Professor Ann Hodgson

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  • Summary:
    • I worked as a teacher, lecturer, LEA adviser, editor and civil servant, before entering higher education in 1993. I research and publish in the areas of education policy, 14-19 education and training, lifelong learning, curriculum and qualifications reform, institutional organisation and governance.

      Research Interests:
      Post-compulsory education and lifelong learning policy and practice
      The education and training of 14-19 year olds
      The learning and skills system in England
      Secondary and vocational education in Tanzania
      Teaching, learning and assessment in post-compulsory education
      The organisation and governance of post-compulsory education
      Curriculum and qualifications reform
      Young people, part-time work and learning
      Adult and community learning
      Further education colleges
      Progression from further into higher education

  • Teaching:
  • Research Projects:
    • North East Lincolnshire Reviewing Transition and Progression at 14+, funded by NE Lincs 11-19 Partnership (2010-11)

      NUT/UCU 14-19 Curriculum and Qualifications Project (2010-2012)

      Kingswood Area Progression Project, funded by the Learning and Skills Council, South Gloucestershire Local Authority, the Kingswood Partnership and Connexions West of England.(2008-2011)

      Effective Pre-School, Primary and Secondary Education 3-14 – continuation to age 16 funded by the Department for Children, Schools and Families (2008-2013)

      Global Learning for Global Colleges funded by the Department for International Development (2009-2012)
  • Professional Activities:
    • Patron of the Institute for Learning
      Member of Higher Education Academy
      Member of the Economic and Social Research Council Peer Review College
      Member of the Journal of Further and Higher Education Board
      Member of the College of Reviewers (Journal of Education Policy)
      Trustee of Friends of Amani Tanzania
  • Conferences/presentations:
    • Recent Reform Trajectories in Vocational Education for Young People, Fundacion Ramon Areces, Madrid

      The 13-19 Curriculum in HMC schools, Keynote speech, National Conference for Deputy Heads of HMC Schools, Sheffield, 26 November 2010

      Secondary Education in Tanzania: a study of the Secondary Education Development Plan, Keynote Speech, Morogoro, Tanzania, 11 January 2010
  • Research Students:
    • Learning and teaching strategy in higher education – the views of staff on the impact of the Teaching Quality Enhancement Fund Initiative
      Colin Whitlock (EdD)

      Professionalisation within UK higher education administration and management: constructions of identities
      Kenton Lewis (EdD)

      How policy interpretation influences decision-making in further education colleges
      Jan Edrich (EdD)

      Developing an ICT teaching workforce for the FE sector: rhetoric or reality?
      Mohammed Shamsudoha (EdD)

      Ability-to-benefit adult female students and choices of student services in the US college system
      Kristan Ryan (Int. EdD)

      Teacher education and 14-16 year olds in colleges
      Sean Richards (EdD)

      Building for the Future? A comparative study of three institutions delivering the Diploma in Construction and the Built Environment
      Paul Demetriou-Crane (EdD)

      Black and minority ethnic staff progression in the further education sector: 'FE Leading the Way' – seven years on
      Helen Deane (EdD)

      Graduate teacher training schemes
      Cheddian Ishmael (EdD)

      Developing mentoring strategies on further education in-service initial teacher training programmes: an action research project
      Sabrina Poma (EdD)

      Collaboration and competition in London FE
      Steve Hannon (EdD)

      Policy on 14-19 Education and Training
      Magdalena Cajic-Seigneur (MPhil/PhD)

      Meeting the needs of 14-19 year olds in further education colleges

      Emma Brown(EdD)
Professor Ann Hodgson

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Publications

  •  Hodgson, A. Spours, K. and Waring, M. (eds) (2011) Post-compulsory education and lifelong learning across the UK: policy, organization and governance. London: IOE Publications.
  • Hodgson, A and Spours, K. (2010) 'Vocational qualifications and progression to higher education: the case of the 14-19 Diplomas in the English system', Journal of Education and Work 23:2, 95-110.
  • Pring, R.,Hayward, G., Hodgson, A., Johnson, J., Keep, E., Oancea, A., Rees, G., Spours, K. and Wilde, S. (2009) Education for all: the future of education and training for 14-19 year olds. Abingdon (Routledge).
  • Hodgson, A. and Spours, K. (2008) Education and training 14-19: curriculum, qualifications and organisation. London (Sage).

  • Coffield, F., Edward, S.  Finlay, I., Hodgson, A., Spours, K. and Steer, R. (2008) Improving learning and inclusion: the impact of policy and policy-making on post-compulsory education. Abingdon (Routledge).
  • Hodgson, A and Spours, K. (2003) Beyond A Levels: Curriculum 2000 and the reform of 14-19 qualifications. London (Kogan Page).
  • Hodgson, A., Spours, K. and Steer, R. (2008) 'All change for the learning and skills sector?', Journal of Education and Work 21, 115-131.
  • Hodgson, A. and Spours, K. (2007) 'Specialised Diplomas: Transforming the 14-19 landscape in England? ', Journal of Education Policy 22, 695-711.
  • Hodgson, A., Steer, R., Spours,K,  Edward, S.,  Coffield, F., Finlay. I. and Gregson, M. (2007) ' Learners in the English learning and skills sector: the implications of half-right policy assumptions', Oxford Review of Education 33, 315-330.
  • Hodgson, A., Edward, S. and  Gregson, M. (2007) ' Riding the waves of policy? The case of basic skills in adult and community learning in England', Journal of Vocational Education and Training 59, 213-230.