Before embarking on my PhD at Warwick, I worked as Research Officer at the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education Bangladesh. My doctoral study explores how (and with what consequences) the secondary education policy and practice in Bangladesh is taking a Neoliberal turn as a result of the large-scale educational reforms prescribed and loan-financed by International Financial Organizations, e.g., the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank. Previously, I did my MEd in Educational Leadership and Management at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne.

Student Email: Masud.Siddiqui@warwick.ac.uk

Staff Email: Masudur.Siddiqui@warwick.ac.uk

Conference Presentations

“Loan-supported educational reform in Bangladesh: Who supports whom?” | BAICE (British Association for Comparative and International Education) Conference 2022 | University of Edinburgh (14 September 2022) | Paper presented in-person

“Bangladesh secondary education reforms: Exploring the unstated drivers” | 9^th Annual Education Studies Post-Graduate Research Conference | University of Warwick (22 April 2022) | Paper presented online

“Bangladeshi secondary education reforms: The influence of neoliberalism” | ESRC Midlands Graduate School Doctoral Training Programme Annual Conference | University of Birmingham (23 June 2021) | Paper presented online

“Educational administrators’ perception of constructivist approach as recommended in the national curriculum of Bangladesh” | Second International Conference on Teaching and Learning | Independent University, Bangladesh (28 Jun 2018) | Paper presented in-person

“Leadership roles of Bangladesh government college principals: A theoretical framework” | National Conference on Achieving Sustainable Development Goals in Bangladesh: Educational Responses, Challenges and Possibilities | Institute of Education and Research, University of Dhaka (01 Apr 2018) | Paper presented in-person

Awards Received During Doctoral Studies

Bangladesh Prime Minister Fellowship for PhD

Department of Education Studies conference funding for presenting in BAICE conference 2022