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Organisation profile
About us
Our department is a thriving academic community focused on furthering our understanding of policy, culture, pedagogy and diversity within a global educational context. We hold a strong national and international reputation for our research.
We have an excellent network with a wide range of educational institutions including, schools, colleges, universities, local authorities and government departments, within the UK and also internationally.
Teaching
We pride ourselves upon our high quality of teaching and excellent student satisfaction rates.
The BA Education with Psychology (formerly Childhood, Youth and Education Studies) is our undergraduate programme.
At postgraduate level we offer the full-time MA Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (MA TESOL) programme.
TIhis year we have launched our new one year full-time programme: MA International Education and Globalisation.
Our part-time MA Education is a flexible programme that can be studied via distance learning, at international Study Centres, or on campus at a Summer School.
We also offer research/doctoral programmes including the MRes Education, Doctor of Education (EdD) and Education MPhil and PhD research degrees.
Research
We currently host around 40 academic and research staff, and have over 170 students enrolled on our doctoral programmes studying and researching both on campus and via distance learning throughout the world.
Our research is centred around the following areas:
- Educational Leadership, Management and Governance
- Internationalisation and Globalisation of Education
- Language and Educational Practices
- Learning, Pedagogy and Diversity
Further information about our research activities can be found on our research blog.
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Profiles
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Mahamed Adam
- Department of Education - Postgraduate Research Student
Person: Postgraduate Research Student, Doctor of Education
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Ken Addoh
- Department of Education - Postgraduate Research Student
Person: Postgraduate Research Student, Doctor of Education
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Disciplinary Literacy and the British Academic Written English Secondary School (BAWESS) Corpus
Forey, G. (PI) & Ratkaine Jablonkai, R. (CoI)
Economic and Social Research Council
1/02/25 → 31/01/28
Project: Research council
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BELMAS Research and Development Grant, Project title: ‘Exploring middle leadership and followership in state schools in Ireland’
Mifsud, D. (PI) & Blom, N. (PI)
1/01/25 → 31/12/25
Project: UK charity
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Alignment Optimization in International Large-Scale Assessments: A Scoping Review and Future Directions
Sandoval-Hernández, A., Carrasco, D. & Eryilmaz, N., 10 Feb 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Educational Methods & Psychometrics. 3, 16, 25 p., 16.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Climate Change Education in Primary Schools: Using Arts-Based Methods to Access Student Voice and Examine the UK National Curriculum
Banks, K. & Taylor, C., 15 Jan 2025, (Acceptance date) In: Environmental Education Research.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Embracing temporality: Reflexive insights into positionality and relational dynamics in intercultural research
Baily, A., 1 Apr 2025, In: Research Methods in Applied Linguistics. 4, 1, 100183.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access
Datasets
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Dataset for "Speaking Flames – A study of threshold experiences inherent in fire-cræft and the affordances of kindling metaphors for the principles they provide for progressive pedagogy" Ed.D. thesis
Code, J. M. (Creator), University of Bath, 28 Jun 2023
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-01252
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Dataset for "Climate anxiety in children and young people and their beliefs about government responses to climate change: a global survey"
Marks, E. (Creator), Hickman, C. (Creator), Pihkala, P. (Creator) & Debalare, R. (Related Person), University of Bath, 26 May 2022
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-01124
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Introductory videos for teenagers as researchers
Govaerts, F. (Creator), University of Bath, 26 Jun 2024
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-01344, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Itffwclpu0c&t=2s and 2 more links, https://youtu.be/vxAjtQTxTm0?si=JAwFEWcoPhVoUcms, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_BfejmdM4Q (show fewer)
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Student theses
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A Bourdieusian Analysis of Mathematics Education: A Comparison of Swiss International and UK State Schools.
Murphy, J. (Author), Lauder, H. (Supervisor) & Naveed, M. A. (Supervisor), 26 Jun 2024Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Education (EdD)
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Academic Coloniality in English Language Teaching in Higher Education in Algeria
Daffri, W. (Author)Grimshaw, T. (Supervisor) & Sanchez, H. (Supervisor), 28 Jun 2023Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › PhD
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Academics and disability: An examination of the academic experience of disability policy in higher education
Hewlett, S. J. (Author), Abbas, A. (Supervisor) & Hayhoe, S. (Supervisor), 12 Oct 2022Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › PhD
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