The Global 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. Peter's work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
About Peter
Professional Doctorate in Education Programme Lead
PhD and EdD Director of Studies
Supervised Research Degrees
Pettitt, Chinty (Director of Studies, EdD, May 2026) Exploring mathematics texts in a Further Education college.
Ruraca, Clive (Supervisor, PhD, April 2026) Navigating the digital shift in Mozambique: Teacher agency and digital learning in schools.
Osgathorpe, Lingyuan (Supervisor, EdD, June 2025) ‘Fish in different water, to survive or to thrive?’ Understanding direct- entry pre-sessional Chinese students’ learning experiences during COVID-19 and its aftermath.
Chapman, Kay (Supervisor, EdD, September 2024) Teaching an English curriculum abroad: Who is the other?
Gibson, Blanche (Supervisor, EdD, May 2024) The statutory assessment of children and young people with special educational needs: A Bourdieusian analysis.
Selsfors, Helena (Director of Studies, PhD, March 2024) Rhythmical and balanced education – a matter of trust and boundaries; A hermeneutic phenomenological study about pedagogic practice in Swedish Waldorf-Steiner Schools.
Barry, Jaqueline (Supervisor, PhD, February 2024) Evidence-based teaching: Discourses of pedagogy and positionality.
Woods, Rebecca (Supervisor, EdD, October 2023) How does living in a rural location affect experiences of acquired vision impairment?
Magne, Polly (Director of Studies, EdD, November 2019) A case study of ‘Internationalisation at Home’ leading to a proposal for Critical Global Pedagogies.
Alzahraini, Bandar (Director of Studies, PhD, October 2019) The use of student response systems in Higher Education in Saudi Arabia.
Gosling, Paul (Director of Studies, EdD, October 2019) How do children’s personal narratives influence their choices at school?
Norman, Paul (Director of Studies, EdD, October 2019) Headteacher experiences and perceptions of standards-led reform in English secondary schools.
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
Comparative and international education
Education policy and leadership
Politics and history of education
Social policy, social theory & approaches to social research
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