Dr Stephen Parker
- Lecturer in Education (School of Education)
email:
Stephen.Parker@glasgow.ac.uk
St Andrew's Building, 11 Eldon Street, Glasgow, G3 6NH
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6313-6533Biography
I came to the University of Glasgow in February 2016 as part of an Endeavour Research Fellowship from the Australian Government. From August 2016, I took up the post of Research Fellow in Education Policy and Social Justice working with Professor Trevor Gale.
I have been a Lecturer in Education since January 2022. I am also Managing Editor of the journal Critical Studies in Education, having worked with the journal since 2012.
I bring to the School of Education a broad interest and knowledge of social theory, expertise in higher education systems, extensive expertise in research projects, and a developing publication track record.
My research interests include:
- higher education policy
- social justice in education
- critical social theory
I have a number of publications in this area including the editied books Practice Methodologies in Education Research (Routledge, 2020), and Policy and Inequality in Education (Springer, 2017).
Prior to working at the University of Glasgow, I was a research fellow in the Centre for Research in Education Futures and Innovation, at Deakin University in Melbourne Australia. From 2008 to 2012 I was a researcher in Australia’s National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education hosted by the University of South Australia.
From 2018-2021 I was the Publications Manager for REF UoA 23 (Education). This entailed compiling staff outputs for internal review, collating reviews, conducting reviews, and contributing to the final selections of outputs for the REF submission in March 2021.
Qualifications:
PhD (University of South Australia) (2011)
Master of International Studies (University of South Australia) (2003)
BA (Hons.) in history (University of Adelaide) (1999)
Research interests
- higher education policy
- social justice in education
- critical social theory
Publications
2024
Parker, S. and Knight, E. (2024) Problematising the use of interview data in research for educational policy and practice: beyond incorrigibility and ideology. In: Wyse, Dominic, Baumfield, Vivienne, Mockler, Nicole and Reardon, Martin (eds.) The BERA SAGE Handbook of Research Informed Education Practice and Policy. SAGE. (Accepted for Publication)
2022
Gale, T. and Parker, S. (2022) The problem with higher education student completions in the global north. In: Tierney, Rob, Rizvi, Fazal and Ercikan, Kadriye (eds.) International Encyclopedia of Education. 4th Edition. Elsevier. ISBN 9780128186305
2019
Lynch, J., Rowlands, J., Gale, T. and Parker, S. (Eds.) (2019) Practice Methodologies in Education Research. Routledge: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY. ISBN 9780367193829
Hodge, S. and Parker, S. (2019) Social imaginaries in education research. In: Lynch, Julianne, Rowlands, Julie, Gale, Trevor and Parker, Stephen (eds.) Practice Methodologies in Education Research. Routledge: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY, pp. 144-165. ISBN 9780367193829 (doi: 10.4324/9780429202063-8)
Lynch, J., Rowlands, J., Gale, T. and Parker, S. (2019) An outline of a theory of practice methodologies: education research as an expansive-activist endeavour. In: Lynch, Julianne, Rowlands, Julie, Gale, Trevor and Parker, Stephen (eds.) Practice Methodologies in Education Research. Routledge: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY, pp. 1-26. ISBN 9780367193829 (doi: 10.4324/9780429202063-1)
Mills, C., Gale, T. , Parker, S. , Smith, C. and Cross, R. (2019) Activist dispositions for social justice in advantaged and disadvantaged contexts of schooling. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 40(5), pp. 614-630. (doi: 10.1080/01425692.2019.1582322)
2018
Livingston, K. , Doherty, C. , Lido, C. , Cassar, R., Dunkley, R. , Gale, T. and Parker, S. (2018) British Council School Programmes in Scotland: an Impact Study: Final Report. [Research Reports or Papers] (Unpublished)
Gale, T. and Parker, S. (2018) The future of (Scottish) education: an international perspective. In: Bryce, T.G.K., Humes, W.M., Gillies, D. and Kennedy, A. (eds.) Scottish Education [5th Edition]. Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh, pp. 937-949. ISBN 9781474437844
Parker, S. (2018) Student Tuition Fees in Australian Higher Education: Thinking Sociologically and Historically. BELMAS CEPaLS Meeting, Manchester, UK, 28-29 Jun 2018. (Unpublished)
Gale, T. and Parker, S. (2018) Student aspiration and transition as capabilities for navigating education systems. In: Tarabini, A. and Ingram, N. (eds.) Educational Choices, Aspirations and Transitions in Europe: Systemic, Institutional and Subjective Challenges. Series: Routledge research in international and comparative education. Routledge: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY, pp. 32-49. ISBN 9781138104037
Gale, T. and Parker, S. (2018) Student tuition fees in Australian higher education: a litany of public issues and private troubles. In: Riddell, Sheila, Minty, Sarah, Wheedon, Elisabet and Whittaker, Susan (eds.) Higher Education Funding and Access in International Perspective. Emerald: Bingley, pp. 223-240. ISBN 9781787546547
2017
Parker, S. (2017) The Social Imaginary of Widening Participation Policy in Scotland and Australia. ECER 2017, Copenhagen, Denmark, 22-25 Aug 2017. (Unpublished)
Gale, T. and Parker, S. (2017) The prevailing logic of teacher education: privileging the practical in Australia, England and Scotland. In: Peters, Michael A., Cowie, Bronwen and Menter, Ian (eds.) A Companion to Research in Teacher Education. Springer, pp. 521-535. ISBN 9789811040733 (doi: 10.1007/978-981-10-4075-7)
Gale, T. and Parker, S. (2017) Retaining students in Australian higher education: cultural capital and field distinction. European Educational Research Journal, 16(1), pp. 80-96. (doi: 10.1177/1474904116678004)
Parker, S. , Gulson, K. N. and Gale, T. (Eds.) (2017) Policy and Inequality in Education. Series: Education policy & social inequality. Springer Singapore. ISBN 9789811040375
Gale, T. , Molla, T. and Parker, S. (2017) The illusion of meritocracy and the audacity of elitism: expanding the evaluative space in education. In: Parker, Stephen, Gulson, Kalervo N. and Gale, Trevor (eds.) Policy and Inequality in Education. Series: Education policy & social inequality (1). Springer Singapore, pp. 7-21. ISBN 9789811040375
Hodge, S. and Parker, S. (2017) Accounting for practice in an age of theory: Charles Taylor’s theory of social imaginaries. In: Lynch, Juliane, Rowlands, Julie, Gale, Trevor and Skourdoumbis, Andrew (eds.) Practice Theory and Education: Diffractive Readings in Professional Practice. Routledge, pp. 39-54. ISBN 9781138191396
Mills, C., Molla, T., Gale, T. , Cross, R., Parker, S. and Smith, C. (2017) Metaphor as a methodological tool: identifying teachers’ social justice dispositions across diverse secondary school settings. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 38(6), pp. 856-871. (doi: 10.1080/01425692.2016.1182009)
Webb, S., Bathmaker, A.-M., Gale, T. , Hodge, S., Parker, S. and Rawolle, S. (2017) Higher vocational education and social mobility: educational participation in Australia and England. Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 69(1), pp. 147-167. (doi: 10.1080/13636820.2016.1269359)
2016
Gale, T. and Parker, S. (2016) Coming to Terms with Aspiration for Higher Education. British Educational Research Association (BERA), Annual Conference, Leeds, UK, 13-15 Sep 2016. (Unpublished)
Gale, T. and Parker, S. (2016) Conceiving of aspiration for higher education and the terms of recognition. ECER 2016, Dublin, Ireland, 23-26 Aug 2016.
2015
Gale, T. and Parker, S. (2015) To aspire: a systematic reflection on understanding aspirations in higher education. Australian Educational Researcher, 42(2), pp. 139-153. (doi: 10.1007/s13384-014-0165-9)
Gale, T. and Parker, S. (2015) Calculating student aspiration: Bourdieu, spatiality and the politics of recognition. Cambridge Journal of Education, 45(1), pp. 81-96. (doi: 10.1080/0305764X.2014.988685)
Gale, T. , Parker, S. , Molla, T., Findlay, K. and Sealey, T. (2015) Student Preferences for Bachelor Degrees at TAFE: The Socio-Spatial Influence of Schools. [Research Reports or Papers]
2014
Gale, T. and Parker, S. (2014) Disadvantaged Student Retention in Australian Higher Education: Crisis or Conflicting Capitals? Australian Education Research Association (AARE) Annual Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 30 Nov - 04 Dec 2014. (Unpublished)
Parker, S. , Gale, T. and Molla, T. (2014) Leading Social Justice in Education: Emerging Issues from Australian Schools. British Educational Research Association (BERA) Annual Conference, London, UK, 23-25 Sep 2014. (Unpublished)
Gale, T. and Parker, S. (2014) Retaining students from disadvantaged backgrounds in Australian higher education: The conflicting agendas of raising capital and preserving distinction. ECER 2014, Porto, Portugal, 02-05 Sep 2014. (Unpublished)
Parker, S. , Gale, T. , Mills, C. and Cross, R. (2014) Teachers’ Social Justice Dispositions, Pedagogic Authority and Classroom Practice in Advantaged and Disadvantaged Contexts. Inaugural Conference of the Melbourne Social Equity Institute: Imagining Social Equity, Melbourne, Australia, 28 Feb - 01 Mar 2014. (Unpublished)
Gale, T. and Parker, S. (2014) Navigating student transition in higher education: induction, development, becoming. In: Brook, H., Fergie, D., Maeorg, M. and Michell, D. (eds.) Universities in Transition: Foregrounding Social Contexts of Knowledge in the First Year Experience. University of Adelaide Press: Adelaide, pp. 13-40. ISBN 9781922064820
Gale, T. and Parker, S. (2014) Navigating change: a typology of student transition in higher education. Studies in Higher Education, 39(5), pp. 734-753. (doi: 10.1080/03075079.2012.721351)
2013
Skourdoumbis, A., Parker, S. and Gale, T. (2013) Capabilities and Australian Schooling Policy: Implications for Teachers’ Pedagogic Work. Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) 2013, Adelaide, Australia, 02-05 Dec 2013. (Unpublished)
Gale, T. and Parker, S. (2013) Widening Participation in Australian Higher Education: Report Submitted to HEFCE and OFFA. [Research Reports or Papers]
Parker, S. , Gale, T. and Bok, J. (2013) Widening Participation, Narrowing Aspiration: Privileging Higher Education as Destination. ECER 2013, Istanbul, Turkey, 10-13 Sep 2013. (Unpublished)
Parker, S. , Gale, T. and Bok, J. (2013) Moving Beyond Taste: Desire and Capability for Higher Education Aspirations. British Educational Research Association (BERA) Annual Conference 2013, Brighton, UK, 03-05 Sep 2013. (Unpublished)
Gale, T. , Parker, S. , Rodd, P., Stratton, G. and Sealey, T. (2013) Student Aspirations for Higher Education in Central Queensland: A Survey of School Students’ Navigational Capacities. [Research Reports or Papers]
Gale, T. , Parker, S. , Rawolle, S., Charlton, E., Rodd, P., Skourdoumbis, A. and Molla, T. (2013) VET Providers, Associate and Bachelor Degrees, and Disadvantaged Learners. [Research Reports or Papers]
Parker, S. , Stratton, G., Gale, T. , Rodd, P. and Sealey, T. (2013) Higher Education and Student Aspiration: A study of the adaptive preferences of Year 9 students in Corio, Victoria. [Research Reports or Papers]
2012
Parker, S. , Gale, T. and Bok, J. (2012) ‘This isn’t for the likes of us’: Taste and capability in aspirations for higher education. Australian Education Research Association (AARE) Annual Conference 2012, Sydney, Australia, 02-06 Dec 2012. (Unpublished)
Gale, T. and Parker, S. (2012) Transportation, Transformation, Whole of Life: Three Metaphors for Student Transition in Higher Education. ECER 2012, Cadiz, Spain, 18-21 Sep 2012. (Unpublished)
Gale, T. and Parker, S. (2012) The Capacity to Navigate Change: Academic Capital and Student Transition Into Higher Education. BERA 2012, Manchester, UK, 04-06 Sep 2012. (Unpublished)
2011
Gale, T. and Parker, S. (2011) Good Practice Report: Student Transition into Higher Education. [Research Reports or Papers]
Sellar, S., Gale, T. and Parker, S. (2011) Appreciating aspirations in Australian higher education. Cambridge Journal of Education, 41(1), pp. 37-52. (doi: 10.1080/0305764X.2010.549457)
2010
Gale, T. , Hattam, R., Comber, B., Tranter, D., Bills, D., Sellar, S. and Parker, S. (2010) Interventions Early in School as a Means to Improve Higher Education Outcomes for Disadvantaged Students. [Research Reports or Papers]
Gale, T. , Sellar, S., Parker, S. , Hattam, R., Comber, B., Tranter, D. and Bills, D. (2010) Interventions Early in School as a Means to Improve Higher Education Outcomes for Disadvantaged (Particularly Low SES) Students. [Research Reports or Papers]
2005
Parker, S. and Fopp, R. (2005) Mutual obligation? Regulating by supervision and surveillance in Australian income support policy. Surveillance and Society, 3(1), pp. 107-128.
2004
Fopp, R., Parker, S. , Hume, A., Talbot, C., Carson, E. and Quinn, C. (2004) Getting Out and Staying Out: Pathways to Independent Living: Best Practice, Critical Interventions and Strategies for Addressing Homelessness in South Australia: Final Report. [Research Reports or Papers]
Parker, S. (2004) Welfare dependency and the logic of mutual obligation. Just Policy, 32(June), pp. 28-35.
Parker, S. and Fopp, R. (2004) 'I’m the slice of pie that’s ostracised…'. Foucault’s technologies, and personal agency, in the voice of women who are homeless, Adelaide, South Australia. Housing, Theory and Society, 21(4), pp. 145-154. (doi: 10.1080/14036090410011415)
Parker, S. and Fopp, R. (2004) The mutual obligation policy in Australia: the rhetoric and reasoning of recent social security policy. Contemporary Politics, 10(3-4), pp. 257-269. (doi: 10.1080/1356977042000316718)
2003
Fopp, R., Carson, E. and Parker, S. (2003) Paying Off the Landlord’s House: Entering and Sustaining Home Ownership Among South Australians On Low Incomes: Final Report. [Research Reports or Papers]
Carson, E., Fopp, R. and Parker, S. (2003) Vulnerable in the City: A Study of Accommodation and Other Services for Vulnerable Adults in Inner Adelaide. [Research Reports or Papers]
Articles
Mills, C., Gale, T. , Parker, S. , Smith, C. and Cross, R. (2019) Activist dispositions for social justice in advantaged and disadvantaged contexts of schooling. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 40(5), pp. 614-630. (doi: 10.1080/01425692.2019.1582322)
Gale, T. and Parker, S. (2017) Retaining students in Australian higher education: cultural capital and field distinction. European Educational Research Journal, 16(1), pp. 80-96. (doi: 10.1177/1474904116678004)
Mills, C., Molla, T., Gale, T. , Cross, R., Parker, S. and Smith, C. (2017) Metaphor as a methodological tool: identifying teachers’ social justice dispositions across diverse secondary school settings. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 38(6), pp. 856-871. (doi: 10.1080/01425692.2016.1182009)
Webb, S., Bathmaker, A.-M., Gale, T. , Hodge, S., Parker, S. and Rawolle, S. (2017) Higher vocational education and social mobility: educational participation in Australia and England. Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 69(1), pp. 147-167. (doi: 10.1080/13636820.2016.1269359)
Gale, T. and Parker, S. (2015) To aspire: a systematic reflection on understanding aspirations in higher education. Australian Educational Researcher, 42(2), pp. 139-153. (doi: 10.1007/s13384-014-0165-9)
Gale, T. and Parker, S. (2015) Calculating student aspiration: Bourdieu, spatiality and the politics of recognition. Cambridge Journal of Education, 45(1), pp. 81-96. (doi: 10.1080/0305764X.2014.988685)
Gale, T. and Parker, S. (2014) Navigating change: a typology of student transition in higher education. Studies in Higher Education, 39(5), pp. 734-753. (doi: 10.1080/03075079.2012.721351)
Sellar, S., Gale, T. and Parker, S. (2011) Appreciating aspirations in Australian higher education. Cambridge Journal of Education, 41(1), pp. 37-52. (doi: 10.1080/0305764X.2010.549457)
Parker, S. and Fopp, R. (2005) Mutual obligation? Regulating by supervision and surveillance in Australian income support policy. Surveillance and Society, 3(1), pp. 107-128.
Parker, S. (2004) Welfare dependency and the logic of mutual obligation. Just Policy, 32(June), pp. 28-35.
Parker, S. and Fopp, R. (2004) 'I’m the slice of pie that’s ostracised…'. Foucault’s technologies, and personal agency, in the voice of women who are homeless, Adelaide, South Australia. Housing, Theory and Society, 21(4), pp. 145-154. (doi: 10.1080/14036090410011415)
Parker, S. and Fopp, R. (2004) The mutual obligation policy in Australia: the rhetoric and reasoning of recent social security policy. Contemporary Politics, 10(3-4), pp. 257-269. (doi: 10.1080/1356977042000316718)
Book Sections
Parker, S. and Knight, E. (2024) Problematising the use of interview data in research for educational policy and practice: beyond incorrigibility and ideology. In: Wyse, Dominic, Baumfield, Vivienne, Mockler, Nicole and Reardon, Martin (eds.) The BERA SAGE Handbook of Research Informed Education Practice and Policy. SAGE. (Accepted for Publication)
Gale, T. and Parker, S. (2022) The problem with higher education student completions in the global north. In: Tierney, Rob, Rizvi, Fazal and Ercikan, Kadriye (eds.) International Encyclopedia of Education. 4th Edition. Elsevier. ISBN 9780128186305
Hodge, S. and Parker, S. (2019) Social imaginaries in education research. In: Lynch, Julianne, Rowlands, Julie, Gale, Trevor and Parker, Stephen (eds.) Practice Methodologies in Education Research. Routledge: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY, pp. 144-165. ISBN 9780367193829 (doi: 10.4324/9780429202063-8)
Lynch, J., Rowlands, J., Gale, T. and Parker, S. (2019) An outline of a theory of practice methodologies: education research as an expansive-activist endeavour. In: Lynch, Julianne, Rowlands, Julie, Gale, Trevor and Parker, Stephen (eds.) Practice Methodologies in Education Research. Routledge: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY, pp. 1-26. ISBN 9780367193829 (doi: 10.4324/9780429202063-1)
Gale, T. and Parker, S. (2018) The future of (Scottish) education: an international perspective. In: Bryce, T.G.K., Humes, W.M., Gillies, D. and Kennedy, A. (eds.) Scottish Education [5th Edition]. Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh, pp. 937-949. ISBN 9781474437844
Gale, T. and Parker, S. (2018) Student aspiration and transition as capabilities for navigating education systems. In: Tarabini, A. and Ingram, N. (eds.) Educational Choices, Aspirations and Transitions in Europe: Systemic, Institutional and Subjective Challenges. Series: Routledge research in international and comparative education. Routledge: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY, pp. 32-49. ISBN 9781138104037
Gale, T. and Parker, S. (2018) Student tuition fees in Australian higher education: a litany of public issues and private troubles. In: Riddell, Sheila, Minty, Sarah, Wheedon, Elisabet and Whittaker, Susan (eds.) Higher Education Funding and Access in International Perspective. Emerald: Bingley, pp. 223-240. ISBN 9781787546547
Gale, T. and Parker, S. (2017) The prevailing logic of teacher education: privileging the practical in Australia, England and Scotland. In: Peters, Michael A., Cowie, Bronwen and Menter, Ian (eds.) A Companion to Research in Teacher Education. Springer, pp. 521-535. ISBN 9789811040733 (doi: 10.1007/978-981-10-4075-7)
Gale, T. , Molla, T. and Parker, S. (2017) The illusion of meritocracy and the audacity of elitism: expanding the evaluative space in education. In: Parker, Stephen, Gulson, Kalervo N. and Gale, Trevor (eds.) Policy and Inequality in Education. Series: Education policy & social inequality (1). Springer Singapore, pp. 7-21. ISBN 9789811040375
Hodge, S. and Parker, S. (2017) Accounting for practice in an age of theory: Charles Taylor’s theory of social imaginaries. In: Lynch, Juliane, Rowlands, Julie, Gale, Trevor and Skourdoumbis, Andrew (eds.) Practice Theory and Education: Diffractive Readings in Professional Practice. Routledge, pp. 39-54. ISBN 9781138191396
Gale, T. and Parker, S. (2014) Navigating student transition in higher education: induction, development, becoming. In: Brook, H., Fergie, D., Maeorg, M. and Michell, D. (eds.) Universities in Transition: Foregrounding Social Contexts of Knowledge in the First Year Experience. University of Adelaide Press: Adelaide, pp. 13-40. ISBN 9781922064820
Edited Books
Lynch, J., Rowlands, J., Gale, T. and Parker, S. (Eds.) (2019) Practice Methodologies in Education Research. Routledge: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY. ISBN 9780367193829
Parker, S. , Gulson, K. N. and Gale, T. (Eds.) (2017) Policy and Inequality in Education. Series: Education policy & social inequality. Springer Singapore. ISBN 9789811040375
Research Reports or Papers
Livingston, K. , Doherty, C. , Lido, C. , Cassar, R., Dunkley, R. , Gale, T. and Parker, S. (2018) British Council School Programmes in Scotland: an Impact Study: Final Report. [Research Reports or Papers] (Unpublished)
Gale, T. , Parker, S. , Molla, T., Findlay, K. and Sealey, T. (2015) Student Preferences for Bachelor Degrees at TAFE: The Socio-Spatial Influence of Schools. [Research Reports or Papers]
Gale, T. and Parker, S. (2013) Widening Participation in Australian Higher Education: Report Submitted to HEFCE and OFFA. [Research Reports or Papers]
Gale, T. , Parker, S. , Rodd, P., Stratton, G. and Sealey, T. (2013) Student Aspirations for Higher Education in Central Queensland: A Survey of School Students’ Navigational Capacities. [Research Reports or Papers]
Gale, T. , Parker, S. , Rawolle, S., Charlton, E., Rodd, P., Skourdoumbis, A. and Molla, T. (2013) VET Providers, Associate and Bachelor Degrees, and Disadvantaged Learners. [Research Reports or Papers]
Parker, S. , Stratton, G., Gale, T. , Rodd, P. and Sealey, T. (2013) Higher Education and Student Aspiration: A study of the adaptive preferences of Year 9 students in Corio, Victoria. [Research Reports or Papers]
Gale, T. and Parker, S. (2011) Good Practice Report: Student Transition into Higher Education. [Research Reports or Papers]
Gale, T. , Hattam, R., Comber, B., Tranter, D., Bills, D., Sellar, S. and Parker, S. (2010) Interventions Early in School as a Means to Improve Higher Education Outcomes for Disadvantaged Students. [Research Reports or Papers]
Gale, T. , Sellar, S., Parker, S. , Hattam, R., Comber, B., Tranter, D. and Bills, D. (2010) Interventions Early in School as a Means to Improve Higher Education Outcomes for Disadvantaged (Particularly Low SES) Students. [Research Reports or Papers]
Fopp, R., Parker, S. , Hume, A., Talbot, C., Carson, E. and Quinn, C. (2004) Getting Out and Staying Out: Pathways to Independent Living: Best Practice, Critical Interventions and Strategies for Addressing Homelessness in South Australia: Final Report. [Research Reports or Papers]
Fopp, R., Carson, E. and Parker, S. (2003) Paying Off the Landlord’s House: Entering and Sustaining Home Ownership Among South Australians On Low Incomes: Final Report. [Research Reports or Papers]
Carson, E., Fopp, R. and Parker, S. (2003) Vulnerable in the City: A Study of Accommodation and Other Services for Vulnerable Adults in Inner Adelaide. [Research Reports or Papers]
Conference or Workshop Item
Parker, S. (2018) Student Tuition Fees in Australian Higher Education: Thinking Sociologically and Historically. BELMAS CEPaLS Meeting, Manchester, UK, 28-29 Jun 2018. (Unpublished)
Parker, S. (2017) The Social Imaginary of Widening Participation Policy in Scotland and Australia. ECER 2017, Copenhagen, Denmark, 22-25 Aug 2017. (Unpublished)
Gale, T. and Parker, S. (2016) Coming to Terms with Aspiration for Higher Education. British Educational Research Association (BERA), Annual Conference, Leeds, UK, 13-15 Sep 2016. (Unpublished)
Gale, T. and Parker, S. (2016) Conceiving of aspiration for higher education and the terms of recognition. ECER 2016, Dublin, Ireland, 23-26 Aug 2016.
Gale, T. and Parker, S. (2014) Disadvantaged Student Retention in Australian Higher Education: Crisis or Conflicting Capitals? Australian Education Research Association (AARE) Annual Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 30 Nov - 04 Dec 2014. (Unpublished)
Parker, S. , Gale, T. and Molla, T. (2014) Leading Social Justice in Education: Emerging Issues from Australian Schools. British Educational Research Association (BERA) Annual Conference, London, UK, 23-25 Sep 2014. (Unpublished)
Gale, T. and Parker, S. (2014) Retaining students from disadvantaged backgrounds in Australian higher education: The conflicting agendas of raising capital and preserving distinction. ECER 2014, Porto, Portugal, 02-05 Sep 2014. (Unpublished)
Parker, S. , Gale, T. , Mills, C. and Cross, R. (2014) Teachers’ Social Justice Dispositions, Pedagogic Authority and Classroom Practice in Advantaged and Disadvantaged Contexts. Inaugural Conference of the Melbourne Social Equity Institute: Imagining Social Equity, Melbourne, Australia, 28 Feb - 01 Mar 2014. (Unpublished)
Skourdoumbis, A., Parker, S. and Gale, T. (2013) Capabilities and Australian Schooling Policy: Implications for Teachers’ Pedagogic Work. Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) 2013, Adelaide, Australia, 02-05 Dec 2013. (Unpublished)
Parker, S. , Gale, T. and Bok, J. (2013) Widening Participation, Narrowing Aspiration: Privileging Higher Education as Destination. ECER 2013, Istanbul, Turkey, 10-13 Sep 2013. (Unpublished)
Parker, S. , Gale, T. and Bok, J. (2013) Moving Beyond Taste: Desire and Capability for Higher Education Aspirations. British Educational Research Association (BERA) Annual Conference 2013, Brighton, UK, 03-05 Sep 2013. (Unpublished)
Parker, S. , Gale, T. and Bok, J. (2012) ‘This isn’t for the likes of us’: Taste and capability in aspirations for higher education. Australian Education Research Association (AARE) Annual Conference 2012, Sydney, Australia, 02-06 Dec 2012. (Unpublished)
Gale, T. and Parker, S. (2012) Transportation, Transformation, Whole of Life: Three Metaphors for Student Transition in Higher Education. ECER 2012, Cadiz, Spain, 18-21 Sep 2012. (Unpublished)
Gale, T. and Parker, S. (2012) The Capacity to Navigate Change: Academic Capital and Student Transition Into Higher Education. BERA 2012, Manchester, UK, 04-06 Sep 2012. (Unpublished)
Grants
University Competitive Grants
Parker, S., Adamson, L., & Gale, T. (2021). A New Social Imagining of Widening Participation in Higher Education. College of Social Sciences Research Fund, University of Glasgow. £4,905.
Gale, T. & Parker, S. (2014). School readiness, social disadvantage and misrecognition. Seeding Grant, Centre for Research in Educational Futures and Innovation (CREFI), Deakin University. A$5,900
Skourdoumbis, A. & Parker, S. (2014). Using a capability approach to re-frame teacher’s pedagogic work. Central Research Grant (CRG) Scheme, Deakin University. A$10,000.
Skourdoumbis, A., Gale, T., Parker, S., Kostogriz, A. & Walker-Gibbs, B. (2013). Capabilities and Australian School Policy. Research Development Grant (RDG), Centre for Research in Education Futures and Innovation (CREFI), Deakin University. A$8,965.
Blackmore, J., Campbell, J., Gale, T., Parker, S., Rawolle, S., Rowlands, J., Skourdoumbis, A., & Vongalis-Macrow, A. (2013). The politicization of capabilities in Australian education. Seeding Grant, Centre for Research in Education Futures and Innovation (CREFI), Deakin University. A$2,762.
Other Public Sector Research Income
Gale, T., Parker, S. & Molla, T. (2014). Secondary School Graduate Preferences for Bachelor Degrees and Institutions. National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education, A$66,255.
Gale, T., Hodge, S., Charlton, E., Rodd, P., Parker, S. & Skourdoumbis, A. & Rawolle, S. (2013). Impact for disadvantaged learners of TAFE institutions and other VET providers delivering bachelor & associate degree qualifications. Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education (DIISRTE) and National VET Equity Advisory Council (NVEAC), A$79,996.
Supervision
- Jiang, Qian
Higher education accountability and student voice - Le, Nguyen Thai Truong
RESEARCH-INFORMED TEACHING IN VIETNAMESE HIGHER EDUCATION - Yadav, Dinesh Kumar
The cultural formation of criticality and conformity in educationally and economically disadvantaged secondary school students in rural Uttar Pradesh, India: A Case study - Yan, Danchen
Navigating Inequalities: Understanding the Motivations, Mobilities, and Changing Identities of International Students from Chinese Third-Tier Cities - Zhao, Wanzi
The perceived value and prestige economy of UK one- year master's degree for Chinese Students
Teaching
Equity, Social Justice and Change (EDUC5910) - 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23 - currently Course Leader
Higher Education as a Field of Research, Policy and Practice (EDUC5912) - 2022/23
Doctor of Education - Education Policy (EDUC5073) - 2022/23
Educational Policy Making in Action (EDUC5908) - 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23
MSc Education, Public Policy and Equity, Dissertation Supervision - 2020 - 2023
Introduction to Social and Education Research (EDUC5410) - 2019/20, 2021-2022
International Issues in Adult Education (DISTANCE) (EDUC51026) - 2022
MEd Professional Learning and Enquiry, Dissertation Supervision - 2018
Professional activities & recognition
Research fellowships
- 2016 - 2016: Endeavour Research Fellowship, Australian Government
Editorial boards
- 2012: Critical Studies in Education
Professional & learned societies
- 2012: , Australian Association of Research in Education
- , British Educational Research Association
- , European Educational Research Association
