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Dr Jennifer Roberts
School of Social Sciences, Education and Social WorkDr Roberts’ research is dedicated to all aspects of school improvement, including improving outcomes for pupils and improving the teaching and learning which takes place in classrooms. Through her work on reading and literacy development she has designed and implemented a number of interventions and evaluated these using a range of methods, including randomised controlled trails.
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Research Interests
Open to PhD applications in:
- Improving outcomes for pupils
- Issues related to primary education
- Teacher training
- International and private schools
- Literacy and reading
- Randomised controlled trials
Public outreach & key achievements
- Any project websites: https://www.qub.ac.uk/sites/readingtogether/
- Link to media story https://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/ssesw/Discover/News/Newsletter/
- My work has led to the development of new interventions designed to improve all aspects of the education of children and young people.
Research students
| Name | Thomas Hutchinson |
| Years of study | Northern Ireland2016-2020 |
| Country | |
| Name | Martina Carter |
| Years of study | 2016-2019 |
| Country | RoI |
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- Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
- School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work
- CESI