Research Students at CeDARE

The growing number of students and staff undertaking post-graduate education are making a significant contribution to education research, as well as partaking in a multitude of conferences and research events. Recent and future investment in university facilities are further enhancing the research environment for both students and staff.

With over 300 students on postgraduate Education programmes, as well as over 700 associate students, the School of Education has over 1000 students actively applying research in their studies and carrying out small-scale research.

Within this body of students a number of practitioner research networks have been developed and are actively supported by staff who draw additional support from key regional and national organisations. Students from these networks run their own research conferences, seminars and workshops. They also present annually at the School of Education's practitioner research conference, as well as conferences supported by the University Learning and Teaching Network across the various campuses of the University of Wolverhampton. In addition, some students are involved with other national and international events.

Our PhD students attend regular meetings of the post-graduate forum and make a significant contribution to research seminars and the annual School of Education's research conference.

Become a research student

Find out more about our phd opportunities and the Doctor of Education course. Also visit our staff directory to discover their research interests and publications. The cost of PhD study as a full-time international student is £8110 pa if studying in UK and £5800 pa if studying in own country. The cost for full-time home students is £3300 pa and part-time home is £1100 pa. The cost of an EdD as a part-time home student is £1682 pa.   

We are currently accepting full-time PhD applications only. Two entry points are October and February, and the deadlines for reciept of expression of interest forms is 20th May and 30th November respectively.

Student staff

A growing number of University staff are registered on postgraduate courses, including part-time PhDs and our the Doctor of Educaiton course, and conducting pedagogical or educational policy research within their own particular subject areas. Measures are being taken in order to support more staff to do this internally. These staff make a great contribution to the education research community within the University where they also act as role models for HE professionals and disseminate their work to the wider research community.

The following staff are enrolled on the Doctor of Education programme programme. Follow the links to view their research profiles.

• Ada Adeghe
• Barbara Hooker
• Karen Clarke
• David Wise

The following staff are undertaking PhDs at present. Follow the links to view their research profiles.

• Sue Fawson, University of York
• Mandy French, University of Wolverhampton
• Rohan Jowallah, University of Sheffield
• Maggie Leese, University of Derby
• Lesley Mycroft, University of Birmingham
• Martin Needham, Institute of Education
• Matt O'Leary, University of Warwick
• Ron Sargent, Keele University 
• Liz Southern, University of Wolverhampton
• Lorraine Thomas, University of Birmingham
• Jo Winwood, University of Birmingham

Current PhD Students

Our PhD students are researching a variety of education-related topics.