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Dr Rachel Shanks is the Interdisciplinary Institute Director for Social Inclusion and Cultural Diversity at the University of Aberdeen. She is a Senior Lecturer in Education and an experienced researcher and educator who has worked in employment rights, community education, trade union education and higher education.
Her PhD was funded by the Scottish Teachers for a New Era project and focused on the professional learning of new teachers. She has a law degree and Masters in Legal Studies from the University of Leeds. She is a registered member of the Community Learning and Development Standards Council in Scotland.
Dr Shanks’ research includes teacher induction and mentoring and poverty in education, in particular relating to school uniform affordability. She works closely with national bodies including government departments and agencies, third sector bodies and trade union associations in relation to the affordability, comfort and sustainability of school uniform.
Her research activities have been funded by the EU, the Scottish Government, local government, national charities and national research funding bodies. She is a former Associate Director of the Scottish Graduate School of Social Science (SGSSS) where she held responsibility for two challenge pathways and the postdoctoral fellowship scheme. She is a former associate editor of the journal Human Rights Education Review and former lead editor of Education in the North journal.
She has taught a variety of courses at undergraduate and postgraduate level and continues to teach doctoral researchers and staff how to use NVivo software for qualitative data analysis.
The SIG convenors shortlisted then attended sessions for their SIG and judged these presentations. The ‘ºÚÁÏÍø911 Annual Conference – SIG Best Presentation’ is then awarded. You can view the...
Following the open call to the membership, and a shortlisting and interview stage ºÚÁÏÍø911 is pleased to congratulate Oliver Hooper, Lizzie Rushton, and Andrew J. Davies on becoming Membership Chair,...
The ºÚÁÏÍø911 has appointed three new members to the College of Reviewers: Professor Lynn Ang, Associate Professor Anne-Marie Chase and Dr Rachel Shanks....
This online event hosted by the Social Justice SIG celebrated how colleagues have had an impact through their research and work. All change achieved through our research is important. Change we...
This online event hosted by the Social Justice SIG celebrates how colleagues have had an impact through their research and work. All change achieved through our research is important. Change...
A great deal of international research has suggested that teachers struggled with the pivot towards online learning necessitated by the closure of schools in response to the Covid-19...
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Continue reading blog postThe ºÚÁÏÍø911 College of Reviewers is a group comprised of high quality academic reviewers including practitioners and policy makers who draw on research evidence.
