Education

Education is a freely accessible, full-text, peer-reviewed, international journal that seeks out clear and significant contributions that further debate on educational issues. Education is interpreted in a wide manner and includes human development, learning, school education, formal and informal education, vocational education, industry training and lifelong learning. Articles are published from teachers, administrators, professors, graduate students, policy-makers, and education specialists.

Tina Byrom

Editorial Board Member of Education

Lecturer, Nottingham Trent University, UK

Research Areas

Social Justice, Widening Participation, Pupil Voice, Student Identity

Education

2008Ph.DThe University of Nottingham
2003MA in Research Methods The University of Nottingham
2002MA in Educational ManagementThe University of Nottingham
1991PGCE Secondary The University of London
1990BA (Hons) MusicCambridge College of Arts and Technology

Experience

2008-presentSenior Lecturer in Educational Developmen
2006-2008Research Associate (FT then PT): The University of Nottingham
2007-2008Research Associate (PT): Loughborough University
1999-2001Head of Music/Music Technology: Bilborough College, Nottingham
1998-1999Part Time Teacher of Music: Chilwell Comprehensive School, Nottingham
1997-1998Head of Music: The Ecclesbourne School, Duffield, Derby
1996-1997Acting Head of Music: Woodford Lodge School, Cheshire
1991-1997Head of Music/Music Tuition: Chilwell Comprehensive School, Nottingham

Publications: Journals

[1]  Byrom, T., (forthcoming) Children's Lives, Children's Futures: A study of children starting secondary school (Book Review). British Education Research Journal.
[2]  Byrom, T. (2007). Making Modern Lives: Subjectivity, Schooling, and Social Change (Book Review). British Educational Research Journal, 33 (2): 276-277
[3]  British Educational Research Journal, 33 (2): 276-277
[4]  Thomson P, Ellison, L, Byrom, T, and Bullman, D. (2007). Invisible labour: home school relations and the front office. Gender and Education. Vol. 19 (2): 141-158
[5]  Thomson, P., Ellison, L., Byrom, T., Bullman, D., with Davies, L., 2004. An investigation into Queries that School Offices receive from Parents and Carers, DfES, ISBN:1 84478 309 X

Publications: Conferences/Workshops/Symposiums

[1]  Sept 2011:Transformation or Transgression? The influence of institutional habitus on student identity (European Conference on Educational Research: Berlin)
[2]  July 2011:Transformation or Transgression? Working class students and higher education experiences (International Conference in Education: Samos)
[3]  April 2008:Understanding Teenage Pregnancy. (CREDE Seminar: The University of Nottingham)
[4]  Sept 2007: It's all about the status: Working class students and HE choice. (BERA: London)Teenage Mums: It's not like that (BERA: London)
[5]  April 2007:Understanding HE Choice: A Bourdieuian Perspective. (CREDE Seminar: The University of Nottingham)
[6]  Dec 2006:'Oxbridge isn't for me, but I don't want to go to a little crummy university': Social class, higher education choice and the paradox of widening participation (SRHE: Brighton)
[7]  Sept 2006:'It feels like home': working class students and elite universities (BERA: Warwick)
[8]  May 2006:Photos and memory boxes: useful exploratory tool or interpretive nightmare? (Pupil Voice Conference: University of Nottingham)
[9]  April 2006: 'I don't want to go to a crummy little university': working class students and higher education choice (AERA: San Francisco)
[10]  Sept 2005:Distinction: The process of university choice (BERA: Glamorgan) Struggling with class (BERA: Glamorgan)
[11]  Jan 2005: Involving Pupils, Parents and Communities in School Improvement: what difference does it make? (ICSEI: Barcelona)
[12]  Sept 2004: Parental Involvement in Schools: A class issue? (Conference: The University of Nottingham)
[13]  June 2003:The Emotional Costs of Education (Conference: The University of Nottingham)

Publications: Books/Book Chapters

[1]  Thomson, P., Byrom, T., Robinson, C. and Russell, L. (2010). Learning about journal publication: The pedagogies of editing a 'special issue'. In Aitchison, C., Kamler, B. and Lee, A. (eds.) Publishing Pedagogies for the Doctorate and Beyond. London: Routledge (Chapter 9)
[2]  Byrom, T. (2009). 'I don't want to go to a crummy little university': social class, higher education choice and the paradox of widening participation. Improving Schools, 12 (3): 209-224
[3]  Byrom, T., (forthcoming) Children's Lives, Children's Futures: A study of children starting secondary school (Book Review). British Education Research Journal.
[4]  Byrom, T. (2007). Children at the Margins: Supporting children, supporting schools (Book Review). Improving Schools, 10 (1): 102-104
[5]  Byrom, T. (2007). Making Modern Lives: Subjectivity, Schooling, and Social Change (Book Review). British Educational Research Journal, 33 (2): 276-277