PhD in Sociology (UCL)

MA in Post-colonial British Studies (Sorbonne, Paris 3)

BA in English Literature and History (Sorbonne, Paris 3) 

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Jawiria teaches on the BA Education undergraduate degree course. She is module leader for the Contemporary Issues in Education and Exploring Disability and Inclusion modules and co-teaches the Children as Citizens module.

Bringing together her research on Higher Education and labour market, Jawiria led a mixed-method project on the impact of Brexit on non-UK EU academics and professional staff in Higher Education Institutions in England and Scotland.

In recent years, Jawiria’s research has focused on the dynamics of Higher Education and the labour market, as separate yet interconnected entities, in Europe (France and England). She conducted comparative qualitative and quantitative research informed by intersectionality framework and Said’s work on Orientalism to examine the educational and professional positions of second generations (children of immigrants born in EU countries). She has primarily focused on:

• Transitions from higher education to labour market
• Impact of educational choices at secondary level on access and success at tertiary level

Drawing on her research, Jawiria engaged in several school-based activities aimed at raising awareness of higher education and employment among pupils at secondary level. Alongside guest lectures in schools, she leads school intervention projects to support students in making well-informed post-16 choices.

Invited Lecture 

Women, Womanist Learning and Higher Education, Birkbeck, University of London, Feb 2018

Title: 'If it wasn't for my mother': Young Black Women and Pressure to Succeed in Higher Education

GREG-SAGEF Violences Intersectionelles. University of Paris Diderot. Apr 2015  

Title: ‘‘l’Angleterre est hypocrite’: les femmes des minorités ethniques et leurs expériences de racisme’ 

Selected Conference Papers 

BERA Annual Conference, University of Sussex. Sep 2013                        

Title: ‘I have a Master’s degree; hire me!’: investigating the impact of education and social class on the professional positioning of Pakistani and Algerian women in France and Britain’ 

BSA Regional Postgraduate Event, University of Leicester. Jun 2012      

Title: ‘(Mis)Representations and the labour market: the professional experiences of Pakistani and Moroccan graduate women in France and Britain’ 

Membership of Professional Bodies 

Member of the British Sociological Association

Member of SAGEF (Gender and Sexuality Research Group-Paris Diderot University)