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REAL: Research Students

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Faculty Research Students connected with the REAL Centre

PhD Candidate Topic Akihito Okuda "Secrets" of culture of peace and the United Nations: A multi-case study on the international project of culture of peace and its conceptual translation into the national education policy Ali Ansari Evaluating the effectiveness of public private partnership programmes in education Annabel Boud Aid-funded higher education scholarship programmes and the SDG 'leave no-one behind' principles: Access to Commonwealth scholarships for conflict-affected individuals in East Africa Anub Mannaan Education and violence: A qualitative study of the educational experience of conflict-affected Kashmiri migrants in Mumbai for higher education Basirat Razaq-Shuaib Educating children with neurodevelopmental disorders in a Nigerian context. Perspectives and lived experiences Basma Hajir Higher education conflict and peacebuilding in Syria: A critical realist de-colonial enquiry Bea Simpson Early childhood education in Uganda: Evaluating the impact on access learning outcomes and equity in a marketised provision model Camilla Hadi Chaudhary How is inclusion understood in Pakistan’s national education system? A comparative analysis of policy and practitioners’ perspectives Christine Ellison The role of Public Private Partnerships in expanding access to secondary education in Uganda D. Tim Archer Methodologies to peace education with masculinity Dina Fajardo-Tovar
The role of learning through play in Mexican government preschools: exploring teachers’ understandings and practices of learning through play in urban and rural settings. Deborah Spindelman Early undernutrition and unmet learning needs: Exploring the relationship between stunting cognition and teacher perceptions of P1 students in the Northern region of Ghana Domnick Okullo Exploring the perception of teachers and parents on the use of play-based pedagogy in early childhood education Gabrielle Arenge Capturing the ‘spark’: Examining mechanisms and catalysts of pedagogic change in Botswana primary schools Javiera Marfan Schools deciding the purpose of education: Policy enactment in a context of education reform hybridisation Julia Hayes Educating Colombian children with disabilities in Escuela Nueva schools Jwalin Patel Education for togetherness and harmony; Learning and teaching through lived experiences Karol Mark Yee Assessing the impact of higher education expansion on inequality of access and outcomes in the Philippines Laura Cashman Parental involvement in and perceptions of underperforming children's schooling and learning Magali Romos The effect of public investment in higher education in access and retention of impoverished students based on institutional behaviour Mansi Nanda School community interactions and children's learning: A case study design exploring teachers' views and perceptions in government schools in Sitapur India Manuel Kernen Health-promoting education-based interventions gender SRHR access to education Mélanie Gréaux Communication support for autistic children who grow up in multilingual and multicultural contexts: Evaluating the value of a WhatsApp knowledge-exchange programme for speech-language therapists practicing in India and the UK Miriam Broeks Achieving greater equity: Exploring the factors driving educational inequalities affecting indigenous pupils in Peru through mixed methods research Naomi Van Rijn Contextualising curricula of sub-Saharan African universities Nomisha Kurian Child wellbeing in high-poverty settings caring school climates and supportive teacher-child relationships Ronald Omuthe Convergent mixed-method study on invincible contribution and potential of low-cost private schools in Spatio-temporal liminality of Humanitarian context Patrick Montjourides The legitimacy of the SDG 4 agenda Phoenix Kenney Impact of youth humanitarianism and civic organization on socio-economic mobility and inclusive policy development in Nepal post-2015 earthquake(s) Priscilla Bretuo Making education inclusive: A critical analysis of socio-political interactions and innovative pedagogy in Complementary Basic Education in Ghana Pui Ki Patricia Kwok The implementation of learner-centered pedagogy in Rwanda: Teachers as reflective mediators Qilyu Hong The role of education in intergenerational mobility in China Regina Guzman Complementary Basic Education in Tanzania: Agenda-setting and the politics of implementation Rubaiya Murshed Investigating differences in outcomes across educational backgrounds: Empirical evidence from Bangladesh Sabilah Eboo-Alwani Parenting in the pandemic: Unpacking the longitudinal effect of children's experiences of parenting on their own resilience as parents of young children during lockdown including their ability to engage in their children's learning play and development Sangwoo Lee Intergenerational social mobility and the role of higher education Seema Nath Practicing inclusive education in India : Taking the agenda forward Smriti Khemka A study on the multidimensional aspects of inequalities among the Scheduled Castes and its impact on accessing Right to Education Sophia D'Angelo Pedagogy and culture through the voices of teachers and students: Contextualising effective teaching and learning in primary schools of the Dominican Republic Stephanie Nowack Exploring South African teachers’ perceptions and practices around learning through play for children with autism Stephen Bayley Education for a changing world: A mixed-methods study of cognitive flexibility in Rwandan primary schools Thilal Halimah An exploratory study on the resilience of Jordanian and Syrian refugee school children and young adults in different education settings in Jordan Thilanka Wijesinghe Deaf primary school children in Sri Lanka: Perceptions processes and practices of teaching and learning Sinhala reading - writing skills Vicky Yiran Zhao Play more and play better: How play can improve children’s learning and mental health Vidya Diwakar Armed conflict and the education of poor girls and boys in India