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Prof Jannette Elwood

Prof Jannette Elwood BSc, MA, PhD
Professor of Education
j.elwood@qub.ac.uk

Tel: +44 28 9097 5967

Director: Assessment and Learning Research Cluster

Research Interests:
Examinations and assessment  - the social consequences of assessment, testing and examinations; socio-cultural approaches to understanding the impact of assessment on students' lives; children's rights and assessment; gender and its interaction with assessment techniques and practices; theoretical and methodological issues in educational assessment research and practice.

Prof Elwood would be interested in hearing from prospective students interested in pursuing doctoral level study in the broad area of assessment and testing and/or of the above research areas.

Major Appointments:
Expert Panel Member for Teaching, Learning and Assessment
Research Council of Norway
UTDANNING 2020 Education Research Programme

Chair of Research Committee and Council Trustee
Assessment and Qualifications Alliance (AQA)

Vice President (2004 – 2006) Association of Educational Assessment-Europe

Current Research Projects:
Centre Research Study: 14-19 Reforms: A 5-year study of the impact of the 14-19 Educational Reforms on Schools and Colleges in England (2009-2014)
Funders: Qualification and Curriculum Authority (QCA) England;
Partner: Prof. Jo-Anne Baird, Graduate School of Education Bristol University.

A study of assessment and reporting reform:  how teachers develop, share, and apply knowledge of standards-referenced assessment and reporting through moderation (2006 – 2009)
Funders: Australian Research Council
Partners: Prof Val Klenowski, Queensland University of Technology, Prof Claire Wyatt-Smith Griffith University Queensland, Australia Dr Anne Looney, National Council for Curriculum and Assessment, Dublin, Ireland.

Conference presentations 2009:
IAEA – Brisbane, Australia 13 – 18 September 2009
AEA-Europe, Malta 5-7 November 2009
Conference, European Presidency Conference on Gender and Achievement, Uppsala, Sweden, 16-18 November 2009.

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