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Qualifications

• PhD, ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ of Worcester
• PGCert Research Methods (Distinction), ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ of Worcester
• PGCE, Jesus College, ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ of Cambridge
• MA (Oxon), Christ Church, ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ of Oxford

Awards

• Deputy Vice Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis
• Doctoral Studentship Award: full funding 

Teaching & Research

Doctoral Supervision

• Neil McKain: Humanism, Religious Education and the 1988 Education Act

Postgraduate teaching

• MAED4001 Research Methods
• MAED4460 Postgraduate Dissertation
• MAED4006 Contemporary Issues in Education: Theory, Policy and Practice
• MAED4041 Towards Inclusion: Partnership and Reflection
• MAED4047 Inclusion and Challenging Behaviour

Undergraduate teaching

• EDST1101 Foundations of Education
• EDST1105 Education in Context
• EDST3301/2 SEND3001/2 Independent Study

Research

• Teachers and teacher identity
• Teachers lives and commitments
• Philosophical foundations of research
• Research methods in education
• Historical research methods in education
• Oral history
• Secondary education
• Religion and education

Professional Bodies

Association of ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ Lecturers in Religion and Education (AULRE)

Publications

Papers

Russell, E. (2019) ‘RE past, present and future: insights from oral history’. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Association of ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ Lecturers in Religion and Education (AULRE), Newman ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ, Birmingham, 9-10 May.  

Russell, E. (2017) ‘A Teachers History of Religious Education, c.1960-1979’. Presented at the Religion and Education Research Interest Group, ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ of Worcester.

Russell, E. (2015) ‘Who is an RE Professional? Being an RE teacher in 1970s Birmingham: an oral history’. Presented at the Teacher Professionalization and the Professional Quality of Religious Education International Symposium, ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ of Exeter.

Russell, E. (2014) ‘History and Theory’. Presented at the History of Religions and Education Seminar Series, ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ of Worcester.

Russell, E. (2011) ‘Religious Education in Historical Perspective’. Presented at the European Educational Research Association (EERA) Histories of Education Summer School Conference, ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ of Birmingham.

Russell, E. (2011) ‘Testimony and Religious Education Teachers: a historical and philosophical perspective’. Presented at the ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ of Worcester Research Student Conference, ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ of Worcester.

Russell, E. (2010) ‘Privileging the voice of the teacher in the historiography of religious education’. Presented at the History of Education Society Annual Conference, London.

Research Dissemination and Regional Engagement

A Teachers History of Religious Education. Interview with Dr. Carl Chinn, BBC Radio WM, Sunday 20 May 2012

Inspire: Celebrating Excellence in Research, Research Student Profile, ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ of Worcester, Spring 2012

External Responsibilities

• Reviews Editor, Journal of Beliefs and Values: Studies in Religion and Education (Taylor & Francis)
• Peer Reviewer, History of Education Researcher

Professional Activities (UW)

• Research Ethics Panel member, College B (2019)
• Subject adviser, PGCE Religious Education (2014)
• Postgraduate student admissions interviewer, PGCE Religious Education (2015)
• Conference convenor, ‘Learners and Leaders in Education’, Inaugural School of Education Postgraduate Research Conference (2014) 
• Research Knowledge Transfer Sub-Committee member, School of Education (2010 - 2014)

Course Writing & Development (UW)

• MA Education, Revalidation (2018/19)
• BA Religion, Philosophy & Values in Education (2015/16)
• PGCE Religious Education (2014/15)