Professor Steve Strand appointed OBE

Professor Steve Strand OBE, Professor of Education in the Department, and Fellow of St Cross College, has been appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to Equality and to Human Rights in the New Year Honours 2025 List.

Professor Strand has been Professor of Education at the University of Oxford since January 2013. His research interests are in ethnic, social class and gender gaps in a wide range of educational outcomes (e.g. achievement, progress, special education, exclusion) and he is particularly interested in the interface between equity and school effectiveness. He has worked extensively with Government departments, Local Authorities and individual schools on the analysis of pupil achievement data and school effectiveness.

Professor Strand said: “I am very grateful to be awarded this honour, which recognises the importance of equity in educational achievement as a key element in developing a fairer and more just society.”