General Overview

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

		Founding Director of the Centre for Effective Education - a research centre within the School of Education at Queen's University Belfast that has attracted just under £5 million of external research funding since its launch in July 2005. Visit the Centre for Effective Education's website.
		Founding Director of Improving Children's Lives - a cross-university initiative that has been established with an initial investment of £2.3 million and that aims to encourage inter-disciplinary research that is children's rights-based, outcomes-focused and evidence-informed. Visit the Improving Children's Lives website.
		Founding Co-Director of the Joint Learning Initiative on Children and Ethnic Diversity (JLICED) (with Prof. Tony Gallagher) - a major new international initiative funded by the Bernard van Leer Foundation aimed at promoting the design, delivery and evaluation of early childhood diversity programmes in areas characterised by ethnic divisions and/or conflict. Visit the JLICED website.
		Founding Editor of 'Effective Education' - an international, peer-reviewed journal published by Routledge Journals (Taylor & Francis). visit the Effective Education Journal's website.

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.