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Vikki Smith is a Lecturer in the Department of Education and Childhood within the Faculty of Education and Society at the University of Sunderland. Her research focuses on critical workforce challenges in education systems, particularly examining structural and policy-driven barriers in teacher recruitment and retention.
Her primary research interests span Education Policy, Teacher Recruitment, and Workforce Retention within further education contexts. Through comparative analysis of international frameworks, she investigates systemic solutions for sustaining qualified teaching staff in vocational and skills-based educational environments. Her work emphasizes practical policy interventions derived from cross-national case studies.
Smith's 2024 publication in Education and Training represents her core research trajectory, analyzing global patterns in teacher shortages. The study synthesizes evidence from multiple countries to identify transferable retention strategies, highlighting how cultural, economic, and institutional factors interact in the further education sector.
While no formal awards or student supervision records are publicly documented in available sources, her research contributes to urgent debates about educational workforce sustainability. Her methodological approach combines policy analysis with empirical fieldwork to generate actionable insights for educational administrators and policymakers.
