Welcome to the Department of Educational Studies
We are an open and friendly Department, committed to excellence in research and teaching. Our staff enjoy working with students from a range of countries, and our research groups have a national and international reputation for the quality of their research. The Department is one of the top ten education departments in the UK, having been ranked eighth in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise. The most recent reviews of our teaching have rated our degree programmes as ‘excellent’ and our teacher training course as ‘outstanding’.
Professor Judith Bennett, Head of Department
News
Research success!
The Department is delighted to have been awarded the contract for the research-based evaluation of the new STEM Centre which has just been built on the University Campus and opens this year. The establishing of the Centre is a key initiative by the Government and others to increase levels of interest and participation in STEM subjects (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). The evaluation team members are Professor Judith Bennett, Fred Lubben and Martin Braund.
Widening Participation in Post-graduate Research Degrees
The NCCPE has partnered with the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) to conduct a series of research syntheses relevant to public engagement and the broader higher education sector, and we are pleased to announce that Dr. Paul Wakeling and Dr. Chris Kyriacou have been successful in their bid to win funding for their research in this area.
New course underway!
22 students on the new BA in Language, Literature and Education Programme celebrate the first teaching session on 22 October 2009. Photo
