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Rhian Barrance

Dr Rhian Barrance

Lecturer

School of Social Sciences

Email
BarranceR@cardiff.ac.uk
Telephone
+44 29206 88723
Campuses
Glamorgan Building, King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff, CF10 3WA
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Welsh speaking

Overview

I am Director of the WISERD Education Multi-Cohort Study and a Lecturer at the School of Social Sciences, where I teach on education and sociology modules.

My research interests include children's rights, assessment and equity in education. I am also interested in children’s social movements and environmental action. I was recently an advisor on the Teach the Future's Curriculum for a Changing Climate: a track changes review of the  national curriculum for England. I am currently working on a project on children and young people's activism in Wales with colleagues at Cardiff. 

During my time at Cardiff I have completed two projects for the Children's Commissioner for Wales, including an evidence review on the human rights of children in Wales.

Prior to joining Cardiff University, I completed my PhD in Education at the Centre for Children's Rights, Queen's University Belfast. This was a mixed-methods project which used a children's rights approach to identify students' views and experiences of GCSEs and their reform in Northern Ireland and Wales. While completing my doctorate I worked as a Research Fellow on a University of Oxford and Queen's University Belfast project investigating the predictability of Leaving Certificate examinations in the Republic of Ireland.

Additional advisory roles:

  • Advisor for UK's PISA 2025 Team
  • Advisor for Teach the Future's Curriculum for a Changing Climate: a track changes review of the national curriculum for England
  • Cardiff University rep on the Equity & Inclusion Collaborative Research Network which was established to support the Welsh National Strategy for Educational Research and Enquiry.
  • Editorial board member for the Welsh Encyclopaedia of Social Sciences (Esboniadur Gwyddorau Cymdeithasol). 
  • Trustee of Play Wales

Publication

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Biography

Education and qualifications

2012-2016: PhD Education, Centre for Children's Rights, Queen's University Belfast

2010-2011: PGCE Secondary English, Cardiff Metropolitan University

2008-2009: MA Medieval British Studies, Cardiff University

2005-2008: BA English Language and Literature, University of Oxford

Supervisions

Current supervision

Darius Klibavicius

Darius Klibavicius

Research student