Teaching Assistant: Mr Andrew Gunn
Knowledge Exchange and the Social Sciences in English Universities
My research considers knowledge transfer and knowledge exchange in the social sciences; critical analysis of the knowledge economy concept and the idea of 'knowledge' as resource for development; the use of higher education policy as a form of industrial policy, the relationship between universities and the state, and analysing modern universities with an appreciation of the changing boundaries between 'the public and the private' and 'the state and the market'.
My publications all use political science and international political economy concepts in education policy contexts, covering a wide range of themes including: Higher Education policy development and implementation, affirmative action and widening participation, and how domestic education systems are transformed as developed economies adapt to competitive pressures. I am a member of the Society for Research in Higher Education (SRHE). I teach British Politics in POLIS.
Background
- For five years I was a Project Officer in the School of Education working on a range of projects in the area of widening participation in initial teacher education under the direction of Dr. Sarah Whitelaw.
- In 2008 I provided research assistance to the ESRC/AHRC funded Religious Reading in a Secular Society: Learning to Live in Liberal Democracy project. Principal Investigator: Dr. Mark Pike.
- In 2007 and 2008 I was a part time researcher in the Centre for Democracy and Governance at the University of Huddersfield.
- In 2006 I was the External Evaluator for the Tomorrow’s Teachers- Today project, an aspiration raising widening participation project run by a consortium of West Yorkshire universities, Aimhigher and EducationLeeds.
- Between 2005 and 2007 I was on the steering committee of a Higher Education Funding Council for England: Fund for the Development of Teaching and Learning project, Case Based Learning in Politics at the University of Huddersfield.
Contact Details
- Email: a.s.gunn@leeds.ac.uk