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Department of Education

Our commitment to opposing racism

Our department is committed to supporting our community in opposing racism in all its forms, including upholding anti-racist values.

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COVID-19: home-schooling resources for parents and teachers

Department curates online resource to help parents and teachers embarking on home-schooling during COVID-19.

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4th in the world and 1st in Europe for Education subjects

Discover and apply to graduate programmes at our department, which was ranked the number one place to study in Europe and fourth in the world by the 2020 Times Higher Education World University Rankings league for Education subjects.

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Programmes

Teaching & Learning

We offer a wide range of internationally-recognised courses. Find out more about our doctoral and masters programmes, and our postgraduate certificate in Education now.

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Research

Driving research forward

Our research is outward-facing, with projects that are transformative not just in the research field, but for governments, charities, industry and all levels of the educational sector.

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Our People

Ewart Keep

Professor Emeritus
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David Johnson

Reader in Comparative and International Education
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Trevor Mutton

Associate Professor at the Department of Education. He is Director of Graduate Studies and also Director of the Oxford Education Deanery
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Jason Todd

Departmental Lecturer
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Dr Laura Molway

Departmental Lecturer in Modern Languages Education
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Joshua McGrane

Deputy Director of the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment & Associate Professor
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Victoria Murphy

Professor of Applied Linguistics
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Nikki Luke

Research Fellow
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Sophie Booton

Research Officer
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Sarah Hearne

Research Assistant
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Roland Bernhard

Visiting Research Fellow
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Shirley Lewis

Research Officer
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Katherine Collins

Leverhulme Early Career Fellow
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Helen Trivedi

Research Assistant
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Katrina May Dulay

Research Officer
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Lena Zlock

Doctoral Student
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Claire Stevens

HR Officer
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Matthew Hurst

PGCE Admissions Officer
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Olga Ioannidou

Research Assistant
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Sue Haslehurst

Reception & Library Assistant
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Latest posts

News

Time to re-evaluate Scotland’s exams system? Article co-authored by Jo-Anne Baird examines this year’s results and what should happen next.

Thursday 12 August 2021
Webinar

Colonial legacies in “academic quality” structures: A missing component in the decolonization debate?
Much attention has rightfully been focused in recent years on the colonial legacies apparent in the curricula of universities, with students around the world protesting the continued dominance of theories, authors and perspectives from the “Global North” and related lack of acknowledgement of contextual realities, marginalized voices or local understandings. What has largely been lacking […]
Tuesday 21 September 2021

Tuesday 21 September 2021

14:00 - 15:00

Paul Ashwin, Lancaster University (Chair); Gerardo Blanco, Center for International Higher Education, Boston College; Rebecca Schendel, Center for International Higher Education, Boston College

Zoom webinar, registration required
Blog

How well is self-identification working for care-experienced students entering higher education?
Dr Neil Harrison, Deputy Director For some years now, prospective students applying through the UCAS system have been given the option of declaring whether or not they are care-experienced. Aside from helping statisticians, this self-identification information is passed confidentially to their university when they join to help them to target additional support such as bursaries, […]
Monday 26 July 2021
Media

Care leavers achieve ‘similar graduate outcomes’ to peers

Wednesday 13 January 2021
News

Initial Teacher Training Market Review Response
The University of Oxford has submitted its response to the public consultation, launched on 5th July 2021, following the publication by the government of the ITT market review report. We issued a statement on 5th July, expressing our concerns about the report and its recommendations which, if implemented, would have far-reaching consequences for initial teacher […]
Tuesday 17 August 2021
New project

Attachment and trauma awareness: good practice in local authorities

Thursday 29 April 2021
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Our commitment to opposing racism

COVID-19: home-schooling resources for parents and teachers

4th in the world and 1st in Europe for Education subjects

Keep up-to-date

Stay in touch

Teaching & Learning

Driving research forward

Our People

Ewart Keep

David Johnson

Trevor Mutton

Jason Todd

Dr Laura Molway

Joshua McGrane

Victoria Murphy

Nikki Luke

Sophie Booton

Sarah Hearne

Roland Bernhard

Shirley Lewis

Katherine Collins

Helen Trivedi

Katrina May Dulay

Lena Zlock

Claire Stevens

Matthew Hurst

Olga Ioannidou

Sue Haslehurst

Latest posts

Time to re-evaluate Scotland’s exams system? Article co-authored by Jo-Anne Baird examines this year’s results and what should happen next.

Colonial legacies in “academic quality” structures: A missing component in the decolonization debate?

How well is self-identification working for care-experienced students entering higher education?

Care leavers achieve ‘similar graduate outcomes’ to peers

Initial Teacher Training Market Review Response

Attachment and trauma awareness: good practice in local authorities

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