Qualifications
- BA
- MA
- PGCert
- PhD / DPhil
- PGDip
Summary
In addition to being the Academic Lead for Education Studies and TESOL in the School of Education, Sarah is also the Programme Director for the Online Masters in Education, supervises a range of PhD and EdD students and is the PI on two externally funded international research projects. Sarah is also leading the team developing the Global Competence Framework for the University of Hull.
Nationally, Sarah is the outgoing Vice Chair at the professional Association for Information Technology in Teacher Education (now TPE), which liaises with the UK government and other national agencies on technology and policy in education.
Internationally, Sarah is the RDC Chair on Global Education at the Association of Teacher Education in Europe (ATEE). She is also the Founder and Trustee of the Education Futures Collaboration, a professional charity for educators at all levels across the international stage, who wish to work collaboratively to improve the quality of education worldwide through evidence-based research (see www.MESHGuides.org).
She also has considerable experience and interest in working in rural communities in sub-Saharan Africa.
In 1997, Sarah was a member of the successful First All-Female Expedition to the Geographic North Pole via the Canadian Arctic and subsequently received the 1997 UK Woman of the Year Award.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals:
SDG 4 - Quality Education
SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
SDG 17 - Partnership for the Goals
Book Chapter
Journal Article
Effectiveness of biomarker-guided duration of antibiotic treatment in children hospitalised with confirmed or suspected bacterial infection: the BATCH RCT
Waldron, C. A., Pallmann, P., Schoenbuchner, S., Harris, D., Brookes-Howell, L., Mateus, C., Bernatoniene, J., Cathie, K., Faust, S. N., Henley, J., Hinds, L., Hood, K., Huang, C., Jones, S., Kotecha, S., Milosevic, S., Nabwera, H., Patel, S., Paulus, S., Powell, C. V., …Carrol, E. D. (2025). Effectiveness of biomarker-guided duration of antibiotic treatment in children hospitalised with confirmed or suspected bacterial infection: the BATCH RCT. Health Technology Assessment, 29(16), 1-125. https://doi.org/10.3310/MBVA3675
Research interests
Sarah’s main research interest is in the field of Global Education, including Global Citizenship, Global Competence, Education for Sustainable Development, Regenerative Education, Planetary Citizenship and the like. As a research-practitioner, she is interested in ‘shifting pedagogies’ which can be disaggregated into three areas of focus which are interlinked and have enabled her to win external funding for international research projects. Her research investigates the way emerging Global Education pedagogies are transforming teaching practices, student learning experiences and educational opportunities in different contexts, locally, nationally and internationally. Her own PhD investigated the notion of pedagogic shift and transformational change in international partnerships and collaborations.
Three Interlinked Research Interests:
Global Education, Global Citizenship, Global Competence, Education for Sustainable Development, Regenerative Education
Translational Research in Education
Education and Community Engagement in Sub-Saharan Africa
ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6218-0882
Lead investigator
Project
Funder
Grant
Started
Status
Project
Global Competence in Teacher Education
Funder
European Commission
Grant
£90,971.31
Started
1 September 2019
Status
Ongoing
Project
Building a Research Infrastructure for School Teachers
Funder
European Commission
Grant
£69,589.00
Started
1 September 2019
Status
Ongoing
Project
GCRF 2019 PPF17: Enabling scalability of the reading to learn methodology in STEM education using video observations in South African township schools
Funder
University of Hull
Grant
£13,089.12
Started
1 February 2019
Status
Complete
Project
Erasmus - International Skills Inventory and Training Programme for Global Citizens
Funder
European Commission
Grant
£154,616.25
Started
1 September 2015
Status
Complete
Project
QR - GCRF - PPF12 - Understanding the transformational potential of Community Engagement Projects within a South African educational landscape
Funder
University of Hull
Grant
£11,845.68
Started
1 December 2019
Status
Complete
Co-investigator
Project
Funder
Grant
Started
Status
Project
Learning without borders (Thailand)
Funder
British Council
Grant
£45,200.00
Started
1 March 2017
Status
Complete
Project
Designing and Evaluating Innovative Mobile Pedagogies
Funder
British Council
Grant
£116,950.83
Started
1 September 2017
Status
Complete
Postgraduate supervision
Sarah welcomes applications associated with:
Global Education
Global Citizenship
Global Competence
Education for Sustainable Development
Regenerative Education
Intercultural Competence
Planetary Citizenship
Cosmopolitanism
Cultural Intelligence