Ms Rajvir Gill

Job: Lecturer

Faculty: Health and Life Sciences

School/department: School of Applied Social Sciences

Address: De Montfort University, The Gateway, Leicester, LE1 9BH, United Kingdom

T: +44 0116 2506274

E: rajvir.cheema@dmu.ac.uk

W: https://www.dmu.ac.uk

 

Personal profile

Rajvir Gill is a Lecturer in The Division of Education. Her teaching areas include social justice, child development, technology and issues in contemporary education. She completed her degree in Education Studies from De Montfort University and secured a scholarship from the programme and went to continue her Master’s in Education Practice. She joined the team in 2015 and has completed her PGCE in Post-Compulsory Education and Training.

Her research interests include social justice: race and gender, technology for educational purposes and assessment and supporting student transitions. Raj is currently working towards starting her PhD exploring the experiences of BAME women in academia.

Research interests/expertise

  • Race
  • Gender
  • Feminism
  • Technology
  • Student Transitions

Areas of teaching

  • Social Justice
  • Child Development
  • Issues in Education
  • Technology

Qualifications

  • BA (Hons) Education Studies
  • MA Education Practice
  • PGCE in Post-Compulsory Education and Training
  • HEA Fellow

Courses taught

  • EDUC 1110 Historical and Contemporary Issues in Education
  • Dissertation EDUC 3304

Professional licences and certificates

PGCE in Post-Compulsory Education and Training

Projects

Investigating the use of Eye Tracking Technology for Assessment

Part of DMU Research team supporting the ‘Hair Equality Report’ response to The Education Inspection Framework 2019

Case studies

Media Coverage for 'Hair Equality Report' 2019