Professor Meg Maguire
Professor of Sociology of Education
Research interests
- Education
Biography
Meg's research is in the sociology of education, urban education and policy. She has a long-standing interest in the lives of teachers and has explored issues of class, race, gender and age in teachers' social and professional worlds.
Meg has conducted ESRC-funded research into the experiences of minority ethnic trainee teachers, post-compulsory transitions and multi-agency policy in challenging school exclusion in urban primary schools.
For further information please see Meg's research staff profile.
Teaching
- MA Education, Policy & Society
- MA Child Studies
- MPhil/PhD research training programme
International links
- Visiting Professor at Victoria University, Melbourne, 2013- 2016.
- Member of international support group for the New Zealand based ‘Research, Analysis and Insight into National Standards’ (RAINS) Project, led by Professor Martin Thrupp, Waikato University NZ.
- Honorary Professor at The Education University of Hong Kong, 2021-2023.
Research
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.
Opportunity, equality and agency in England's new VET landscape: a longitudinal study of post-16 transitions (Young Lives, Young Futures)
How England's vocational education and training (VET) system could better support the school to work transitions of young people who don’t go to university.
Project status: Ongoing
News
Joint supervisors win Faculty Supervisory Excellence Awards
Dr Emma Towers and Professor Meg Maguire have jointly won the Supervisory Excellence Award 2024 for the Faculty of Social Science and Public Policy.
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...
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...
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.
£2.2m grant for new education and careers research project
A new research project focusing on school to work transitions of young people who don’t go to university has been awarded a £2.2 million grant by the Economic...
Campaigner Melissa Benn sparks an engaging education debate
Melissa Benn’s rousing speech about the current state of education in England lecture drew almost 200 members of the public, King’s students, alumni and staff...
Events
What role does education research play in teacher education? A celebration of ‘Becoming a Teacher’
This book launch will celebrate the publication of Becoming A Teacher and include a panel discussion on the role of education research in teacher training..
Please note: this event has passed.
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...
Research
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.
Opportunity, equality and agency in England's new VET landscape: a longitudinal study of post-16 transitions (Young Lives, Young Futures)
How England's vocational education and training (VET) system could better support the school to work transitions of young people who don’t go to university.
Project status: Ongoing
News
Joint supervisors win Faculty Supervisory Excellence Awards
Dr Emma Towers and Professor Meg Maguire have jointly won the Supervisory Excellence Award 2024 for the Faculty of Social Science and Public Policy.
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...
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...
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.
£2.2m grant for new education and careers research project
A new research project focusing on school to work transitions of young people who don’t go to university has been awarded a £2.2 million grant by the Economic...
Campaigner Melissa Benn sparks an engaging education debate
Melissa Benn’s rousing speech about the current state of education in England lecture drew almost 200 members of the public, King’s students, alumni and staff...
Events
What role does education research play in teacher education? A celebration of ‘Becoming a Teacher’
This book launch will celebrate the publication of Becoming A Teacher and include a panel discussion on the role of education research in teacher training..
Please note: this event has passed.
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...