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Professor Stephen Gorard
Born
Professor Stephen A. C. Gorard
Alma materUniversity of Wales, Cardiff (PhD)
Scientific career
FieldsSociology of education
InstitutionsDurham University
University of Birmingham
ThesisSchool choice in an established market : families and fee-paying schools in South Wales. (1996)
Websitewww.durham.ac.uk/staff/s-a-c-gorard/

Stephen A. C. Gorard is a British academic who specialises in the sociology of education. He is Professor of Education and Public Policy at Durham University.[1][2] Stephen Gorard is the most published and cited [3] UK author in education, and in the top ten academic journals worldwide.[4]

Education

Gorard was educated at Cardiff University where he was awarded a PhD in 1996 for research into private and private (fee-paying) schools in Wales.[5]

Career and research

Gorard started his academic career in 1997, having been a secondary school teacher and leader, adult educator, computer analyst, and PhD student at Cardiff. He is Professor of Education and Public Policy, and Fellow of the Wolfson Research Institute, at Durham University.

His research has been funded by bodies including the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Brookings Institution, Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency (QCA), the Welsh Assembly, and the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF).[citation needed]

Gorard has given written and verbal evidence to various parliamentary select committees. He has contributed regularly stories and articles to all forms the media. including Times Educational Supplement.[citation needed] Gorard has been granted the title of Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.[when?] The British Educational Research Association (BERA) has included his work as one of the landmark studies that have had a significant impact on British educational policy and teaching practices.[6] He has also been a member of the ESRC Grant Assessment Panel for Education, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.[7]

He is the author of over 1,000 books, articles and chapters, and his work on educational inequality forms part of the A level Sociology syllabus.

Publications

His book publications include:

His journal articles include:

References

  1. ^ "Professor Stephen Gorard". School of Education. Durham University. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Stephen Gorard". The Conversation.
  3. ^ Tosun, Cemal (April 2022). "Trends of WoS educational research articles in the last half‐century". Review of Education. 10 (1). doi:10.1002/rev3.3328. ISSN 2049-6613.
  4. ^ Gorard, Stephen. "Stephen Gorard publications and citations analysis". exaly Search Engine. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
  5. ^ Gorard, Stephen A. C. (1996). School choice in an established market : families and fee-paying schools in South Wales. copac.jisc.ac.uk (PhD thesis). University of Wales. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.364340.
  6. ^ "40@40 – A portrait of 40 years of educational research through 40 studies". BERA. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  7. ^ "Staff Profile". Durham University. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
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