Wood, Margaret

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Name:

Wood, Margaret

Email:

M.Wood@yorksj.ac.uk

Department:

School of Education, Language and Psychology

Organisation:

York St John University

Address:

York St John University Lord Mayor’s Walk York, YO31 7EX

Country:

United Kingdom

Biography

Expertise:

Qualitative research methodologies, Higher Education research

Job title:

Senior Lecturer

Biography:

During my professional career I have worked in three universities including York St John University which I joined in 2004 as Head of Programme for taught post graduate programmes in Education. I teach on both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in the School of Education and supervise doctoral researchers. I also have overseas experience teaching the Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice (PCAP) in Bahrain and I was a member of a team evaluating a professional development programme for teachers in Qatar. I have a strong track record of research and publications and have presented papers at conferences both nationally and internationally. I have been an External Examiner for Master’s degree courses at five UK universities and have examined doctoral students at universities more...

Qualifications:

I studied as an undergraduate at the University of Leeds after which I completed a PGCE, a Master’s degree in Education and a PhD (University of Manchester).

My Latest

Clare, Isobel, Swain, Spencer ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2191-0041, Wood, Margaret ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5067-1978, Dobson, Tom ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5354-9150, Gillet, Adam, Lightfoot, Rob, Lowe, Hilary, Haines Lyon, Charlotte ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8341-744X, McCarthy, Ann, Walker, Emma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4494-8093 and Wheatley, Rebecca (2025) In their own words: removing barriers for ‘more able’ disadvantaged students in secondary schools - Scoping Review. Project Report. York St John University.
Pennington, Andrew, Meredith, Margaret ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4541-3821, Wood, Margaret ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5067-1978, Swain, Spencer ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2191-0041, Su, Feng and Jagdev, Manjinder (2025) Developing Sustainable Education through Knowledge Justice. Project Report. York St John University. (Unpublished)
García-Lázaro, Irene ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9818-6170, Su, Feng ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0317-4033 and Wood, Margaret ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5067-1978 (2025) ‘Being a teacher is different from working as a teacher’: evaluating pre-service primary school teachers’ practicum experiences in a Spanish context. Professional Development in Education. pp. 1-17.
Wood, Margaret ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5067-1978, Su, Feng and Pennington, Andrew (2024) COVID-19 pandemic and the mental health and well-being of secondary school children. European Educational Research Association academic blog.
Su, Feng ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0317-4033, Wood, Margaret ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5067-1978 and Pennington, Andrew (2024) “The new normal isn’t normal”: to what extent has the Covid-19 pandemic affected secondary school children’s mental health and wellbeing in the North of England? Educational Review. pp. 1-21.
Pennington, Andrew, Feng, Su and Wood, Margaret ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5067-1978 (2024) Academisation, neoliberal technologies of governance and the rapid growth of multi-academy trusts (MATs) in England. Cambridge Journal of Education, 54 (4). pp. 517-533.
Wood, Margaret ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5067-1978, Su, Feng and Pennington, Andrew (2024) Research Briefing Paper: The Effect of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Young People’s Mental Health. Discussion Paper. Not applicable. (Unpublished)
Taslibeyaz, Elif, Su, Feng and Wood, Margaret ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5067-1978 (2024) GenZ – the new generation of university students and implications for academic practice. European Educational Research Association.
Walker, Emma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4494-8093, Pennington, Andrew, Wood, Margaret ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5067-1978 and Su, Feng (2023) Lived experiences of educators and leaders in multi-academy trusts in England: The colonisation of schools, the erosion of community engagement and the need for alternative futures. Research in Education.
Pennington, Andrew, Su, Feng and Wood, Margaret ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5067-1978 (2023) ‘Untangling the entangled knot’: A critical and genealogical examination of multi-academy trusts’ (MATs) ideologies, power and governance in England. International Studies in Sociology of Education, 33 (3). pp. 323-344.

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2	Pre-figurative practice and the educational leadership of Sir Alec Clegg in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England (1945-1974)	246	156
3	Research Briefing Paper: The Effect of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Young People’s Mental Health	208	64
4	‘Closer to the ground’: issues of pupil ‘voice’ and the development of knowledge about schools	180	128
5	Cosmopolitan perspectives on academic leadership in higher education	174
6	In a silent way: student perceptions of silence in community	173	170
7	The Use of Dialogue in Professional Learning in Higher Education	159	126
8	What makes an excellent lecturer? Academics’ perspectives on the discourse of ‘teaching excellence’ in higher education	158	1032
9	Extending boundaries: young people as action researchers	151	13
10	Relational pedagogy in higher education: what might it look like in practice and how do we develop it?	129	121