Postgraduate Researchers

There are currently more than 300 students (full-time and part-time) registered for research degrees within the School. As far as our research training environment is concerned we have won top-ranking ESRC 1+3 recognition with two quota studentships being funded by the ESRC each academic year since the scheme began.

Below, are a selection of postgraduate researcher profiles within the School of Education.

Elaine Rocha-Schmid

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Elaine is researching adolescents' literacy practices outside school: an ethnographic study across social classes in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Frederick Ebot Ashu

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Frederick is researching the effectiveness of school leadership and management development in Cameroon

Houda Olabi

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Exploring the efficacy and relevance of English for Academic Purposes courses from Arab students' perspectives

Ildegrada da Costa Cabral

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This case study in two primary schools in East-Timor. is focusing on language policy and classroom practice

Jeanette Nelson

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Jeanette is investigating the views and experiences of home educated children and young people.

Jim Pugh

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University and Higher Education cultural change since the implementation of higher fees in England

Joanne Rowley

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Joanne is looking at Institutional e-maturity: the perceptions of principals and e-learning managers on the role of leadership in embedding e-learning in successful English further education colleges

Julie Foster

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This research examines the impact of education on the outcome of working-class individuals in Birmingham in the 19th century within Blue Coat charity school.

Kamran Khan

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Investigating pathways to citizenship in ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) classes in Australia and United Kingdom

Laurence Arnold FRSA

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Larry is researching video as an educational tool in autism
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Leonard Kiarago talks about his research investigating educational provision for children with SEBD in Kenya (www.birmingham.ac.uk/leonard-kiarago)