Centre for Educational Research
Faculty of Education Health and Sciences
Professor Dennis Hayes Head of the Research Centre for Education and Career Development
The Head of the CER is Professor Dennis Hayes who is well known for his research and writing on new developments in education, the role of discussion and debate in pedagogy, and academic freedom. He is the editor of the best selling Routledge Guide to Key Debates in Education, the joint author of the controversial book The Dangerous Rise of Therapeutic Education and edited and contributed to the 2009 special edition of the British Journal of Educational Studies on Academic Freedom. Dennis has also been a member of the Editorial Board of the Time Higher Education magazine since its inception.
The CER has a focus on innovative research into education and professional practice in schools, colleges, adult education, and in workplace settings. A formal bridge between them is the International Centre for Careers and Guidance Studies (iCeGS) whose members research, evaluate and develop good practice in advice, guidance and career development in all sectors of education as well as in the workplace.
'Research' in the Centre has a broad definition that includes professional and practical developments and innovation; scholarship; and many forms of qualitative and quantative research.
The research activity in the Centre is organised through six research clusters: Changing Higher Education (CHE); Early Years Research Cluster (EYRC); European Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Research Cluster (EGRTRC); Islam and Education Research Cluster (IERC); Special Educational Needs Research Cluster (SENRC); The Arts in Society, Therapy & Education (TASTE); Assessment and Learning Research Cluster (ALRC).
Membership of a cluster is by application or invitation but is open to new and experienced researchers
The CER has an inclusive membership. Within the School of Education, all Academic Staff, Post-Graduate Students, Associate Lecturers and Fellows as well as Visiting and Emeritus Professors are members of the Centre. Membership is also open to other members of the University researching education and further education lecturers at the University of Derby Buxton.
