Institute of Education London

Rebecca Rees

• Qualifications and position:
  • MA, MSc, FHEA
  • RCUK Academic Fellow
• Faculty:
  • Faculty of Children and Health
• Department:
  • Social Science Research Unit
• Centre:
  • Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Co-ordinating Centre (EPPI-Centre)
• Summary:
  • My background is in social research methods and research in education, public health and complementary medicine. Research interests include the synthesis of diverse types of research, especially studies of people's views on or experiences of social phenomena; research ethics and the active participation of stakeholders in research; the production and use of evidence in diverse fields, including education, public health and health promotion; the use of information and communication technologies in teaching and learning.
• Teaching:
  • I co-ordinate the IOE's MSc in Evidence for Public Policy and Practice and lead the module Research Synthesis for Policy and Practice. With colleagues I have developed one fully-online version of this module. Two other runs of the module can be taken which incorporate interactive online activities with four, day-long workshops.
• Research Projects:
  • I am an Academic Fellow in Evidence Informed Policy and Practice in Education, funded by the UK Research Councils. I'm currently working half-time on the SSRU's Health promotion and public health reviews facility and half-time on the SSRU's teaching programme. I am a PhD student at the Institute of Education and hold an MSc in Social Research Methods (with statistics) from City University in London.
• Postgraduate Research:
  • Research interests:
    Collaboration in research between people with different perspectives (e.g. service users, practitioners, policy makers working with researchers to design and select the focus of research)
    Synthesis of studies of people's perspectives
    Teaching and learning about research synthesis
    E-learning and ICT in education
• Professional Activities:
  • Editor: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine
    Member of: Cochrane Qualitative Research Methods Group, Society for Social Medicine.
• Conferences/presentations:
  • Rees R, Oliver S, Harden A, Shepherd J, Kavanagh J, Burchett H, Brunton G, Thomas J, Oakley A (2004) Use of an advisory group to ensure relevance: refelctions on participation of stakeholders in a review of sexual health promotion for men who have sex with men (MSM). at "Bridging the Gaps": the XII Cochrane Colloquium, Ottawa 2-6 October 2004, Ottawa, Canada.
    
    Rees R, Harden A, Thomas J, Oliver S, Kavanagh J, Burchett H, Shepherd J, Brunton G, Oakley A (2004) HIV health promotion and men who have sex with men (MSM): integrating 'qualitative studies' and trials at "Bridging the Gaps": the XII Cochrane Colloquium, Ottawa 2-6 October 2004, Ottawa.
    
    Rees R, Penn H, Potter S (2003) Searching for studies of the outcomes of education: a bibliometric study at XI Cochrane Colloquium: Evidence, Health Care and Culture; Oct 26-31 2003; Barcelona, Spain, Barcelona.