Current and recent CRESJ PhDs

Current CRESJ Postgraduate Researchers

Current CRESJ Postgraduate Researchers

Arwa Alhumaidan: Exploring the Gender Stereotypes in Children's books in Saudi Arabia (Supervised by Vanita Sundaram)

Rosanna Armstrong: Is citizen education the same as character education? (Supervised by Leah Roberts and Eleanor Brown)

Sahana Arun Kumar: Conversations on Consent (Supervised by Vanita Sundaram)    

Indu Bedi: An Exploration of the Complexities of Representation in Educational Leadership for Female Ethnic Minority Educators - Unveiling Systemic Challenges and Advancing Inclusive Practices in International Schools. (Supervised by Paul Wakeling and Jan Hardman)

Nate Bellot: Development Education within the Secondary Education System in England: A Critical Pedagogy for Post-Development (Supervised by Eleanor Brown)

Abigail Bowling: Choosing to Teach: Social class and progression onto teacher training in Yorkshire (Supervised by Paul Wakeling and Sally Hancock)

Rach Brennan: The Limits of the Current System: Understanding the Experiences of Girls at Risk of Exclusion (Supervised by Emma Clarke and Reva Yunus)

Asep Casmana: A whole public-school approach in promoting Global Citizenship Education in Indonesia (Supervised by Eleanor Brown)    

Rebecca Clark: A comparative study of young people growing up on council estates set in different local contexts to understand the effects of place and socio-economic standing on school attainment and progression to higher education (Supervised by Reva Yunus and Paul Wakeling) 

Katie Heffron: Decolonising the university: decolonising ourselves to transform the systems and practices that shape us (Supervised by Eleanor Brown and Lynda Dunlop)

Alexander Kemp: Care-experienced graduates studying postgraduate taught degrees: motivations, experiences and the impact of the undergraduate ‘cliff-edge’ of support (Supervised by Zoe Baker and Paul Wakeling)    

Amanda Larmer: Keeping their interest to avoid disengagement: A disengagement framework to support students in 6th Form College. (Supervised by Liz Thomas and Amanda Naylor)

Meiyao Lu: Equality in Education in China: An Analysis of the Policy of Children of Migrant Workers to Sit National College Entrance Exam Locally (Supervised by Daniel Kyereko, Paul Wakeling)         

Bethan Miller: Exploring Autistic Young People's Experiences of Relationships, Sex, and Health Education (RSHE) in England: A Multi-Stakeholder Investigation (supervised by Laura Fox and Vanita Sundaram)

Sachin Mohan Mohite: Assessing Citizenship Education in India (Supervised by Leah Roberts)

Alya Shamshul Ariffin: The nature of the gaze in young adult literature (Supervised by Clementine Beauvais)
Jiqiong Sheng: Becoming a Consumer in England: International Postgraduates' Identity and Transition (Supervised by Paul Wakeling and Sally Hancock)

Helen Thomson: What are the factors influencing boys’ (non-)selection of English in post-compulsory secondary education in England? (Supervised by Amanda Naylor)     

Tasneem Walji: Is global learning the key for a prospective key stage three geography curriculum in the digital world? (Supervised by Naomi Holmes)     

Michelle Woods: What can be learnt from students who have persisted in HE after seriously considering leaving, to improve the persistence of others within the Irish higher education sector (Supervised Liz Thomas and Zoe Baker)

Recently completed CRESJ PhDs

Recently completed CRESJ PhDs

Jessie Shepherd: The effectiveness of Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning (SEAL) on primary students when taking into account gender, cultural, ethnicity, and migration differences (Supervised Dusana Dorjee and Vanita Sundaram)

Marina Cartier: British children's response to translated humorous picturebooks (Supervised by Clementine Beauvais)

Dawn Evans: Exploring African and Caribbean Women's Journey Towards Senior Position in Further Education (Supervised by Vanita Sundaram)

David Gilani: Individualised connectedness: how can universities enhance student outcomes by helping students to better understand their own belonging needs?  (Supervised by Liz Thomas and Daniel McArthur)

Heather Holmes: A Study of the Reading Habits of Secondary School English Teachers (Supervised by Amanda Naylor)        

Chika Hosoda: Teaching Professional’s Understanding of human rights and diversity for Citizenship Education in England (Supervised by Reva Yunus and Leah Roberts) 

Maha Jabali: The use of Social Media within the undergraduate student population of Saudi Arabian universities (Supervised by Clementine Beauvais)

Victoria Jack: Effective transcultural communication (Supervised by Nadia Jessop)

Emma Jackson: Developing an Intersectional Approach to Sex and Relationships Education in England and Wales     

Huaijue Jiang: How to teach RSE in secondary schools in England? Self-review of experienced RSE teachers on gender equality and implications for the future induction training of RSE teachers (Supervised by Vanita Sundaram) 

Valeria Riveros Fuentes: The Effectiveness of the Use of Literature-to-Film adaptations in the Development of Reading Comprehension in the Chilean English Classrooms (Supervised by Clementine Beauvais) 

Alhareth Sait: Internationalisation of small higher education institutions: challenges and opportunities. A case study from Saudi Arabia (Supervised by Paul Wakeling and Sally Hancock)