University of Glasgow International Educational Consultancy
Innovation in Learning
The University of Glasgow’s International Educational Consultancy is a specialist centre in the Faculty of Education working nationally and internationally with central government, education authorities, schools and other public bodies to improve the quality of education.
Professors Kay Livingston and Professor Vivienne Baumfield, are the Directors of the International Educational Consultancy and they both have extensive experience of leading research and consultancy projects in the UK and in a number of countries around the world. Working with staff from the University they are able to design, organise and deliver research and professional development programmes to meet the demands of learning and teaching in the 21st century.
The staff have experience leading policy-related research and evaluation projects and providing consultancy in pedagogy, curriculum, leadership and organisational change. Areas of particular expertise include:
- International education
- Intercultural education
- Global citizenship
- Teacher education
- School improvement
- School self-evaluation
- Practitioner enquiry
- Assessment
- Values education
- Drugs education
- Parental involvement in education through home/school links
- Technology in education
- Science, engineering and mathematics