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EdD Module Lead (Education Policy)
PhD and EdD Director of Studies
MA (Education) Module Lead (Practice Related Inquiry)
Professional memberships
European Educational Research Association (EERA), British Educational Research Association (BERA), British Association for International & Comparative Education (BAICE) and Comparative Education Society in Europe (CESE)
Roles on external bodies
Member of the Anglo German Educational Research Group and former member of the BAICE Executive Committee
Supervised research degrees
Magne, Polly (Director of Studies, EdD, awarded November 2019) A case study of ‘Internationalisation at Home’ leading to a proposal for Critical Global Pedagogies.
Gosling, Paul (Director of Studies, EdD, awarded October 2019) How do children’s personal narratives influence their choices at school?
Norman, Paul (Director of Studies, EdD, awarded October 2019) Headteacher experiences and perceptions of standards-led reform in English secondary schools.
Alzahraini, Bandar (Director of Studies, PhD, awarded October 2019) The use of student response systems in Higher Education in Saudi Arabia.
Grundy, Christopher (Director of Studies, EdD, awarded September 2019) ‘It is possible to reinvent yourself!’ An analysis of the learning lives and lived experience of adult literacy students in a Further Education context.
Hodson, Paul (Director of Studies, EdD, awarded January 2018) From the secret garden to the panopticon? Changing freedoms and the growing crisis in primary school headteacher recruitment.
Rawson, Martyn (Director of Studies, EdD, awarded September 2017) Learning to become a subject: A hermeneutic phenomenological study of students in a Waldorf(Steiner) school in Germany.
LeGassick, Peter (Supervisor, EdD, awarded March 2016) The employment of ex-military as teachers: The military, masculinity and moral regulation.
Krantz, Göran (Director of Studies, PhD, awarded December 2014) Education in dance as self-education: A hermeneutic phenomenological study using arts-based research methods exploring student’s experience of dance in Sweden and why they find dance of importance for themselves and in their life.
Rae, Tony (Director of Studies, PhD, awarded July 2011) Wild Country Hall: Children’s learning at a residential outdoor education centre.
Teaching interests
Education policy and leadership Politics and history of education
Social policy, social theory & approaches to social research
I lead on Education Policy for the Education Doctorate and am Director of Studies for both EdD and PhD students . I teach on the MA (Education) Programme which provides practice focused masters-level study in all areas of education.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 4 Quality Education
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SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
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SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
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SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Comparing school leaders’ experiences of research use in England, Scotland and Germany
Kelly, P., Beck, A. & Hofbauer, S., 12 Apr 2025, In: Review of Education. 13, 1, e70058.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Newspapers and Schooling: A Comparative Field Analysis of England and Germany
Herzog, C. & Kelly, P., 25 Oct 2025, In: European Education. 57, 4, p. 362-378 17 p., online.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Why deliberate practice is not a basis for teacher expertise
Hordern, J., Pratt, N., Kelly, P. & Evans, K., 27 Jun 2025, In: Cambridge Journal of Education. 55, 4, p. 569-586 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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An Expert System on Flimsy Foundations: Teaching Expertise and the Early Career Framework
Hordern, J., Evans, K., Kelly, P. & Pratt, N., 25 Jul 2024, In: British Journal of Educational Studies. 72, 5, p. 607-625 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Applying Thematic Analysis to Analyse Press Coverage in Cross-Country Comparative Research: A Qualitative Study Protocol
Herzog, C. & Kelly, P., 21 Jun 2023, In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF QUALITATIVE METHODS. 22, 0Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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