Biography
Becky joined the Department for Education Studies in January 2019, having previously worked at Durham University and the University of Birmingham. Prior to working in higher education, Becky was a secondary English teacher in Birmingham.
Current projects include:
Becky is an editorial board member for the journal, Educational Review, and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. She teaches on the undergraduate and MA courses within the department, and supervises Masters, EdD and PhD students.
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Research Interests
Education and social policy, teaching and teacher education, social justice, assessment, literacy, widening participation, vocational education, evidence use in education, research methods.
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Publications
- Morris, R. and Dobson, G. (under review) Spending the Pupil Premium: what influences leaders’ decision-making? Education Management and Leadership.
- See, BH., Gorard, S., Morris, R. and El-Soufi, N. (forthcoming) How to recruit and retain teachers in hard-to-staff areas: A systematic review of the empirical evidence, in ‘Exploring Teacher Recruitment and Retention’, ed. Ovenden-Hope, T., Abingdon: Routledge
- See, B.H., Morris, R, Gorard, S. and Siddiqui, N. (2019) Evaluation of the impact of Maths Counts delivered by teaching assistants on primary school pupils’ attainment in maths, Educational Research and Evaluation,
- Mackenzie, H. and Morris, R. (2019) Students’ Voiced Experiences of Social Transitions: Facilitating a Sense of Belonging, in ‘Transitions from Vocational Qualifications to Higher Education: Examining Inequalities in Widening Participation’, ed. Myhill D., and Banerjee, P., Bingley: Emerald Publishing
- Myhill, D. and Morris, R. (2019) Assessment Practices: Student Voices on Their Experiences of Assessment across the Transition, in ‘Transitions from Vocational Qualifications to Higher Education: Examining Inequalities in Widening Participation’, ed. Myhill D., and Banerjee, P., Bingley: Emerald Publishing
- Morris, R., Perry, T. and Asquith, S. (2019) The Opportunities and Challenges of Leaders Using Evidence in Education, chapter in ‘Getting Evidence in to Education', ed. Gorard, S., Abingdon: Routledge
- Morris, R., Gorard, S., See, BH., and Siddiqui, N. (2019) The Write Across Project: Evaluation Report. Available on request from author.
- Morris R. and Perry, T. (2019) Private schools for free? Parents’ reasons for choosing a new Free School for their child, Cambridge Journal of Education, Available online here
- See, B.H., Morris, R, Gorard, S. and Siddiqui, N. (2018) Maths Counts: Evaluation Report, London: EEF
- Morris, R.& Perry, T. (2017). Reframing the English grammar schools debate. Educational Review 69(1): 1-24.
- See, B.H., Morris, R., Gorard, S.& Griffin, N. (2017). UK Space Agency Principia Education Programme Report: The reach and spread of its projects. Durham Durham University.
- Gorard, S., Boliver, V., Siddiqui, N., Banerjee, P.& Morris, R. (2017). Which are the most suitable contextual indicators for use in widening participation to HE?. Education working paper series
- Gorard, S., See, B.H.& Morris, R. (2016). The most effective approaches to teaching in primary schools: Rigorous evidence on effective teaching. Saarbrücken: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing.
- Morris, R.(2015). Free Schools and disadvantaged intakes. British Educational Research Journal 41(4): 535-552.
- Morris, R.(2014). The admissions criteria of secondary Free Schools. Oxford Review of Education 40(3): 389-409.
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