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Sian Ephgrave is a Lecturer in Education at the University of Bath and a Lecturer in Community Engagement at the University of Bristol. She holds the position of Deputy Director of Studies for the MA Education distance learning program at Bath. Her research focuses on educational wellbeing, radical democracy, and Foucauldian/Deweyan perspectives on schooling. She has taught postgraduate courses on research methodology, assessment, and educational futures, as well as undergraduate units on educational equality and youth transitions.
Her doctoral work explored the dysbeing of secondary English teachers in England, informed by her prior experience as a secondary English teacher (2003-2015). She advocates for emancipatory education through play-based and self-directed learning approaches. Key interests include curriculum design, poetic inquiry, and the role of arts in education.
Ephgrave led a research project (2018–2023) titled 'The dysbeing and wellbeing of secondary English teachers: a co-creative, poetic inquiry', funded by the Research council. Her publications (2022) address topics like curriculum freedom, inclusion strategies, and mathematics teaching methodologies in early years education.
Her work aligns with UN Sustainable Development Goals related to quality education and equitable learning opportunities. She actively engages in co-creative inquiry methods and relational ontology frameworks in educational research.
