Hau Ming Tse

Honorary Norham Fellow

About me

Hau Ming Tse is an Honorary Norhan Fellow in the Department of Education, University of Oxford and was an external adviser for the Group of National Experts on Effective Learning Environments, OECD and Department of Education, UK.

A qualified architect, Hau Ming was educated at Bath, Cambridge, and the Architectural Association, London. After graduating, she worked for ten years at David Chipperfield Architects, where she was an Associate Director. Selected projects include the Hepworth Gallery, Wakefield; the headquarters of BBC Scotland, Glasgow; and the San Michele Cemetery, Venice.

Contemporary architecture’s radical approach and multidisciplinary agenda continue to influence Hau Ming’s work. Her research aims to gather empirical evidence on the impact of design on student’s engagement, well being & attainment. Her work also explores the relationship between space, perception and the environment, focusing on productive points of interaction and innovation between theory and practice in learning environments. Recent research collaborations include What Matters to Students Public Policy Challenge Project examines how an effective use of student voices in evaluating higher education access and participation activities. HyTeL: exploring Hybrid pedagogy and student perceptions and Design matters? The effects of new schools on students’, teachers’ and parents’ actions and perceptions. funded by the AHRC. This project examines the complex relationship between design and pedagogic practice in some of the most challenging primary and secondary schools in the UK.

 

Selected Publications

 

Books

  • Tse, H.M., Daniels H., Stables, A. and Cox, S. (2018). Future of Schooling: Contemporary Visions for Education: Routledge.
  • Daniels H., Stables, A., Tse, H.M and Cox, S. (2018). School Design Matters: The Effects of New Schools on Students’, Teachers’ and Parents’ Actions and Perceptions: Routledge.

 

Book chapters

 

Journal articles

 

Reports

  • Tse, H.M., Winters, N., Normen-Smith, J (2022) Students connecting: Advancing hybrid teaching and learning at the University of Oxford
  • Tse, H.M., Daniels, H., Porter, J., Thompson, I. and Cox, S. (2018) Designing for practice: Pedagogic implications of creating new schools: School building guidance for head teachers, school building commissioners, teachers and the wider school community, Oxford University, Department of Education.

 

Short Films