[ Qualifications ]
[ Principal Interests ] [ Research
Supervision ]
[ Biographical
Note ] [ Current
and Recent Research ] [ Publications ]
Qualifications
- BSc (Hons) London University: Politics, Philosophy, Sociology
- MSc Warwick University: Sociological Theory
- PhD Strathclyde University: Nuclear Energy Policy Making
- PGCE (Tertiary Education) Birmingham University
Principal
Interests
- Education policy making processes in an international context
- Education in difficulty circumstances and in post-conflict reconstruction
- Higher Education institutional development and curriculum reform
- Higher Education in the GCC
- Education in Sub-Saharan Africa
Research
Supervision
I am happy
to supervise research under the headings above. I
currently supervise doctoral students in the following
areas:
Biographical
Note
Having studied Sociology, Politics and Philosophy at London University, I undertook a one year PGCE qualification at Birmingham University for teaching in tertiary institutions. Thereafter I taught for two years in an FE college in Wolverhampton before returning to academic study, to read for an MSc in Sociological Theory at Warwick University. I then moved to Nottingham, where I taught Sociology of Education on the BEd degree and then to London where I lectured on Sociology and Politics. My PhD (Strathclyde University) emerged out of interests developed at this time: it focused upon the social and political context of rationales for Nuclear Energy Policy Making.
At Edinburgh University as Convenor of the MSc
in Education, I have taught BSc (hons) and MSc programmes in the field of the Sociology of Education and International Education. In 2002-2005 I was seconded to the Higher Education desk of the Commonwealth Secretariat where I worked with Ministers of Education throughout the Commonwealth. On return to Edinburgh University and no longer Convenor, I continue to teach on the MSc and PhD programmes.
I have consultancies with a number Ministries, NGOs and individual clients, all in the field of international education.
I am active in the United Nations Association where, in Edinburgh, I am Convenor and represent Scotland on the UNA UK Board of Governors. I am also on the UNESCO Scotland Committee.
Current
and Recent Research
I am currently involved in the following academic research:
- Higher Education in the Gulf: Policy Borrowing and Institutional Development
- International Education Policy: International Targets and Goals and National Policy Space
Publications
Selected
Publications
Books:
Higher Education in the GCC: The Baroque Arsenal Donn, G. & Al Manthri, Y. (being finalized with publisher 2008-9)
Higher Education Policy and Change in The Sultanate of Oman. Printed in Oman (2007)
Journal Articles:
'Higher Education in Transition: Strategies for Change in the Sultanate of Oman', Donn G. and Issan S. in Scottish Educational Review 39(2) 77-89 (November 2007)
'Comparative Early Childhood Education: South Korea and Scotland' in Korean Journal of Early Childhood Education 8(2) 83-95 (2005)
Chapters in Edited Books:
'Parliament, SEED and the Administration of Scottish Education' in Bryce, T. & Humes, W. (eds) Scottish Education (3rd edition) Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh Press (2008)
'The Challenge of Researching Education in Commonwealth African Countries' in Wedgwood, R. & Hammet, D. The Methodological Challenge of Researching Education in Africa Edinburgh: Centre of African Studies (2005)
 More
on the School's Publications Database
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