I am Academic Subject Lead for Early Years & Education. I’ve held academic positions at the Universities of Bath & Birmingham & Visiting & Honorary Fellowships at the Centre for the Analysis of Social Policy & Centre for the Study of Global Ethics. I’ve worked on funded research from the ESRC, AHRC, HEA, SEDA & HEFCE. An Academic Associate of the HEA, I also hold FHEA, I’m a member of a number of Professional Societies & Associate Editor of Journal of Family Studies.
Social Policy Association
Socio-Legal Studies Association
International Sociological Association – Committee on Family Research
Society for Research into Higher Education
Alex teaches across the range of courses within the Early Years and Education subject community in the School of Education and Humanities.
Learning, Pedagogy and Diversity
Widening Participation
The Family as Educator
Education Policy: Theory and Practice
Enhancing Academic Practice: Learning and Teaching Enhancement
Childhood, Youth and Deviance
Interventions, Organisations and Practice
Qualitative Research Methods (Researching Children’s Experience; Research and Policy: Concepts, Methods and Values)
Academic Associate of the Higher Education Academy
Shared Residence
Changing Family Forms
Parental Engagement
Learning and pedagogy
Associate Editor Journal of Family Studies