Institute of Education London

Professor Miriam David

• Qualifications and position:
  • BA (Hons) Sociology, PhD, Honorary Doctor of Education
  • Professor of Education
  • Co-editor Twenty-first century society and Executive Editor British journal of sociology of education
• Faculty:
  • Faculty of Policy and Society
• Department:
  • Department of Educational Foundations and Policy Studies
  • Department of Quantitative Social Science
• Summary:
  • Was, until recently, Associate Director (Higher Education) of the ESRC's Teaching & Learning Research Programme (2004-2009) based at IOE. A Professor for over 20 years - London South Bank (1988-97); University of the Arts (1997-9) and Keele University (1999 – 2005) where she remains a visiting professor. She has a world class reputation for her research on gender, families, social diversity and inequalities in education, including lifelong learning and higher education. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, an Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences and was awarded an honorary degree of doctor of education by the University of Bedfordshire (2009). She was chair of the Council of the Academy of Social Sciences (AcSS) from 2005-2009, a member of the UK Economic & Social Research Council's Research Grants Board (2006-9) and is on the Governing Council of Society for Research in Higher Education (SRHE).
• Teaching:
  • Contribution to MMALLL 05 on Lifelong Learning: Theories and Perspectives on HE; module on presenting at conferences for Doctoral School
• Research Projects:
  • TLRP's Higher Education projects, especially the 7 on Widening Participation in Higher Education (See www.tlrp.org for further information)
• Postgraduate Research:
  • Gender and education; widening participation in HE; diversity and equity; parents, families and schools or home-school relations
• Professional Activities:
  • Served on the boards of, inter alia, Academy of Social Sciences, British Sociological Association, Feminist & Women's Studies Association; Gender & Education Association, Social Policy Association, Society for research in HE, Through the Glass Ceiling: senior women in Education Management; and UK Council for Graduate Education. Co-editor (with Philip Davies) of 21st Century Society journal of the Academy of Social Sciences and an executive editor of British Journal of Sociology of Education and previously co-editor Journal of Social Policy (1992-1999). Served on the board of Sociology. Advisory groups for ESRC's TLRP projects on Higher Education, including 7 projects on Widening Participation in HE. Other advisory boards include European Science Foundation (ESF) EUROCORES Programme review panel on Higher Education and Social Change EuroHESC. Higher Education Academy (HEA) Research and Teaching Forum; Executive Steering Group of the European Research Network about Parents and Education (ERNAPE); Member of the Advisory Committee of Wolverhampton University's Educational research on minority ethnic group students in HE funded by ERSC and directed by Dr T. Basit and the Advisory Committee for ESRC project on Pedagogical Quality, directed by Dr Monica Maclean, School of Education, Nottingham University
• Conferences/presentations:
  • Invited keynote speaker on
    Improving Learning by Widening Participation in Education: at the Social Inclusion in Education Summit, Star City Hotel, Sydney, Australia October 22nd 2009 (national conference over 2 days October 22nd and 23rd.
    
    Widening participation: Supporting the transition of non-traditional groups to higher education public lecture for the University of South Australia, Adelaide, National Centre for Student Equity in HE October 18th 2009
    
    Diversity and Widening Participation in HE joint seminar at University of Adelaide, Flinders University and University of South Australia October 20th 2009
• Personal Country Knowledge:
  • Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United States about education policies and practices in relation to families and schools, and higher or post-compulsory education
• Media Appearances:
  • Featured in The Australian October 21st 2009
  • Yes, very keen to talk about widening Participation in HE
• Languages Spoken:
  • French (intermediate), German (basic), Hebrew (basic), Italian (basic)
• Languages Written:
  • French (basic)
• SIG Membership:
  • Psychosocial; Gender and Education
• Research Students:
  • Clare Gartland – Student Ambassadors and the Widening Participation agenda in HE