Department of Education academic staff
Contact details for all permanent and visiting members of the Department.
We oversee and deliver the Department’s teaching and research activities. This includes:
- teaching on our undergraduate and postgraduate courses
- research expertise across our portfolio
- supervision of postgraduate research students
You can also see our current postgraduate research students and their projects.
Head of Department
Academic and teaching staff
- Professor Andrea Abbas, Professor of the Sociology of Higher Education
- Dr Karen Angus-Cole, Director of studies: BA Education with Psychology
- Dr Ceri Brown, Co-Director of Impact
- Dr Tristan Bunnell, Senior Lecturer
- Dr Sam Carr, Reader, Director of studies: BA Education with Psychology
- Dr Rita Chawla-Duggan, Senior Lecturer
- Dr Ioannis Costas Batlle, Senior Lecturer/Director of studies: BA Education with Psychology and MA Education
- Dr Artemio Cortez Orchoa, Lecturer, Senior Academic Advisor
- Dr Aline Courtois, Senior Lecturer, Diversity and Inclusion Representative
- Dr Joy Cranham, Lecturer, Director of Studies: BA Education and Psychology
- Professor Xiao Lan Curdt-Christiansen, Professor of Applied Linguistics, Director of the Centre for Research in Education in China and East Asia
- Dr Samantha Curle, Reader in Applied Linguistics, Director of Studies Advanced Quantitative Methods in Social Sciences MRes
- Professor Michael Donnelly, Professor of Education and Social Policy
- Ms Gabriele Edwards, Lecturer, Placement tutor for BA Education with Psychology
- Dr Sian Ephgrave, Lecturer
- Mr Michael Fertig, Senior Lecturer
- Professor Gail Forey, Professor of Applied Linguistics, Associate Dean Education
- Dr Trevor Grimshaw, Senior Lecturer, Director of Studies: MA TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages), Marketing and Communications Coordinator, Graduate Teaching Assistant Co-Ordinator
- Professor Mary Hayden, Professor of International Education/ Director of Studies: Doctor of Education (EdD)
- Ms Annette Hayton, Senior Research Fellow
- Dr Brendan Higgins, Lecturer
- Dr Jim Hordern, Senior Lecturer, Deputy Director of Research
- Dr Janina Iwaniec, Senior Lecturer/Senior Tutor
- Dr MariCarmen Gil Ortega, Senior Lecturer, Director of Teaching, Director of Studies: MA Education
- Professor Hugh Lauder, Professor of Education and Political Economy
- Dr Predrag Lazetic, Lecturer, Director of Studies Education MRes
- Dr Shona McIntosh, Senior Lecturer, Director of Studies: Education PhD
- Dr Denise Mifsud, Senior Lecturer, Director of Studies: Doctor of Education (EdD), Summer School Coordinator, CPD coordinator
- Professor Lizzi Okpevba Milligan, Professor of Education and Global Social Justice, Director of Research
- Dr Eliana Osorio Saez, Lecturer
- Dr Arif Naveed, Senior Lecturer
- Dr Pedro Pineda Rodriguez, Senior Lecturer, Director of Studies: MA International Education and Globalisation (MA IEG)
- Dr Reka Ratkaine Jablonkai, Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics
- Dr Andres Sandoval Hernandez, Professor of Policy and Educational Assessment, Director of the Centre of the IEA International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS)
- Dr Hugo Santiago Sanchez, Senior Lecturer in Education/Department Research Ethics Officer
- Dr Nicola Savvides, Senior Lecturer
- Professor Carol Taylor, Professor of Higher Education and Gender/Director of Research
- Dr Rachel Wilder, Lecturer
Other academic staff
Emeritus professors, visiting research fellows and teaching fellows
- Dr Kate Bullock, Teaching fellow
- Dr Sally Hewlett, Teaching Fellow
- Dr Tristian Stobie, Teaching Fellow
- Dr Kyoko Murakami, Honorary Research Fellow
- Dr Graham Nutbrown, Visiting Lecturer
- Professor Jeff Thompson, Professor Emeritus
- Dr Paul Denley, Honorary Lecturer
- Professor Steve Gough, Professor Emeritus
- Professor Chris James, Professor Emeritus
- Professor William Scott, Professor Emeritus
Visiting staff
- Dr Guangxiao Shi
- Dr Yali Wang
- Dr Yuanyan Hu
- Dr Zhongyan Wan
- Dr Haifeng Wang
NERUPI staff
- Annette Hayton, Senior Research Fellow, NERUPI Convenor
- Dr Sally Griffin, Research and Development Officer
- Joanne Moore, Research and Development Officer
- Fatmata Daramy, Research Assistant
- Lauren Curtis, NERUPI Administrator
- Jude Sutton, NERUPI Administrator
- Jon Rainford, Visiting Fellow