Overview

I am Professor of Education within the School of Education, Queen's University Belfast. My main responsibilities include:

• Founding Director of the Centre for Effective Education at Queen's University Belfast
• Founding Editor of the international peer-reviewed journal Effective Education
• Founding Director of Improving Children's Lives: an Interdisciplinary Research Initiative at Queen's University Belfast
• Founding Co-Director, with Professor Tony Gallagher, of Una - A Global Learning Initiative on Children and Ethnic Diversity

Career History

2005 - present		Professor of Education, School of Education, Queen's University Belfast
2003 - 2005		Reader in Education, School of Education, Queen's University Belfast
2001 - 2003		Senior Lecturer in Sociology, School of Sociology and Applied Social Studies, University of Ulster
1994 - 2001		Lecturer in Sociology, School of Sociology and Applied Social Studies, University of Ulster

Qualifications

2004		MSc (with distinction) in Applied Statistics, Sheffield Hallam University, UK.
1995		PhD in Sociology of Education, University of Leicester, UK.
1992		MA (with distinction) in Race and Ethnic Studies, University of Warwick, UK.
1989		BSocSc (Hons) in Social Administration, University of Birmingham, UK.