Institute of Education London

Dr Victoria Showunmi

• • BA, Cert.Ed, EdD, FRSA
  • Lecturer
• Faculty:
  • Faculty of Policy and Society
• Department:
  • Lifelong and Comparative Education (LCE)
• Summary:
  • I am an innovative educationalist with a flair for business ideas that can be translated into educational research. I have extensive knowledge in the school, Further Education and Higher Education sector as a researcher and lecturer. My research interests and expertise are in gender, identity, race and class. Her current research focuses on the notion of identity and leadership. The topics that I teach include research methodology, gender theory, leadership and professionalism.

    In addition to this I am an active member of the community that shares experiences with both individuals and other organisations. I am a member of the Runnymede Trust – 360 Runnymede 360 is a national network connecting leaders in race equality for new thinking, shaping debates and enabling social change. And a Lead Mentor for BAME Women Race to the Top Mentoring Circle which is a mentoring programme that supports BMAE Women Civil Servants that would like to move forward in their careers.

• Teaching:
  • EdD International - MOE1, MOE2, FOP EdD Home MOE1
    MRes - MA Gender: Theory and Practice in Education
    B.Ed programme
• Research:
  • • British Academy - 'Research Capacity Building Through International Partnership for mapping women academics' careers in Pakistan': this is a partnership with University of Leicester and four Pakistani institutions
    • Community Learning Innovation Fund - 'Dance for lifelong wellbeing': this is a partnership with the Royal Academy of Dance
    • Ford Foundation - 'Moving Beyond the International Toronto and London Bricks Black Male Research Project': this is a partnership with Teachers College, New York, University of Toronto and Institute of Education, University of London
    • 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:
  • • October 2012, Showunmi, V. & Rodd, M.: Stream Chair Strand 1, Equity in education practice in the Equity and Quality Conference in Beijing
    • September 2012, Showunmi, V.: Exploration Of Leadership Through The 'Concept' Of Identity European Conference on Educational Research
    • July 2012, Showunmi, V.: Chair, Stream 1, Leadership Theory: Disrupting the Discourse Equality and Diversity Inclusion Conference
• 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"