Research
The research strategy of the Institute of Education is informed by the wider University research strategy
- '…to ensure that its activities have critical mass in areas of international distinction by creating well-resourced research groups.'
- '…sustain and foster the areas of greatest strength on which its national and international reputation rests'.
Following this strategy has enabled the Institute of Education to develop clearly focused and distinctive research groups which have made significant and widely recognised contributions to the study of Education and associated fields. It includes work designed to promote world leading research in areas of the greatest research strength while preserving the professional mission of a department concerned with teacher education and a local and regional role in supporting the education service and the teaching profession.
The quality of our research was recognised in the recent 2008 Research Assessment Exercise, which placed the Institute of Education in the second quartile of Education Departments in the UK. Nearly 70% of our research outputs were rated as internationally recognised or better.
Research themes
Research students
The Institute has about 40 PhD students from the UK and abroad studying on both a full-time and part-time basis. Supervision is offered in the research fields described under the various research themes. There is a well-established postgraduate research training programme for research students with ESRC 1 + 3 recognition.
Research Projects
For further information please visit the ' Research Projects' page
Research Activities
For further information please visit the ' Research Activities' page
Research Seminars
For further information please visit the ' Research Seminars' page