Libby Ford
- PhD student
- Email: libby.ford17@bathspa.ac.uk
- Department: School of Education
- Campus: Newton Park
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Personal statement
Libby’s PhD topic examines the impact of University Technical Colleges in England. The study will focus on whether University Technical Colleges fulfil their own aims and objectives; whether University Technical Colleges challenge the tradition function of vocational education, in regards to gender, race and/or class. It will also focus on staff, student, parent, sponsor perspectives on employability and the role of so-called ‘employer-based pedagogy’.
She has worked within academy schools as well as alternative provisions, where she has become more interested in vocational education, preparedness for work and life skills.
Academic qualifications
- BSc (Hons) Social Sciences, University of Kent
- MEd Psychology of Education, University of Bristol
Thesis title
- The Impact of University Technical Colleges
Research interests
- Vocational and technical education
- Preparedness for work
- Life skills.
Research supervisors
- Professor Charlotte Chadderton
- Dr Richard Riddell