School of Education

Our Research

The School of Education at the University of Glasgow is committed to social justice and high-quality education research and practice. We aspire to be a world leader in addressing the contemporary educational issues of our times and to making a difference for society’s most vulnerable and educationally disadvantaged.

Our commitment to social justice permeates all of our work, including our research and research-led teaching. Key research themes include urban learning, adult learning, youth transitions, migration and refugee education, collaborative schooling, and ethics in education.

More than 80% of our research was assessed as 'World Leading' or 'Internationally Excellent' in REF2021. Read more.

 

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How our research makes a difference

Impact stories from some of our notable research projects

Research and Teaching Groups

The School's staff are organised into research and teaching groups (RTG's). These groups are split by broad, overarching themes, though there is significant overlap between groups and all are committed to social justice. Our researchers work across the entire education sector, integrating research, theory, policy, and practice.

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Research Centres, Hubs and Networks

The School of Education is the home for a number of research centres (internal and external funded), networks and hubs.  Our specialist research centres, networks and hubs, attract members from across the School and beyond.

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Postgraduate Research

We have a large cohort of PhD and EdD candidates, both full-time and part-time associated and embedded within our research groupings with a thriving PGR community of some 180 PhD candidates, over 100 EdD participants.

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Research Ethics

Information on research ethics at the School of Education

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Postdoctoral scholars & visiting academics

The School of Education welcomes applications from postdoctoral scholars and academics who wish to spend either a short or longer period of time (up to a maximum of 12 months) based in the School for research purposes while registered or employed at another university.

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Staff Research Interests

Search our staff by their research interests