Role
EXECUTIVE HEAD OF SCHOOL
ASSOCIATE DEAN
Qualifications & background
Qualifications
Doctorate in Education
MA in Education
BA Hons Sociology
Certificate in Education
QTS
Previous Roles
Higher Education Team Leader (Truro College)
Programme Team Leader Education (Truro College)
Higher Education Development Leader (Truro College)
Deputy Team Leader Humanities (Truro College)
Lecturer in Education (Truro College)
Deputy Director of Sixth From (Wheatley Park School)
Head of Sociology (Wheatley Park School)
Associate Lecturer Education (Oxford Brookes University)
Lecturer in Sociology (Penwith College)
Equal Opportunities Co-ordinator (Penwith College)
Professional membership
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
Fellow of the Inistitute for Learning (FIfL)
General Teaching Council (England) (GTC(E))
British Sociological Society (BSA)
Biritish Educational Leadership Management and Administrative Society (BELMAS)
British Educational Research Association (BERA)
Roles on external bodies
OfSTED Additional Inspector (Further Education Initial Teacher Training)
QAA Reviewer (IQER)
TDA/FdF Endorsement Consultant
Teaching interests
Research Methods
Applied pedagogy
14-19 Reform
M level transferable skills
Sociology of Education
Research interests
Teacher Education
- Professional convergence in teacher education (secondary and FE)
- Evaluation of a universal teaching qualification
Teacher Educators
- Evaluation of teacher educator professional development and 'qualifications'
Secondary Education
- Evaluation of national challenge schools into coastal academies and the impact on student outcomes
- Class of 2010 - longitudinal study of a Yr 7 new coastal academy until the end of their schooling
On-line safety in education
UoP Research group membership
PhD in Education
Professional Theory and Practice
Other research
TEACHER EDUCATION
Post-compulsory teacher education
- Effectiveness of outcomes in observing teaching practice (DFES)
Secondary teacher education
- M Level outcomes in ITT PGCE
- Attitudes of the BME population in Plymouth towards teaching as a profession
FURHTER EDUCATION
- Student particpation, retention and achievement at Advanced Level
the impact of financial incentives/rewards (EMA)
Higher Education in Further Education Colleges
- compulsory education students' perception of HE in FECs (teachers, parents, employers - social attitudinal)
- the role of the HE leader of HE in FECs
14-19
- staff development for teaching 14-19
Grants & contracts
- DfES Standards Unit ITT Research Project grant (Project Manager)
- FEDA research grant (individual research in education achievement and student funding)
- Peninsula CETT research award (FETT development team research)
- HELP CETL individual research (CPD) award
- HELP CETL student facing services grant (Project Manager)
- ESF Funded Ice House Project in collaboration with Cornwall College
- TDA funded RRCG for investigation into local BME populations and attitudes towards ITT
- TDA Strand 2 14-19 enhancement funding
- LSIS consultancy awarded to School of Secondary and Further Education Studies
- TDA South West provider for i-Teach (PGCE Secondary Maths, Physics and Chemistry through e-engaged learning)
- DCSF/LSC FE Teacher Training through e-engaged learning lead HEI and CETT
Publications
Publications and Conferences
Books (co-authored)
1. Kirby, M., Kidd, W., Koubel, F., Barter, J., Hope, T., Kirton, A., Madry, N., Manning, P. and Triggs, K. (1997) Sociology in Perspective, Oxford, Heinemann.
- Kidd, W., Kirby, M., Koubel, F., Barter, J., Hope, T., Kirton, A., Madry, N., Manning, P. and Triggs, K. (1998) A Readings in Sociology, Oxford, Heinemann.
3. Marsh, I (Ed.) (1999) Sociology: Dealing with Data, Essex, Longman. (Co-author)
4. Hope, T., Griffiths, J and Best, S. (2000) Active Sociology, Essex, Pearson.
5. Kirby, M., Kidd, W., Koubel, F., Barter, J., Hope, T., Kirton, A., Madry, N., Manning, P. and Triggs, K. (2000) Sociology in Perspective AQA Version (2nd Edition), Oxford, Heinemann.
6. Kirby, M., Kidd, W., Koubel, F., Barter, J., Hope, T., Kirton, A., Madry, N., Manning, P. and Triggs, K. (2000) Sociology in Perspective OCR Version (2nd Edition), Oxford, Heinemann.
7. Griffiths, J. and Hope, T. (2000) Access to Sociology: Stratification and Differentiation, London, Hodder and Stoughton.
Books (single author)
1. Ovenden-Hope, T (2012) Teaching 14-19: Theories and Practice London, Pearson. (to be published)
Books (edited and co-authored)
1. Hope, T., Kidd, W., Kirby, M. and Barter, J. (2000) Sociology in Perspective Teachers’ File AQA Version, Oxford, Heinemann.
2. Hope, T., Kidd, W., Kirby, M. and Barter, J. (2000) Sociology in Perspective Teachers’ File OCR Version, Oxford, Heinemann.
Journals
1. Hope, T. (1997) ‘A Question of Underachievement? Boys and Secondary Education’. Social Science Teacher’,Vol.26, No.3 pp10-14.
- Hope, T. (2005) ‘Building Success in Post-Compulsory Education: The Effectiveness of the Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA)’.Social Science Teacher, Vol. 34, No.3, pp 6-9.
Conferences
1. Hope, T. (2000) ‘Incentives to Learn: The Impact of the educational maintenance Allowance (EMA) in Further Education’. Paper presented at the British Educational Research Association Annual Conference, Cardiff.
- Brown, S. and Hope, T. (2005) ‘Assessing Creatively in Higher Education’. Paper presented at the University of Plymouth Colleges Conference, Plymouth.
3. Gunraj, J., Totterdell, M., Hathaway, T. and Ovenden-Hope, T (2009) ‘A Model of Integrated Professional Development for the Teaching Workforce’. Paper presented at the European Conference on Educational Research, Vienna, European Educational Research Association.
4. Invited speaker at Teacher Educator Advancement Network Conference on ‘masterliness’ in Teacher Education, at UWE 2010 ‘Masterliness in PGCE ITE programmes’.
5. Invited panel member at the Innovation, Creativity and Enterprise for Education Conference April 2011 ‘ICE – what next?’
6. Ovenden-Hope, T (2011) ‘A Universal Teaching Qualification: Challenging the prevailing dichotomy in Teacher Education and Training’. Paper presented at the Centre for Learner Identities Conference ‘Equity, Identity and Education’, Ormskirk, Edge Hill University.
Research Papers (funded)
1. Hope, T. (2000) Remuneration, recruitment, retention: The Educational Maintenance Allowance as an incentive to Learn. London, Further Education Development Agency. (Research grant, £5k)
- Hope, T., Husk, M., Dixon, T. and Camps, C. (2006) An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Teaching Observation Models in ITT (PCET) DfES (Project Manager and bid writer – research and impact grant £50k).
- Arreckx, F., Kiellor, W. and Ovenden-Hope, T. (2010) ‘Pupil Ill Discipline and Lack of Respect for Teachers is Dissuading Young People from Choosing Teaching as a Career’ Manchester, TDA.
Government Reports
1. Skills Commission Report (2010) Teacher Training in Vocational Education Skills Commission (Ovenden-Hope, T. cited in report)
Media Articles
1. Ovenden-Hope, T. (2009) ‘A More Equal Relationship’, Times Higher Education, 16 April 2009.
