Professor Lynn Davies
Professor
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 4823
Fax: +44 (0)121 414 4865
Email: L.Davies@bham.ac.uk
PhD Gender and Deviance in School; MEd Sociology, Pyschology and Educational Research; Licentiate of the Royal Academy of Music; PGCE (with distinction); BA (Hons) in German with French
Research and Project interests
My research interests fall within the overall field of global justice, as follows:
International Consultancies
2007 Consultancy work with the Ministry of Education, Sri Lanka, to support the establishment of a National Policy on Education for Peace and Social Cohesion (GTZ funded)
2006 Research consultancy for an action research project on school improvement in primary education in Angola (Education Action International)
2006 Consultancy to Solomon Islands College of Education to advise on gender and equity policy and curriculum (NZAid funded)
2004-5 Research consultancy to conduct a survey of Teacher Motivation in Egypt (USAID funded)
2004-now Member of Expert Panel for UNESCO/IBE on Monitoring the Impact of Peace Education
2004- now Advising on establishment and accreditation of British University in Dubai Institute of Education.
2003 Writing of curriculum for the new College for International Citizenship in areas of peace, violence and conflict
2002 Management training for education officials from UNRWA in UK and in Jordan on areas of performance management and education in conflict and crisis
2001 Consultant to EC/TAER Education Reform Project in Bosnia-Herzegovina, advising on curriculum harmonisation
2000- Research Consultancy for DFID to evaluate the impact of their support to the Decentralisation of the Malawi education system
2000 Consultant to Ministry of Education, Palestine, on the integration of gender into policy and planning (part of DFID project). Two visits, to conduct workshops and write materials and guidelines on gender and planning.
1999- Consultant to British Council on Citizenship Education and Human Rights Education; member of working party
1999- Consultant to British Council on Education in Kosovo
1998- DFID funded project to upgrade the Ministry of Education in Peru; working visits to Peru in1998 and 1999, working on the organisation and culture of the Ministry, decentralisation and on school effectiveness
1997- Consultant to British Council as Senior Adviser, on a) the work of UNESCO; b) parental participation in schools; c) educational reform and school effectiveness.
1997 Facilitator for workshop on Women in Higher Education Management for Sri Lanka University Grants Commission, Colombo 1997 Working visit to Edwardes College, Pakistan, to commence the British Council link programme on staff development.
1996 Facilitator for First Southern Africa Regional six-week short course on Gender and Development held at University of Botswana
1995 Consultant to ODA INSTEPP In-service project in Uganda, on a base-line study on research methodology to be used by the Inspectorate
1995 Consultant to UNDP/Government of Zimbabwe project on Performance Management, researching the work of regional Education Officers
1995 Consultant to University of Sana'a, Yemen, to assist in the establishment of their M.Ed programme
1994 Consultant to Secondary Education Reform Programme in Pakistan, conducting Study 14: Restructuring Secondary and Intermediate Education (World Bank/British Council)
1994 Consultancy to British Council on Guidelines for Good Governance in Education
1993 Consultant to Women and Primary Education programme in Pakistan; seminar on "Equity and Pluralism" to SDEDP, Karachi
1992 Consultant to ERNESA (Educational Research Network in Eastern and Southern Africa) regional meeting in Cape Town, on integration and qualitative research methods
1991 Working visit to University of Botswana to consolidate the link programme, give public lectures on equity and run workshops on Gender and Education
1991 Consultancy to University of Sierra Leone to advise on their Women in Development work
1991 Working visit to University of Gothenburg to give seminars on school management, culture and deviance
1990 Consultancy to University of Alberta to give seminars on gender research; women in development; equity in higher education
1989 Working visit to University of Botswana to run workshops on women and employment and on gender and education
1988 Consultancy to University of Botswana to advise on the instigation of a Women's Studies programme
Other Professional Activities
Publications [pdf]