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Dr Amy North
Room 713
20 Bedford Way
London
WC1H 0AL
Tel: +44 (0)20 7911 5405
Appointment
- Associate Professor
- IOE - Education, Practice & Society
- UCL Institute of Education
Biography
I work in the field of education and international development and am a member of the Centre for Education and International Development (CEID). My research is concerned with understanding the inequalities in relation to education, primarily in low-income contexts. I have particular interests in literacy, adult learning, women's empowerment and migration, with a focus on understanding processes of (im)mobility, and the ways in which ideas, policies and practices move and are interpreted between and across different contexts. I co-coordinate CEID's research stream on Education, Migration and (Im)mobility, together with Professor Elaine Chase.
Some of my current and recent research projects include: a critical study of the wider benefits of postgraduate programmes in international development; an exploration of the literacy and learning practices and experiences of migrant domestic workers in London; research on teacher education and gender equality in Nigeria; and a study of the enactment of global goals on gender, education and poverty reduction in Kenya and South Africa.
Research Groups
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My research interests include:
Education and development in contexts of migration and (im)mobility
Adult learning, women's literacy and literacy as a social practice
Educational inequalities and the empowerment of women and girls
Student mobility and teaching and learning in/for international development
Teaching Summary
I am Academic Head of Learning and Teaching (AHLT) with responsibility for postgraduate taught programmes in the department of Education, Practice and Society.
I teach and supervise across the Education and International Development cluster of MA programmes, and am module leader for the modules Migration, Education and Development, and Learners, Learning and Teaching in the context of Education for All (EFA).
I supervise doctoral students working on aspects of the relationship between education, migration and (im)mobility and/or on adult/women's literacy in the context of international development.
Academic Background
| 2017 | ATQ03 - Recognised by the HEA as a Fellow | University College London | |
| 2016 | Doctor of Philosophy | University College London |
