Professor Philip Bamber
Assistant Dean & Head of the School of Education
0151 291 3490
bamberp@hope.ac.uk
Welcome to the Centre of Education and Policy Analysis (CEPA).
Here we bring together Education Studies, Early Childhood Studies, Teacher Education and a diverse and growing number of staff, students and researchers. We have an international reputation for excellence in research and teaching. In the most recent review of Research Excellence, 60% of research in Education at Liverpool Hope was graded as ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’.
CEPA research is framed through four inter-related interdisciplinary research programmes oriented to overarching themes of ethos, values and social justice in education. Our research programmes demonstrate interdisciplinary interest in values-led education across all sectors and phases. See the illustration below for information.
For more information on our undergraduate, postgraduate and professional development courses, visit the Education pages on the Liverpool Hope website.
Directors
Dr Carly Bagelman
Caroline (Carly) Bagelman grew up on Coast Salish Territories in the west coast of Canada on Vancouver Island. She completed her BA (Hons) in Political Science and MA in Cultural, Social and Political Thought at the University of Victoria, worked as a curriculum designer for the Critical Thinking Consortium At the University of British Columbia and Co-operative Education at the University of Victoria and completed a PhD in Education at the University of Glasgow. She is currently a Senior Lecturer in Education Studies at Liverpool Hope University and Co-Director of CEPA.
Dr John Tillson
Dr John Tillson is Senior Lecturer in philosophy of education at Liverpool Hope University and Co-Director of CEPA. He is the author of Children, Religion and the Ethics of Influence (Bloomsbury 2019). His research concerns due and undue influence in schooling and upbringing, especially over children’s political, moral and religious convictions. Together with Winston C. Thompson, he is Co-PI on the Pedagogies of Punishment project.
CEPA Steering Group
The steering group brings together research programme conveners and CEPA Visiting Professors to plan and direct research strategy, researcher development activities and to foster an inclusive research culture. Reporting to the University Research Committee, the Steering Group facilitates the development of strategic research partnerships and postgraduate provision that is aligned to our research expertise.
Steering Group Members
Dr John Tillson is Senior Lecturer in philosophy of education at Liverpool Hope University and Co-Director of CEPA. He is the author of Children, Religion and the Ethics of Influence (Bloomsbury 2019). His research concerns due and undue influence in schooling and upbringing, especially over children’s political, moral and religious convictions. Together with Winston C. Thompson, he is Co-PI on the Pedagogies of Punishment project.
CEPA Members
Dr Babs Anderson
Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood Studies
Dr Naomi Hodgson
Associate Professor
Dr Frank Su
Senior Lecturer in Education Studies
Dr Konstanze Spohrer
Senior Lecturer in Education Studies
Associate Professor Alan Hodkinson
Associate Professor & PGR Coordinator
Dr Cathal O’Siochru
Senior Lecturer in Education Studies
Dr Namrata Rao
Principal Lecturer
Dr Lee Mackenzie
Lecturer in Education Studies
Mrs Joanne Lewis
Network of HOPE Tutor
Dr Claire Skea
Lecturer in Education Studies
Dr Olga Ververi
Lecturer in Education Studies
Mrs Sue Cronin
Head of Teacher Education
Dr Ella Houston
Lecturer in Disability and Education
Dr Harriet Pattison
Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood Studies
Dr Andrea Bullivant
Lecturer in Education Studies
CEPA Visiting Professors
Professor Ben Colburn
University of Glasgow
Professor Stefan Ramaekers
Professor of Psychology and Educational Sciences KU Leuven (Belgium)
Honorary Staff
Dr Richard Budd
Richard is a Lecturer in Higher Education at Lancaster University. Formerly he was Senior Lecturer at Liverpool Hope and Co-Director or CEPA. His main research interests relate to three interlinked questions: how higher education as a sector (and idea) works, how organisations in the sector mediate policy, and how students experience and negotiate their time at university.
Dr Sam Sellar
Reader in Education, Manchester Metropolitan University