People who work in the Education Equity Initiative

Professor Christopher Millward
Professor of Practice in Education Policy
Professor Christopher Millward's work is focused on generating and deploying robust evidence for tertiary education policy and practice.
- Email: c.millward@bham.ac.uk
Professor Julie Allan
Professor of Equity and Inclusion
Professor Julie Allan's work encompasses inclusive education, disability studies and children's rights
Dr Adam Matthews
Senior Research Fellow
Dr Adam Matthews is looking at universities as part of tertiary education systems and the role that they play as key sites of knowledge production and dissem...
Dr Jodie Pennacchia
Research Fellow
Dr Jodie Pennacchia's rsearch focuses on disadvantaged learners in a range of educational sectors.
Dr Francesca Peruzzo
Research Fellow in Educational Equity and Policy
Dr Francesca Peruzzo is investigating inclusive digital and non-digital policy and practices in response to the Coronavirus pandemic.
Dr Ibtihal Ramadan
Research Fellow- Education Equity Initiative
Dr Ibtihal Ramadan is a qualitative researcher drawing from Critical Race Theory, Postcolonial Perspectives and decolonial scholarship.
Dr. Eleni Stamou
Research Fellow
Dr Eleni Stamou is a Sociologist of Education working in the wider area of Education and Social Justice.
Dr Ruth Wareham
Policy Impact Fellow
Dr Ruth Wareham's primary research interests sit at the intersection between religion and education

Claire Bylo

Claire works for the University of Birmingham as a Strategic Support Manager. She has wide ranging experience in managing and developing project-based activity. Her recent assignments include contract and programme validation management for the National Institute of Teaching, a secondment to the National College of Advanced Transport and Infrastructure to establish their governance structures and implementing phase one of IMPACT (Improving Adult Care Together) funded by the ESRC and Health Foundation.

An agile project specialist, she worked for the University’s ambitious CORE programme to replace its central IT systems, acting as Subject Matter Expert for document management, GDPR compliance and programme governance.