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CREET is one of the leading education research units in the UK. It is an internationally respected centre of excellence, pursuing innovative and rigorous research that influences policy and practice. CREET research is multidisciplinary and is united by:

  • a focus on learning through diverse media in a wide range of social, cultural and disciplinary settings;
     
  • a radical, challenging approach to established orthodoxies in policy, pedagogy, theory and research methods;
     
  • a major thread of socio-cultural theorising with researchers working across the four broad themes. 

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  • PhD Studentship TESS-India

    A studentship is available to research developments in International Teacher Education in India. The research challenge is to better understand how teachers and student teachers learn to teach in developing contexts, how they interact with Open Educational Resources and how contradictions between policy, college preparation and practice are traversed.

    This studentship is associated with the TESS-India project – a collaborative project across seven States in India to develop teacher education resources to reach millions of teachers and to improve the education of many more millions of children.

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  • Professional Doctorate in Education (EdD)

    Interested in part-time doctoral research?

    The Doctorate in Education (EdD) programme is an innovative part-time research degree programme.  It is characterised by a professional orientation and a clearly defined structure, which allows completion in 3.5 years.

    A growing number of professionals regard this style of doctoral programme as being a more appropriate vehicle for further development than the traditional PhD, due to the applied nature of the research undertaken.

    Successful candidates are awarded the degree of Doctor of Education and are entitled to use the title ‘Dr’.

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Childhood and Youth Studies

Members of the interdisciplinary Child and Youth Studies Cluster draw on a range of approaches and research methodologies, including developmental psychology, childhood studies, sociology, anthropology, ethnography, cultural studies and cultural geography.  ...

Education Studies

United by a common interest in pedagogy, professionalism and policy, researchers in this cluster, employ qualitative methodologies to explore teaching and learning in formal and informal contexts in homes, schools, Higher Education and work- based settings.  ...

Language and Literacies

Researchers in Language and Literacies recognise the centrality of language to the social and cultural contexts within which learning and language use takes place. Underpinning our work is the development of innovative research methods.     ...

Technology Enhanced Learning

We carry out research into new uses of technology in a wide range of teaching and learning contexts. This includes research that focuses on networked and online environments, innovative technologies, emergent pedagogies and online learner experiences.   ...