CIER Postgraduate Researchers
Current researchers
Name
Joyceline Alla-Mensah
Research topic
Capabilities and livelihoods in the Ghanaian informal sector
Research topic
Critical pedagogy: moments of awakening
Research topic
University partnerships across the income divide
Research topic
An embedded case study of internationalisation policy planning in Japanese higher education: a socioeducational perspective
Research topic
Discourses of gendered identity and representation of women academics in leadership positions in higher education
in Pakistan
Research topic
Learning the practices of the field of ceramics in the UK
Research topic
Internationalization of higher education: mainland Chinese students’ first year experience in Hong Kong
Research topic
Rural skills development in South Africa
Research topic
The quality of private higher education in Ghana
Name
Elvina Selechopoulou
Research topic
The process of novice teacher subject formation: paradigms of Greece and England
Research topic
REF management in higher education: a narrative approach
Research topic
Racism, coloniality and whiteness in art education: art educators’ and artists’ perspectives
Previous research
Below is selection of topics researched by previous students, as an example of the diverse work carried out in the Centre for International Education Research:
- The problem with English academic writing and its impact on Saudi Arabian learners
- Language, culture and national identity: a study of the attitudes of Saudi female university students toward English language learning and self-identity
- The English teachers action: consciousness, reflection and discourse
- To what extent do students in the Eastern Mediterranean University Foreign Languages and English Preparatory School implement autonomy in their learning process with respect to (a) knowledge, (b) skills, (c) motivation and (d) confidence?
- Historical analysis of function skills in FE/policy discourse analysis/interviews with policy makers
- ESOL learners/critical action research
- Military education for operating in a "humanitarian space"/capabilities and critical theory/interviews/case study
- Residential adult education, spirit and the 'New Age': Sir George Trevelyan and the Shropshire Adult Education College at Attingham 1946-76
- What are the obstacles to achieving the capabilities required by stakeholders in the VET system in South Africa, such that VET promotes development?
- In the context of the low achievement of most Somali children in London, an investigation of the factors that appear to contribute to high achievement for some Somali students
- Educating the adult educator
- Training in multimedia literacy for working adults
- Content learning from bilingual learners perspective in UK primary/secondary schools
- Educational partnership in the NHS in Scotland: A case study in social capital