Dr Philip Woodward
Senior Lecturer in Education
Education and Inclusion
email: p.woodward@worc.ac.uk
tel: 01905 542043
Philip is the Course Leader for the MA Education. He joined the School of Education at Worcester in 2015, as a Senior Lecturer in Education. He brings extensive experience from both further and higher education.
In the higher education sector, Philip spent twelve years as an Associate Lecturer for The Open ºüÀêÊÓƵ working on a range of multidisciplinary social science courses. He has also contributed to the ºüÀêÊÓƵ of Greenwich Initial Teacher Education programme as an Associate Lecturer.
In the further education sector Philip spent nineteen years teaching Sociology in colleges in both London and Southampton on a range of courses. He also has extensive experience of managing curriculum teams, UCAS applications and pastoral provision.
Qualifications
- EdD (Open) The significance of cultural and social capital in university choice: intra-class differences amongst working-class students
- MA in Philosophy (Kent)
- MA in Film & Television Studies (Westminster)
- MEd in Lifelong Learning (Open)
- BA (Hons) Sociology & Social Anthropology (Hull)
- PgCert in Digital Education (Edinburgh)
- PGCE (FE) (Greenwich)
Teaching & Research
Postgraduate Teaching
- MAED4106 - Contemporary Issues in Education: Theory, Policy and Practice
- MAED4160 - Dissertation in Education
- MAED4703 - Enhancing Learning and Teaching Strategies
Undergraduate Teaching
- EDST1108 – Inner City Education
- EDST3002 – Education Studies Independent Study
- EDST3114 - Disaffection in Education
Research Interests
- Sociology of Education
- Intra-class differences in university choice and access to university
- Perceptions of locality and the influence of social and cultural capital
- The influence of familial exposure to Access education
- Access to elite HEIs
- Critical Theory
Professional Bodies
Member of the British Sociological Association Bourdieu Study Group
Publications
Woodward, P. (2021) Educational Review. ISSN Print: 0013-1911 Online: 1465-3397 (In Press)
Bradshaw, M., Jellis, M., Nyatanga, B., Renfree, A., Whitehouse, K. and Woodward, P. (2021) Supervising Master’s Dissertations: A guide to good practice. ºüÀêÊÓƵ of Worcester, Worcester.
Woodward, P. (2020) In: Handbook on Promoting Social Justice in Education. Springer Handbooks . Springer International, Cham, Switzerland, pp. 1229-1251. ISBN 9783030146245 (print) 9783319740782 (online)
Woodward, P. (2017) In: Understanding Inclusion: Core concepts, policy and practice. Routledge, Oxon, pp. 15-27. ISBN 9781138241688 Online: 9781315279893
Matheson, C. and Woodward, P. (2014) In: An Introduction to the Study of Education (4th Edition). Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon, pp. 244-276. ISBN Paperback: 9780415623100 eBook: 978023105450