PhD in Higher Education Research, Evaluation and Enhancement: Tutors

Dr Paul Ashwin is a Senior Lecturer in Higher Education. His research is focused on teaching, learning and assessment in higher education and is drawn upon by researchers and educational and academic developers, from around the world. He is an experienced PhD supervisor having supervised more than 10 PhD students to successful completion and examined over 15 doctoral theses.

Professor Murray Saunders I am Director of HERE@Lancaster (Higher Education Centre for Research, Evaluation and enhancement) and professor of Evaluation in Education and Work. I have acted as a consultant to, and undertaken a wide range of evaluative research projects for, many Government and international agencies all over the world. I enjoy promoting and developing evaluation practice as past president and Council member of the UK Evaluation Society, Board member and past president of the European Evaluation Society, and currently vice president of the IOCE (International Organisation for Cooperation in Evaluation) Board. I am associate editor of the only European international multidisciplinary academic journal in the field of Evaluation. I have supervised to completion over 27 PhD students over the last 20 years in the areas of education policy change, education and work, evaluative research and learning through social practice.

Professor Malcolm Tight

Professor Paul Trowler is an experienced PhD supervisor and examiner, having supervised 17 PhDs to successful completion and been external examiner for 19 candidates in universities around the world. His work on policy and change in universities, on academic "tribes" and their territories and on the enhancement of teaching and learning is very well known in English-speaking countries, with his texts also being translated into numerous other languages.