Institute of Education London

Dr Victoria Showunmi

• Qualifications and position:
  • BA, Cert.Ed, MA, EdD, FRSA
  • Head of Faculty Philanthropy Development
• Faculty:
  • Faculty of Policy and Society
• Department:
  • Central Faculty Administration
• Summary:
  • I am an educationalist, with extensive knowledge within the school, FE and HE sector. I have experience as a researcher, lecturer, public speaker and trainer. I also have considerable expertise in project management, curriculum design, mentoring/coaching, and quality assurance, along with an acute understanding of equality and diversity. I have been a member of a range of government Task Groups including New Deal for Lone Parents, New Deal for The Community, New Opportunities Funding Panel. I was Tenant Involvement Commissioner for the National Housing Federation.
    
    Prior to working at the IOE, I was Director Of VSA Consultancy UK Limited. Before this, I was a senior manager in the Public Sector Consulting Group of RSM Robson Rhodes. In addition to this I have been a teacher, researcher and senior lecturer in School, Further Education and Higher Education establishments.
• Teaching:
  • EdD International - MOE1, MOE2, FOP EdD Home MOE1
    MRes - MA Gender: Theory and Practice in Education
    B.Ed programme
• Research Projects:
  • • BELMAS grant to support the leadership and identity work
    • Opportunity to shape UK policy - leadership and identity (Race for Opportunity)
    • Evaluation of UK WOMANKIND programmes
    • TDA Small scale project on PGCE Data integration project exploring BME students
    • Design, development and evaluation of 20-20 coaching project for BME PGCE students
• Postgraduate Research:
  • Women, race, identity and class
    Offending behaviour of BME/white working class girls and young women
    Identity and leadership
    Coaching and mentoring
    Peer support
• Professional Activities:
  • • Trustee for Gingerbread
    • Governor for Redbridge Adult Institute
• Conferences/presentations:
  • • Paper titled - "Researching the researchers: To be or not to be, that is the question?" BERA 2011
    • Paper titled -Developing educational leaders to lead on diversity through pedagogy presented at July 2011 BELMAS conference
    • Seminar titled -The importance of understanding children's identity through the lens of intersectionality at Queens University May 2011
• Personal Country Knowledge:
  • UK
• Media Appearances:
  • Yes
• Languages Spoken:
  • Basic French
• Research Projects (Non-Academic):
  • Unpublished research:
    • Interrogation of PGCE data (07/08 -09/10) funded from TDA BME recruitment and retention bid – July 2010 (writing in progress)
    • Development of a coaching leadership programme that works with BME PGCE students and Senior BME staff in schools – July 2010 (writing in progress)
    • Focus groups for black women in early year's education - establishing the voice and identity (ongoing)
    • The 'Real Deal' Voices of Unemployed Black Women
    • Small scale research project for a voluntary group on behalf of the DFES on black lone parent's and Welfare to Work – focus groups, documentary evidence, interviews with key stakeholders (1998)
    Grants:
    • TDA Small scale project on PGCE Data integration project exploring BME students
    • Design, development and evaluation of 20-20 coaching project for BME PGCE students
• SIG Membership:
  • Gender, Sexuality and Education
• Research Students:
  • MPHIL/PHD:
    • Rasmus Bentsen, "exploration of diversity through the use of coaching"
    • Po Tsai, "A Study of the Relationships among Principals' Leadership on the Application of Competing Values Framework, School Organizational Cultures, Organizational Innovation and Core Competency in Elementary Schools in Taiwan"
    EdD Students:
    • Hsi Timothy, "The impact of peer helping in Singapore and the region"
    • Samuel Oforki-Kyereh, "To what extent could school-business partnerships support leadership development in two inner city schools"
    • Monica Duncan, "a study on parent voice and the impact it has on education organisational culture, leadership and the national framework"