
Role
I began my journey at Oxford Brookes University in March 2023 as Educational Researcher at the Oxford Centre for Academic Enhancement and Development (OCAED). The overall purpose of my role is to assist in conducting a range of pedagogic and evaluative educational research on the reach, value and impact of projects for Enhancing the Student Experience.
Prior to joining Oxford Brookes, I worked across Student Support, Quality Assurance, Accreditation and Academic Planning as a HE regulator in Nigeria. I have also worked as Associate Tutor and Academic Developer at the School of Education, University of Leicester.
Teaching and supervision
Postgraduate
- Tutor (pedagogy pathway), Master of Art in International Education.
Research
Research interests
- Comparative education with focuses on development and implementation of education policy; quality assurance; student and staff voices; access and equalities of opportunities.
Research groups
Publications
Professional information
Conferences
Selected conference papers
- Chair: ‘Global Education Policy and the Politics of Governance: Policy, Precarity and Gender’ panel. British Association for International and Comparative Education (BAICE) Conference 2024, University of Sussex, Brighton - Transgression and Transformation: (re)bordering education in times of conflict and crises (5th September 2024)
- Conference Chair: British Association for International and Comparative Education (BAICE) Early Career Researchers Conference 2024 – ‘Global Crises, Continuities, and Change: Imagining Educational Responses in an (Un)certain World’. (Online conference, 20 -21 July 2024)
- Ladipo, K. (2024), ‘Towards a better research culture in Higher Education’, University of Leicester, School of Education Annual Conference 2024 – ‘Educational Research for Change’ (3rd July 2024)
- Ladipo, K. (2023), ‘Student Voice in Higher Education: ‘An Investigation into the perceptions of Students, Academic Staff, Institutions and Regulators Regarding the Value of Student Voice for Quality Assurance’. Poster presentation at the University of Leicester Doctoral College Annual Conference. Leicester, UK, April 26th 2023.
- Ladipo, K. (2022), ‘An Investigation into the perceptions of Students, Academic Staff, Institutions and Regulators Regarding the Value of Student Voice for Quality Assurance’. Poster presentation at the University of Leicester School of Education 75th Anniversary Conference. Leicester, UK, November 8th 2022.
- Ladipo, K. (2017), ‘Accreditation Outcomes and the Quality of University Education in Nigeria’. Poster presentation at University of Leicester 75th Anniversary Event. Leicester, UK, November 8th 2022.
- Chair: Curriculum, Assessment, and Pedagogy; Self, Schooling, and Society; and Crises, Citizenship, and Development Panels. 2nd British Association for International and Comparative Education (BAICE) Early Career Researchers Conference – Transformative Education as a Force for Change (Online conference, 5th and 6h August 2023).
- Chair: Assessment curriculum and Pedagogy; and Global Issues Panels.1st British Association for International and Comparative Education (BAICE) Early Career Researchers Conference – Potential and Challenges in Education in Today’s World (Online conference, 2nd and 3rd April 2022).
Further details
Academic qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy (ongoing), University of Leicester, UK.
- Master of Arts, International Education, University of Leicester, UK.
- Bachelor of Science, Psychology, University of Lagos, Nigeria.
Other professional recognition
- December 2023 - January 2025: Executive Committee Member, British Association for International and Comparative Education (BAICE)
- December 2021 - December 2023: Student Advisory Committee Member, British Association for International and Comparative Education (BAICE)
- July 2022 - present: Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) – Student Reviewer for IQR and Reviewer IPA
- August 2023 - December 2024: Authority Governor, Inglehurst Junior School, Leicester, UK
- December 2023 - January 2025: Editor, BAICE ECR Blog series