Projects per year
Personal profile
Research interests
Background
I have worked in education since 2002, largely in sub-Saharan Africa and other low-resource contexts. Before joining Bristol I worked at the University of Cambridge, where I helped establish the African Education Research Database (AERD) which is an online catalogue of research by African-based academics.
I have a broad interest in schooling in Africa, and particularly in pedagogy and leadership for disadvantaged learners. My PhD research was an ethnographic study of the agendas, participation and influence of different stakeholder groups at a government primary school in Tigray, Ethiopia.
Supervision
I am interested in supervising masters and PhD projects on education in Africa or elsewhere, with a particular focus on:
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Educational leadership – school-level participation in evaluation and decision-making processes, including through student voice
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School and classroom-level approaches to promoting access, learning for disadvantaged groups
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Policies relating to teachers and teaching in non-Western contexts
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Ethnographic approaches to research in educational settings
External positions
Research Associate, REAL Centre, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge
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Network
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Projects
- 1 Active
Transforming Education Systems for Sustainable Development (TES4SD) Network Plus
1/11/18 → 31/10/22
Project: Research
Research Output
Education research in sub-Saharan Africa: Quality, visibility and agendas
Mitchell, R., Rose, P. & Asare, S., 14 Jul 2020, In : Comparative Education Review. 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal)
Promoting meaningful and equitable relationships? Exploring the UK’s Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) funding criteria from the perspectives of African partners
Grieve, T. & Mitchell, R., 29 May 2020, In : European Journal of Development Research. 2020Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal)
Understanding the external social benefits of higher education in Ethiopia: An empirical and contextual analysis using Young Lives
Sabates, R., Zhao, V. Y., Mitchell, R. & Ilie, S., 3 Aug 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : Journal of Education Finance.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal)