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Adams, Angela (2024). The challenge of retaining teachers: evidence from the perspective of secondary headteachers in England. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Lewin-Jones, Jenny ORCID: 0000-0002-1910-3398 (2023). The presentation of internationalisation on university websites in England: impoverished discourses. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Blake, Julie Lorraine ORCID: 0000-0002-0379-1720 (2023). An exploration of the lived experiences of Black Caribbean girls in secondary schools in England in the twenty-first century. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Marley, Beth (2023). Influences on Key Stage 2 Teachers of Comprehension. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Bhogal, Karam (2023). School practitioners’ perceptions of the impact of Intensive Interaction on the emotional wellbeing of pupils with severe intellectual disabilities and autism. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Wilcox, Kim (2022). Experiences of real-world learning in higher education: lessons for ‘employability’ and the pursuit of ‘teaching excellence’ in sport curricula. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Coles-Hennessy, Helen (2022). System leadership in an academy school in England and a charter school in the United States of America. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Carlton, Joel (2022). An enquiry into cultural influences on leadership in higher education: comparing the experiences of business school academic leaders in Malaysia and the United Kingdom. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Rowan-Lancaster, Jennifer L. (2022). Challenging fear: teaching LGBTUA+ relationship and sex education (RSE) from a trainee teacher and teacher educator perspective. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Davis, Carolyn A. (2022). Change and school improvement: An exploration of school leaders' perceptions and experiences of distributed leadership in three special school settings. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Unsworth-Hughes, Charlotte Elizabeth (2022). Perceptions and experiences of teacher surveillance: a case study of an independent school. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Drayton, Angela (2022). The quality of non-maintained special school provision: an exploration of the relationship between inspection, quality and non-maintained special schools. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Stevenson, Elizabeth Ann (2021). "Holding on while letting go" A Gadamerian hermeneutic study of postgraduate professional healthcare teaching students experiences as enquiry based learners. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Riley, Helen (2021). An interpretative phenomenological analysis of primary school educators’ lived experiences of including children with significant SEND in a mainstream setting. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Entwistle, Caroline (2021). Creating new from old: exploring the lived experiences of leaders implementing change within sponsored academies in England. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Valler, Tracey (2021). The use of peer-led simulation as a pedagogical approach. An action research study. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Lane, Stephen R (2021). Twitterotopia and the rise of a tweacher: towards a (post)critical ontology of #edutwitter, the tweacher society, and a teacher who tweets. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Blyden, Susan (2021). Validity theory (VT) and modern test theory (MTT) in assessment measurement and design. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Richards, Johanna (2021). Gender representations in the British media: a post feminist discourse analysis of celebrity academics and the neoliberal university. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Strumidlo, Laura Ann (2021). Becoming resilient; how do student nurses develop resilience for nursing? A study using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Williams, Kevin Lloyd (2021). An investigation into the perceptions of dance students on learning experiences in one independent vocational performing arts school. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Rogers, Kelly (2021). Understanding the journey to leadership: the experiences of principals in the further education sector. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Morley, David J. (2020). An investigation into the matrix of support for medical students on hospital placement: a case study. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Ecoeur, Jacqueline (2020). A study of the roles of academic middle managers of college-based higher education and the factors that influence their role enactment. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Mukhtar, Rahila (2020). Inclusive employability approaches: female students' perspectives on diversity mentoring in higher education. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

O'Donnell, Natasha (2020). A study of the identity of early education teachers: a Montessori context. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Williams, Annabel Catherine (2019). Contested identities of physiotherapy lecturers: applying Personal Construct Theory in three higher education institutions. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Palfrey, Emma (2019). Preparing student teachers to teach inclusively: a case study of a higher education PGCE course in Wales. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Murphy, Anna (2019). School peer support networks and collaborations: a study of a school-to-school peer support programme used in a large metropolitan city. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Howitt, Claire Louise (2019). The influence and management of emotion on primary school headteachers. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Lacey, Catherine Vivien (2019). New times for ESOL in Further and Adult Education. A study of ESOL teachers’ accounts of the changes in their working lives. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Daniel, Valerie (2019). Perceptions of a leadership crisis in the Early Years Sector (EYS). University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Broad, Alison J (2019). Pongo goes to school: an investigation into the role of school dogs in primary schools. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Gray, Leanne (2019). Preschool counting: what development in understanding of counting looks like for a child during the nursery year. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Powell, Jane Elizabeth (2019). Women in leader roles in higher education: the rhetoric and reality of authentic leadership. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Linton, Roseilee Sharmaine (2019). Personal capacity: an exploration into the extent to which the personal capacity of school leaders influences their response to challenges that occur in the changing educational landscape. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Ollis, Peter Rennie (2018). An investigation into the effect of attending an elite independent boys’ school on working class children who were awarded free places. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Ford, Elizabeth Kathryn Rose (2018). 'To perform, or not to perform: that is the questions' A survey of how secondary school headteachers perceive their enactment status in leadership. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Bruce-Golding, Judith (2018). Career trajectories of deputy and assistant headteachers and their perceptions of secondary headship. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Dasein, Billy M (2018). Freedom to learn for the 21st century (education as if people mattered). University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Ubhi, Sukhvinder Singh (2018). Pupils as leaders: the role of science, technology, engineering and mathematics leadership qualification in promoting pupil leadership. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Kaur, Rita (2018). The processes of leadership talent development: a case study of Birmingham primary schools. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Smith, Matthew T. (2017). An investigation into the epistemological trajectories of PGCE student teachers as predicated by their espoused pedagogical beliefs. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Ricky, . (2017). Servant leadership in higher education: a case of academic leadership in a faith-based university in Indonesia. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Merricks, Beverley Ann (2017). The use of a self-regulated learning conceptual framework to investigate students’ engagement with individualised feedback from summative clinical examinations at a UK medical school. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Price, Alan Charles (2017). Action research in outdoor learning: promoting social and emotional learning in young people with social emotional and behavioural difficulties. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Frank, Helen Louise (2017). An exploration of the learning experiences of visually impaired physiotherapy students in higher education in the UK. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Kelly, Helen (2017). International schools as emotional arenas: facing the leadership challenges in a German context. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Walsh, Andrew John (2017). Using a Community of Practice approach to understand collaborative knowledge development amongst mental health nurse students and practitioners. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Morris, Jonathan Padraig (2017). What is the cultural web of an academy? An investigation into one academy’s organisational culture. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Hurd, Angela Susan (2016). Creating culture from scratch: a multiple case study into creating culture in English free schools. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Breakwell, Richard Lee (2016). Factors affecting the progression of first-year student nurses. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Wright, Victoria (2016). An autoethnographic account of giving lesson observation feedback. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Poole, Helen Louise (2016). An examination of the function of education in prisons: social, political and penal persepectives. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Kiarago, Leonard Gitonga (2016). Educational provision for children with SEBD in Kenya: a review of the current practice. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Francis, Andrew Frank (2016). Followership among secondary school teachers. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Gould, Rachel Amanda (2016). Leadership in the primary Catholic school in the West Midlands. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Gibson, Mark Terence (2016). Leadership of academy schools in england: sponsors and the realisation of the ethos and vision. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Jefferis, Timothy James (2016). Leading the conversation the use of Twitter by school leaders for professional development as their careers progress. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Doug, Roshan (2016). Narrative study: an immigrant pupil's experience of English and multicultural education. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Harty, Linda Jane (2016). Student voice on higher education in further education and implications for leaders in dual sector institutions in England. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Omar, Bassam (2015). Developing continuing professional development (CPD) leadership in further education (FE). University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Bigford, Winston Victor (2015). Academic success, resilience and ways of being among high achieving African-Caribbean pupils. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Wiseman, Paul (2015). An investigation into the changing culture and practice of children's service professionals between 2004 and 2012. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Manning, Russell (2015). An investigation into the emphasis on ‘british national idenity’, ‘patriotism’ and ‘fundamental british values’ through secondary school history with a particular focus on key stage three; the views of history PGDipEd secondary trainees. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Graham, Karen (2015). Does school prepare men for prison? The life histories of eleven former prisoners. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Siekierska, Christina (2015). Investigating the assessment strategies used to assess primary trainee teachers on teaching practice. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Fugill, Martin (2015). Simulation and student transition in restorative dentistry. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Leigh, Nigel William (2015). Skills competitions: a winning formula for enhancing the quality of vocational education? University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Allen, Sarah (2015). Specialist leaders of education and leadership development: an evaluative case study. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Shephard, Richard John (2014). Reflections of school staff on headteacher leadership and how it is practiced in their state, boys' selective school. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Kentish, Richard (2014). Survival in early headship. Preparation of primary head teachers for early headship - a social survey of experiences of primary head teachers, in the West Midlands of England. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

McDowall, Sophie (2014). An investigation into which forms of early teacher learning are most effective with respect to retention, motivation, commitment and job satisfaction for new entrants to the school teaching profession. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Awbery, Carole (2014). Collegiality as a leadership strategy within 21st century education – a single case study. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Ebot Ashu, Frederick (2014). Effectiveness of school leadership and management development in Cameroon. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Bartholomew, Paul (2014). Enhancing academic practice through the use of video: a longitudinal case study of professional development in higher education. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Masunga, Robert (2014). Further education governance: the role of governors in further education (FE) college improvement. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Cutting, Anna (2014). How and in what ways can participation in extra-curricular activity enable learning? University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Pearce, Ruth (2014). Learning how to lead through engagement with enquiry based learning as a threshold process: a study of how post-graduate certificate in education healthcare professional students learn to lead. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Park, Deborah Louise (2014). Presence, participation and progress: an investigation into changes in attendance, attitudes to learning and achievement following the introduction of an alternative curriculum in a school for pupils with behavioural, emotional and social difficulties. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Browning, Tessa-Marie (2014). The common assessment framework for supporting families: an educational perspective. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Lopez Delgado, Manuel (2013). Climbing up the ladder to headship in Mexican compulsory education: perceptions of the escalafon, the point-based system currently used in Mexico to appoint school heads, an exploration in elementary schools. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Walker, Frances Gillian (2013). Further education women leaders: why so few? An exploration of white and BME women’s experiences as leaders in the further education sector. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Holgate, Sally (2013). Perceptions of students with an autism spectrum condition of the value of a cbt intervention to enhance student experience. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Amphlett, Mary (2013). Sanctuary: the evaluation of a secondary school intervention. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Clarke, Nicola Marie (2013). A person-centred enquiry into the experiences of teaching and learning reflection and reflective practice in pre and post-registration mental health nurse training. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Baryana, Kuldeep Singh (2013). Widening participation in Further Education: Overcoming barriers to adult lifelong learning from the student perspective. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Bruton, Alison Elizabeth (2013). Work-life balance and the workforce reforms. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Chagger, Ranbir K (2013). An investigation into the reasons why deputy head teachers either decide/not decide to take the journey to headship. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Lehane, Teresa Geraldine (2013). Experienced teaching assistants’ perceptions of their work in the inclusion of pupils with ‘special educational needs’ in English mainstream secondary schools. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Endicott, Susan (2013). How can I improve behaviour in my school, in particular, for children with autism spectrum condition on the playground? University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Winwood, Jo (2013). Policy into practice: the changing role of the special educational needs coordinator in England. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Clarke, Beth Marie (2012). Enhancing capacity for organisational learning; a perpetual system for primary school practitioners. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Coates, Alison (2012). An exploration of nurse education leadership as identified and experienced by nurse teachers working in the field of nurse education. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Tinkler, Christine (2012). Collaboration: Still viable in the changed landscape? A study into the state of collaboration between academies and maintained schools in England. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Daniels, David T. (2012). Entrepreneurial academies - myth or reality? The perceptions of senior academy leaders. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Cemm, Lorraine A. F. (2012). The leadership of collaboration in primary school settings. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Kouti, Artemis (2012). Bilingual events in CLIL geography and home economics sixth grade classrooms in two Cypriot primary schools. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Haughton, Christoper John (2012). From ships to leaderships - the leadership of maritime education and training (MET) institutions in the United Kingdom. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Watts, Pauline (2012). Leadership learning through challenging situations: Primary School Headteachers. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Mackenzie-Batterbury, Rona (2012). The journey to academy principalship. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Grogan, Gerry (2012). Using computer-based cognitive tools to enable critical thinking. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Thomas, Heather Claire (2011). An investigation of the perspectives of ex-pupils of a special school for pupils with moderate learning difficulties on their schooling. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Sangha, Sujinder Singh (2011). Asian black and minority ethnic principals in England’s further education colleges: an investigation into the dynamics of their leadership. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Eliphas, Foster (2011). Exploring school leadership development in Tanzania: a survey study of twenty newly appointed heads of schools in contextually different state secondary schools in the Dar es Salaam region of Tanzania. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Blair, Erik Alexander (2011). How do those completing initial teacher training in the post-compulsory education and training sector consider ‘theory’ in relation to their practice? University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Moyo, Africa (2010). The perceptions of Heads, middle leaders and classroom teachers about the effects of distributed leadership on teaching and learning: A study in selected schools in the West Midlands of England. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Rontou, Maria (2010). Provision for students with dyslexia in EFL: an ethnographic case study. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Soni, Anita (2010). Educational psychology work in children's centres: a realistic evaluation of group supervision with family support workers. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Bishen Singh, Gurcharan Singh (2010). The National Professional Qualification for Headship (NPQH) programme for secondary school headteachers in Malaysia: an evaluative case study. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Nicholson, Elizabeth A.J. (2010). The changing face of the local government of education in the 21st century: living with the private sector in selected local authorities as seen by their chief officers and others. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

O'Sullivan, Julie Kirstine (2010). The impact of classroom practice on secondary school children with statements of special educational needs. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Booth, Carol Marion (2009). Using Action Research to Explore a Drop-In Service at a Children’s Centre. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Howe, Julia (2009). An investigation into the discourses of secondary aged girls’ emotions and emotional difficulties. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Chambers, Nigel Noel (2009). Changing times : the role of the Curriculum middle managers within Colleges of Further Education. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Thorne, Carol (2009). Language and behaviour: interactions with young children in a school for social, emotional and behavioural difficulties. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Merriman, Helen Louise (2009). Perspectives on mental health and the role of schools. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Gosai, Nisheet (2009). Perspectives on the educational experiences of African/Caribbean boys. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Thistleton, Lisa Francesca (2008). A realistic evaluation of the work of a speech and language therapy service in primary schools (the First Schools Project) using the perceptions of some of the important stakeholders (teachers, SLTs and parents). University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Moore, Tessa Anne (2008). Primary strategy learning networks: a local study of a national initiative. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Kirsz, Alan Stanislaw (2007). A case study of the knowledge and understanding of leadership amongst leaders in the Scout Association in an English city. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Brewster, Stephanie Joyce (2007). Asymmetries of power and competence and implications for AAC: interaction between adults with severe learning disabilities and their care staff. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Inman, Margaret (2007). The journey to leadership: a study of how leader-academics in higher education learn to lead. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Popovic, Celia Frances (2007). Why do medical students fail? a study of 1st year medical students and the educational context. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Bradbury, Lynne Mena (2004). A study of women who are headteachers and mothers. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.

Ellins, Jean May (2004). Departmental differences in attitudes to special educational needs and their impact on practice in the secondary school. University of Birmingham. Ed.D.