People

Our current members:

Dr Claire Tyson

Claire Tyson is a teacher researcher based at Homewood School and Sixth Form Centre, where she combines teaching science and the extended project qualification with her research role. Her PhD was obtained by studying part time with Queen Mary, University of London in Clinical Pharmacology. Her school based role encompasses working with HE partners, school staff and students to develop research capacity in the school as part of evidence informed practice and she has a special interest in balancing the ethics of school based research with pragmatist approaches to sampling. She is co-convenor (with Emma Taylor and Joyce I-Hui Chen) of the BERA SIG for Practitioner Research. Her HE collaborations include the RATED Consortium (Research informed Approaches to Tackling Educational Disadvantage).

Email: c.tyson@homewood.kent.sch.uk

Dr Matt Easterbrook

Matt is a Reader in Social Psychology at the University of Sussex. His research investigates the social psychological processes that can contribute to inequalities in educational outcomes, and how we can make education more inclusive. He works closely with teachers and practitioners to co-produce and evaluate innovative educational practices, and to design bespoke interventions for schools that aim to reduce educational inequalities. He directs INPSYED, a research group focused on reducing educational inequalities, is the co-chair of the School of Psychology's Equality, Diversity and Inclusion committee, is a member of the technical advisory for the DfE's Growing up in the 2020's new longitudinal study, and chairs the Academic Advisory Group for the University of Sussex's Access and Participation Plan (widening participation)./p>

Email: m.j.easterbrook@sussex.ac.uk

Dr Tom Perry

Tom is an Associate Professor at the Department of Education Studies at the University of Warwick. His research and teaching focus on how research, evidence and data can improve education policy and practice. He researches and has specialist methodological expertise relating to systematic review and evidence synthesis; quantitative methods and secondary data analysis; evaluation, improvement and enquiry; social scientific methodology; and knowledge mobilisation, exchange and use.

Email: Tom.Perry@warwick.ac.uk

Lewis Doyle

Lewis Doyle is a Doctoral Researcher in Social Psychology at the University of Sussex. His research investigates the social psychology of educational inequalities and focuses on how and when teachers' biases are most likely to emerge.

Email: l.doyle@sussex.ac.uk

Dr Elizabeth Hidson

Dr Elizabeth Hidson’s education career began with teaching computing, then school senior leadership and strategic regional secondments. After 14 years in secondary schools, she moved into higher education. She has been a researcher on a range of international educational technology research projects as well as teaching on PGCE, MA and doctoral training courses at Durham University and Newcastle University. In 2018 she joined the International Initial Teacher Training Team at The University of Sunderland. She is now the programme leader for the UK-based blended learning SCITT PgCert Education course and module leader for an M-Level school-based research module on the PGCE Education and PGCE Education with iQTS courses, delivered via distance learning to over 500 students around the world each year. Elizabeth’s research interests include digital tools for reflective practice. Elizabeth continues to combine practitioner research and dissemination with her commitment to teacher education.

Email: elizabeth.hidson@sunderland.ac.uk

Alison Glover

Alison is the Research Associate for The Open University Partnership in Wales PGCE Programme. She trained as a secondary school teacher and has taught in the UK and overseas. She has delivered university outreach projects to primary and secondary schools, and conducted collaborative research studies with schools and other universities in Wales and across the UK. Alison leads on all research activity for the PGCE Programme and works with Open University Partnership school colleagues to support research activity, engaging practioners in research and publication. She also contributes to Collaborative Research Network activity and projects with other teacher education providers across Wales. Her current research projects focus on Initial Teacher Education and include mentoring, partnership working and the use of video technology in the classroom.

Email: alison.glover@open.ac.uk