on art, equality and learning.

Dr Anna Carlile

Anna’s areas of research and teaching cluster around social justice and institutional prejudice.

Marian Carty

Marian teaches on the PGCE Secondary ML programme.

Dr Yangguang Chen

Yangguang researches into the field of educational bilingualism, focussing on implications of educational policy.

Dr Sheryl Clark

Sheryl has research interests in gender, sport, identities, youth, schooling and girlhood.

Una Coyne

Una currently teaches on both the Primary PGCE and BA Education, Culture and Society courses.

Dave Dennis

Dave is the Course Coordinator for the Secondary Science PGCE having been a classroom practitioner for 32 years.

Sue Dixon

A trained counsellor and former primary teacher, Sue has been extensively involved in curriculum development.

Professor Rosalyn George

Rosalyn's research interests coalesce around issues of social justice and equity in schools and Higher Education.

Dr Francis Gilbert

Francis approaches Creative and Life Writing from an educational perspective to understand how it is taught.

Anna Grant

Anna works on the Primary PGCE and Education, Culture and Society, specialising in Maths and Children’s Literature.

Professor Eve Gregory

Eve's interests are in early childhood bilingualism, family literacy and a sociocultural approach to literacy learning.

Alison Griffiths

Alison’s research centres on diversity, focussing on strategies to prepare students for today’s diverse classrooms.

Eve Harding

Eve has an interest in cognitive and social psychology and, specifically, the contact hypothesis and attitude research.

Dr Julia Hope

Julia’s research interests are in children’s literature, refugee education and children’s literature about refugees.

Dr Aminul Hoque

Aminul's work focusses on issues of multicultural Britain, youth policy, religion, race relations and Islamic feminism.

Dr John Jessel

John’s research activities are on the social and cognitive processes that underlie children’s learning and development.

Ken Jones

Natacha Kennedy

Amanda Kipling

Amanda researches the healing nature of the arts in schools, which forms the basis of her doctoral study.

Dr Kirstin Lewis

Kirstin’s work explores how ‘race’ and social class shape children’s experiences in the education system.

Dr Betty Liebovich

Betty’s current research focusses on the history of the open-air nursery, focussing on the Rachel McMillan Nursery.

Dr Vally Lytra

A common thread running through Vally’s research and practice is a focus on bilingualism and bi-literacy in homes.

Dr Vicky Macleroy

Vicky's expertise is in language development and her research focusses on language, literacy and applied linguistics.

Matthews, Miranda

Miranda researches issues of freedom, autonomy and representation in the arts and learning.

Dr Liz Morrison

Liz is Head of the Secondary PGCE programme and teaches Secondary Science.

Dr Tara Page

Tara Page is an artist researcher teacher who explores the entanglements of practice, pedagogy, place and belonging.

Dr Sarah Pearce

Sarah is currently researching the impact of recent policy making on attitudes to Islam in schools.

Maggie Pitfield

Maggie’s interests include flexible learning models in ITE: the experiences and roles of student-teachers and mentors.

Professor Len Platt

Len’s major interest is in the politics of text and the ways culture performs in politically strategic ways.

Dr Veronica Poku

With extensive experience in primary education, Veronica researches the experiences of being Black in British society.

Dr Nicola Rollock

Nicola draws on Critical Race Theory and Bourdieu as frameworks for her research into race equality in education.

Dr Cristina Ros i Solé

Christina’s current interest are in the 'ordinary' and 'everyday' in language learning and the intercultural experience.

Professor Michael Rosen

Poet and children’s author, Michael’s research areas include processes of naming and the poetics of everyday speech.

Vicki Ryf

Vicki’s research interests centre on creativity and English teaching in the Early years and primary classroom.

Susanne Sahmland

A teacher of German, Spanish and French, Susi’s interests are in primary languages, bi-lingual learners and coaching.

Dr Esther Sayers

Kate Scappaticci

Kate teaches on the PGCE Primary programme.

Emma Snowden

Emma is interested in exploring how pedagogy outside of the classroom impacts on the student learning experience.

Teague, Laura

Laura’s current research focusses on pedagogy, counter politics and subjectivities.

James Titley

An experienced KS1 and KS2 teacher, James has interests in coaching and mentoring, social class, social identities.

Dr Anna Traianou

Anna has interests in the nature of the relationship between knowledge, policy making and professional practice.

Dr Patrick Turner

Patrick’s teaching and research spans the sociology of youth and education, urban spaces and racial identities.

John Wadsworth

John’s expertise is in the area of early childhood education and contributes to the PGCE programme and the BA Education.

Neil Walton

A former teacher of art and design, Neil’s interests are psychoanalytic aesthetics and the history of art education.

Martin Williams

Martin teaches on the BA Social and Cultural Studies programme.

Dr Thomas Zacharias

Thomas researches into ‘race’ and racism, the production of difference in political discourse and diaspora identities.