The British Educational Research Journal (BERJ) has announced that School of Education Professor Barbara Read will assume joint editorship of the publication, generally regarded as on the most prestigious journals in the field of Education in the UK.

Barbara is a sociologist of education, with an interdisciplinary background in history, social anthropology, and women's studies. Currently Reader in Gender and Social Inequalities at the School of Education, University of Glasgow, she was previously Senior Lecturer at the Department of Education, Roehampton University (2007-12) and Research Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies in Education, London Metropolitan University (2001-2007).

Qualifications include a PhD in Sociology from the University of Bristol and an MA in Women's Studies from the University of Kent at Canterbury, and BA (Hons) in Ancient History and Social Anthropology from University College London.

Barbara is currently PI for an ESRC-funded project entitled Gendered Journeys: The Trajectories of STEM students through Higher Education and Into Employment, in India and Rwanda. This project is due to end in December 2023.

Read the full story at the CR&DALL website: https://cradall.org/content/crdall-core-member-barbara-read-joins-berj-editorial-team

First published: 1 September 2023

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