[ Qualifications ]
[ Principal Interests ] [ Research
Supervision ]
[ Biographical
Note ] [ Current
and Recent Research ]
[ Publications ]
Qualifications
- 1985: Certificate in Youth and Community Work (Bulmershe College of Higher Education, Reading)
- 1995: MEd (Community Education) (Moray House College, Heriot-Watt University)
- 2009: Doctorate in Education, University of Edinburgh
Principal Interests
I
am interested in equity and anti-discrimination issues
and how these issues are taken forward in education
(school, community education and tertiary) and within
educational policy. I am particularly interested
in how individual educators take equity and anti-discrimination/inclusion
work forward in their practice and within their establishments.
Specific areas of interest include:
- multicultural and anti-racist education (school and tertiary education)
- teacher activism in areas of equity and anti-discrimination
- change agency within organizations, particularly in relation to equity and social justice
- mainstreaming equality issues into policy frameworks
- teacher education and particularly its role in developing critical thinkers
- social capital, diversity and equity
Research
Supervision
I am happy to supervise research under the headings above. I currently support doctoral students in the following areas:
- race equality and early years
- how organizations are achieving change in the area of equity and anti-discrimination
Biographical
Note
I started my professional life in the private sector in business and banking. I engaged in a major career change and took up a youth and community work course in Reading. I then worked with the Scottish Education and Action for Development as an Education and Campaigns Organiser looking at issues linking Scotland and the developing world. I then moved to become Director of the Multicultural Education Centre in Edinburgh and from there into teacher education. My EdD was an interpretive study of teacher activism in equity and anti-discrimination in Scotland. My thesis explored the factors that contribute to developing Scottish teachers' interest in issues of equity and anti-discrimination by examining relevant literature on professionalism and activism and through empirical investigation, using a life history approach. I teach on undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in the School
of Education but also contribute to other disciplines such as social work. I am currently Depute Head of Department for the Department of Educational
Studies and also Associate Dean for Student Academic Misconduct for the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. I also convene the University of Edinburgh's Race Equality Action Group.
Current and Recent Research
I am currently involved in two areas of personal academic research:
- Teacher
Education Students' Understanding of Social Justice
Issues with Laura Mitchell, Teaching Fellow,
School of Education, University of Edinburgh
- Teacher
Educator Perceptions on Equity, Inclusion and
Anti-Discrimination with Astrid Runs-Engelhart
(University of Applied Science, Hogeschool Rotterdam)
and Vibeke Solbue (University of Bergen, Norway)
Publications
Selected Publications
Chapters in Books:
Arshad, R. (2008)
'Race Equality in Scottish Education' in Scottish Education,
Ed. Bryce, T. G. K. & Humes, W. M., Edinburgh University Press.
Arshad, R. and Kelly, Elinor (2006)
'The Myth of the Egalitarian Society'
in
London, Ed. Hassan, Gerry, Gibb, Eddie & Howland, Lydia, p. 300, Demos Publications,
1-84180-138-0.
Journal Articles:
Arshad, R., Forbes,
J. and Catts, R. (2007) '
The Role of Social Capital in Scottish Educational
Policy'
Scottish Educational Review, Vol. 39 (2). P 127-137.
Research Reports:
Reporting on Progress Towards Equality of Opportunity Between Disabled Persona
and Others Persons Made by Public Authorities in Scotland (Scottish Government,
2008) - responsible for and contributing to chapters on:
-
Finance and Sustainable Growth
-
The Arts, Culture and Built Heritage
-
Justice
De Lima, P., Chaudhry, M.M., Whelton, R. and Arshad, R (2007) A Study of migrant workers in Grampian, Edinburgh: Communities Scotland.
 More
on the School's Publications Database
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