Research, consultancy and knowledge transfer

With over 100 lecturing and research staff within the School of Education, many of whom internationally recognised authorities in their disciplines, our research contributes to academic, industry and media debates worldwide. We undertake projects in the School of Education, funded and commissioned by a range of organisations including schools, local authorities, charities, industry, research councils and UK and international government departments.

The School has expertise spanning a broad range of disciplines grouped into four main departments, including:

• Disability, Inclusion and Special Needs
• Education and Social Justice
• Language, Discourse and Society
• Professional Learning and Development

A number of highly successful research centres ensures that at the School of Education we continue to receive national and international acclaim – which includes a history of 5 star rated research and in the 2008 Research Excellence Exercise (RAE), 80 % of our work was recognised as being of international quality.

A lifelong approach to Education

With over 3000 students studying at the School of Education annually on our courses, our teaching programmes are characterised by their diversity and include:

• Undergraduate degrees
• PGCE in both primary and secondary education
• A broad spectrum of flexible Continuing Professional Development (CPD) opportunities for existing teachers and education practitioners
• Doctoral level study including research based study and research training opportunities

Many programmes in the School of Education, can be taken full- or part-time, with some having options for flexible distance learning. Many of our programmes are interdisciplinary and we strongly encourage research that crosses traditional education and subject boundaries.

Forthcoming events -

On Friday 26 March, Mukul Saxena from the University of Warwick, will be discussing Ideology, Policy & Conflicting Classroom Discourse Patterns in a Postcolonial Multilingual State. Please see the research seminars page for further details.

Etienne Wenger is the keynote speaker at a one day Conference on Monday 10 May. The title of the Conference is Barriers and Enablers to Communities of Practice in Higher Education. Please view the the events page for more information.

The 9th Annual Research Student Conference, is on Saturday 10 July. The keynote speaker is Professor Maggie MacLure from Manchester Metropolitan University and the theme this year is Education Researchers: Research for Change? For more information, see the events page