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Biography
Before joining King’s, Emma taught for more than 10 years in London primary schools. Since then, she has collaborated on research projects here at the School of Education, Communication & Society and at UCL Institute of Education.
Research
- Teachers’ lives and teacher wellbeing
- Teacher retention and teacher identity
- Urban primary school education and education policy
- Postgraduate student learning experiences and learner identities
Teaching
Emma teaches across the MA Education & Society programmes in ECS and she also teaches on the PGCE.
She convenes the following modules:
- Education, Policy and the City (MA Education, Policy and Society)
- Social Context in Education (MA Education, Policy and Society)
- Intercultural Education in International Schools (MA International Education)
Further information
For publications and further information please see Emma's PURE research profile.
Research
![women at wokr](/newimages/sspp/giwl/news/women-at-wokr.x74a00950.jpg?width=380&height=215&fit=crop&f=webp)
Centre for Public Policy Research (CPPR)
The Centre for Public Policy Research is an interdisciplinary research centre research developing critical analyses of social change and social in/justice in education and other policy arenas, sectors and contexts to inform national and international policy debate, social activism, and personal, professional and organisational learning.
![School classroom student and teacher](/newimages/sspp/ecs/projects/school-classroom-student-and-teacher.x2ce35ea7.jpg?w=780&h=517&crop=780,440,0,31&width=380&height=215&fit=crop&f=webp)
Sustaining teacher quality and retention post-pandemic
This project examines the impact of the substantial changes and sustained disruption caused by Covid-19 to the development of secondary school teachers.
Project status: Completed
![Mili Emma research team full](/newimages/sspp/ecs/main/mili-emma-research-team-full.xfba0dd96.png?width=380&height=215&fit=crop&f=webp)
Postgraduate student experience: identity, belonging and attainment
A qualitative study of how postgraduate student identity impacts their teaching & learning experiences, their sense of belonging and their academic attainment.
Project status: Ongoing
News
ECS academics and PhD students to share their expertise at the 2023 BERA annual conference
Researchers from across the School of Education, Communication & Society (ECS) will be presenting papers, sharing research findings, and leading symposia and...
![Sara Black speaking at event with audience members in the background.](/newimages/sspp/ecs/main/sara-black-speaking-at-event.x4d2ec0cd.jpg?w=780&h=520&crop=780,440,0,40&f=webp)
Research-informed primer book for teachers now up-to-date with latest educational issues
The School of Education, Communication & Society (ECS) at King’s College London has come together to celebrate the publication of the 6th edition of Becoming...
![BAT book launch coeditors](/newimages/sspp/ecs/events/bat-book-launch-coeditors.x5cab5a41.png?crop=780,440,0,40&f=webp)
Key resource for new teachers now updated with contemporary issues in education
The sixth edition of Becoming a Teacher – Issues in Secondary Education has been published, now including new chapters on recent educational issues.
![BAT book launch coeditors](/newimages/sspp/ecs/events/bat-book-launch-coeditors.x5cab5a41.png?crop=780,440,0,40&f=webp)
Features
A book, a business, and a Master's degree: just the start of the journey
Onyinye Udokporo (MA Education, Policy and Society 2020) started a tutoring business at age 12, won Student of the Year at King’s College London and was named...
![woman showing something on computer to man - by desola lanre ologun - 1903x558](/newimages/sspp/ecs/feature/woman-showing-something-on-computer-to-man-by-desola-lanre-ologun-1903x558.x4b339e3f.jpg?f=webp)
Research
![women at wokr](/newimages/sspp/giwl/news/women-at-wokr.x74a00950.jpg?width=380&height=215&fit=crop&f=webp)
Centre for Public Policy Research (CPPR)
The Centre for Public Policy Research is an interdisciplinary research centre research developing critical analyses of social change and social in/justice in education and other policy arenas, sectors and contexts to inform national and international policy debate, social activism, and personal, professional and organisational learning.
![School classroom student and teacher](/newimages/sspp/ecs/projects/school-classroom-student-and-teacher.x2ce35ea7.jpg?w=780&h=517&crop=780,440,0,31&width=380&height=215&fit=crop&f=webp)
Sustaining teacher quality and retention post-pandemic
This project examines the impact of the substantial changes and sustained disruption caused by Covid-19 to the development of secondary school teachers.
Project status: Completed
![Mili Emma research team full](/newimages/sspp/ecs/main/mili-emma-research-team-full.xfba0dd96.png?width=380&height=215&fit=crop&f=webp)
Postgraduate student experience: identity, belonging and attainment
A qualitative study of how postgraduate student identity impacts their teaching & learning experiences, their sense of belonging and their academic attainment.
Project status: Ongoing
News
ECS academics and PhD students to share their expertise at the 2023 BERA annual conference
Researchers from across the School of Education, Communication & Society (ECS) will be presenting papers, sharing research findings, and leading symposia and...
![Sara Black speaking at event with audience members in the background.](/newimages/sspp/ecs/main/sara-black-speaking-at-event.x4d2ec0cd.jpg?w=780&h=520&crop=780,440,0,40&f=webp)
Research-informed primer book for teachers now up-to-date with latest educational issues
The School of Education, Communication & Society (ECS) at King’s College London has come together to celebrate the publication of the 6th edition of Becoming...
![BAT book launch coeditors](/newimages/sspp/ecs/events/bat-book-launch-coeditors.x5cab5a41.png?crop=780,440,0,40&f=webp)
Key resource for new teachers now updated with contemporary issues in education
The sixth edition of Becoming a Teacher – Issues in Secondary Education has been published, now including new chapters on recent educational issues.
![BAT book launch coeditors](/newimages/sspp/ecs/events/bat-book-launch-coeditors.x5cab5a41.png?crop=780,440,0,40&f=webp)
Features
A book, a business, and a Master's degree: just the start of the journey
Onyinye Udokporo (MA Education, Policy and Society 2020) started a tutoring business at age 12, won Student of the Year at King’s College London and was named...
![woman showing something on computer to man - by desola lanre ologun - 1903x558](/newimages/sspp/ecs/feature/woman-showing-something-on-computer-to-man-by-desola-lanre-ologun-1903x558.x4b339e3f.jpg?f=webp)