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Topics

 I supervise students in the following areas of research:

• Education and social policy analysis
• Inequalities and poverty
• Identity
• Higher education systems
• Pedagogy and beliefs
• Education leadership

Current student projects:

The experience of students admitted through contextual admissions to high tariff universities in England. ESRC fully funded scholarship.

A study of first generation immigrant professional female Iranians’ experience of their efforts, opportunity and need to achieve acculturation and social inclusion, specifically in relation to learning and communicating in English, following their migration to Britain after the diaspora caused by the Iranian revolution in 1979.

Transformation of citizenship education in England and its relation to KS3 pupils’ identities and citizenship.

Initial Teacher Training and school exclusion.

New Teachers Experiences of Instructional Coaching.

Perceptions and experiences of 20 female and male headteachers in London primary LA schools regarding challenges and opportunities they have experienced in their pursuit of success.

Completions:

Equality and Diversity in Secondary Schools in London. Minor corrections, September 2023.

How does UK education policy impact upon the National Curriculum and subsequent strategies and the teaching and learning of primary mathematics. Minor corrections, November 2019.

Challenges and obstacles in the role of teachers and head of school in decision making process of Saudi Arabian female schools: an exploratory study of influencing factors. Minor corrections, October 2018.

An exploration into the formation of early years teachers’ pedagogical beliefs. Minor corrections, December 2017.

The influence of a European Union Funded Initiative on Masters level students’ understandings and perceptions of Europe and being an international citizen. Minor corrections, March 2016.

The impact of Ofsted inspections on classroom pedagogy in mainstream primary schools in England since 2005. Minor corrections, December 2015.

Research supervision

I supervise PhD students on a range of topics including education policy, identities in education, early years, pedagogy and governance.