Professor Robert Hulme
Head of School of Teacher Education and Professional Development
My profile
Biography
Expert reviewer for external funding bodies
Reviewer of papers submitted to the following journals:
Global Social Policy
Social Policy and Society
Journal of Social Policy
Reviewer of book proposals for the following publishers:
RoutledgeFalmer
Open University Press
Cass
• External Examiner ,PhD thesis, The Far Right in the East Midlands 2000-2008, Coventry University
• External Examiner to the Ed D taught programme Manchester Metropolitan University 2012-present
• External Examiner BA Politics , Coventry university 2009 -2012
• External Examiner for ED D Thesis Liverpool John Moores University 2011
• External Examiner for PhD theses at the University of York and McMaster University Canada 2005/ 6
• Internal Examiner MMU for 4 PhD thesis ( 2002-2006)
• Internal Examiner PhD thesis University of Chester 2007
• External Examiner for all undergraduate politics courses at the University of Coventry (2008-2010).
• External Reviewer, Department of Education and Social Sciences, University of Central Lancashire 2007
• External Advisor to Coventry University’s research committee 2005-10
• Internal Examiner for PhD student Department of Applied Community Studies MMU May 2003
• Visiting Scholar : Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University USA Centre for Public Policy March – April 1999
Consultancy and advisory roles
Consultancy Work
I have been invited in a consultancy capacity to provide training and/or give presentations (and in some cases keynote addresses) by a number of organisations, principally on the subjects of policy transfer and inter or multi-professional working. These have included:
Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service
CWDC
North of England Education Conference (NEEC)
Tomorrow’s Child: ongoing consultancy for multi-professional leadership development with D. Cracknell Cheshire County Council)
Global Social Policy Association (GAASP)
ESRC Teacher Education Research Network
STAKES (Finnish Government Social Policy Research Unit)
University of Helsinki
Udmurt State University (Russian Federation)
BBC
Impact
Policy Making Role
Vice Chair of Mental Health for Cumbria CCG Partnerships 2015-17 ( Chair from 2017-)
Research outputs
My research interests fall into two main areas:
• The international movement of ideas and practices in education and social policy
This has been my main focus for research activity to date and reflects my interest in the ways in which agendas in education and social policy travel, or are transferred around the globe. My work in this area has involved playing a significant part in the development of internationally recognised and world leading work on policy transfer and global social policy. My work in this field has examined the impact of ideas from the USA on policy development in the UK on higher education reform, the development of the evidence movement in education and the reform of professional education in Russia. My work in this field examines the relationship between research evidence, policy and practice in education and social policy. I am also exploring the issue of value in international education with colleagues at Glasgow, Coventry and Ibadan.
• Interagency working and trans-professionalism
This is an area of work that I have developed over the past 7 years. It has been influenced by my previous research in that I have examined the global movement of ideas and practices in inter and multi agency work. It has also been shaped by my experience in building research capacities between academics across the social sciences and teacher educators and social work educators at Manchester Metropolitan University and the University of Chester. In 2014 I attracted a European Union Framework 7 grant on Multi –professional responses to Population Alerts to Chester. The project is worth 4 million Euros over 3 years across 7 partners in 5 countries. In 2012, I was elected President of the Education Human Services Linkages SIG at the American Education Research Association (AERA). I am currently working on a series of articles and two major bids for funding based on a qualitative data base of interviews and focus groups with senior decision makers, multi-professional leaders and practitioners in the North West of England. In June 2015 I was appointed as Vice Chair of Mental Health for Cumbria CCG Partnerships. This role involves co-ordination of policy on inter-professional work for mental health across Cumbria. I shall become Chair in 2017.
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Chapters in books
Hulme, R., Cracknell, D. (2013) 'Learning across boundaries: Developing trans-professional understanding through practitioner inquiry.' Connecting Inquiry and Professional Learning in Education: International Perspectives and Practical Solutions. pp. 53-67.
Hulme, R., Cracknell, D. (2013) 'Learning across boundaries: Developing trans-professional understanding through practitioner inquiry.' Connecting Inquiry and Professional Learning in Education: International Perspectives and Practical Solutions. pp. 53-67.
Hulme, M.L., Hulme, R. (2011) 'Policy context in citizenship education.' Debates in Citizenship Education. Routledge, pp. 43-55.
Hulme, M.L., Hulme, R. (2005) 'New Labour’s education policy: innovation or re-invention?.' In Powell, M., Bauld, L. (ed.) Analysis and Debate in Social Policy, 2005. Bristol: Policy Press, pp. 33-50.
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Internet publications
Hulme, M., Hulme, R., Faulks, K. (2015) • Hulme, M., Hulme, R., and Faulks, K. (2015) La politica del locale. Valori nazionali e politica sociale in Scozia [The politics of place: national values and social policy in Scotland]. Nazioni e Regioni: Studi e Ricerche sulla comunità immaginata [Nations and Regions: Studies and Research on Imagined Community], 4. pp. 37-54..
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Journal articles
Hulme, R., McKay, J., Cracknell, D. (2015) 'From commissar to auctioneer? The changing role of directors in managing children’s services in a period of austerity.' Educational Management Administration and Leadership, 43(1) pp. 77-91.
Thomson, A., Hulme, R., Hulme, M., Doughty, G. (2014) 'Perceptions of value: assessing the agent/commission model of UK higher education recruitment in Africa.' Africa Review, 6(2) pp. 105-120.
Thomson, A., Hulme, M., Hulme, R., Doughty, G. (2014) 'Perceptions of value: assessing the agent/commission model of UK higher education recruitment in Africa..' Africa Review,
Hulme, M., Thomson, A., Hulme, R., Doughty, G. (2014) 'Trading places: The role of agents in international student recruitment from Africa.' Journal of Further and Higher Education, 38(5) pp. 674-689.
Hulse, B., Hulme, R. (2012) 'Engaging with research through practitioner enquiry: The perceptions of beginning teachers on a postgraduate initial teacher education programme.' Educational Action Research, 20(2) pp. 313-329.
Hulme, R., Hulme, M. (2012) 'Policy learning? Crisis, evidence and reinvention in the making of public policy.' Policy and politics, 40(4) pp. 473-489.
Hulme, R., Cracknell, D., Owens, A. (2009) 'Learning in third spaces: Developing trans-professional understanding through practitioner enquiry.' Educational Action Research, 17(4) pp. 537-550.
Hulme, R. (2006) 'The role of policy transfer in assessing the impact of American ideas on British social policy.' Global Social Policy, 6(2) pp. 173-195.
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Conference papers
Hulme, M., Rauschenberger, E., Hulme, R. 'Trials, Toolkits, and ‘Global Evidence’ Banks:.'
Hulme, M., Rauschenberger, E., Hulme, R. (2018) 'Trials, Toolkits and ‘Global Evidence’ Banks.' In European Educational Research Association. Free University Bolzano, 4/9/2018 - 7/9/2018.
Hulme, M.L., Hulme, R., Rauschenberger, E. (2017) 'Learning from ‘What Works’? The cross-national translation of ‘best evidence’ for decision makers and practitioners.' In ECER. Copenhagen, Denmark, 22/8/2017 - 25/8/2017.
Press and media
Media appearances or involvement
My research has attracted attention from the following media outlets
BBC Radio 4
BBC television (North West England)
Manchester Evening News
Lancashire Evening Post
Liverpool Echo
Chester Chronicle