The team
Our Curriculum Network complements the work of the research groups in the Faculty of Social Sciences, and also involves members from other universities as well as policy makers, policy developers, practitioners and other interested stakeholders.
Stirling team
Professor Mark Priestley
Director of the Stirling Network for Curriculum Studies and Professor of Education
Professor Fiona Copland
Professor of TESOL and Associate Dean for Research and Knowledge Exchange in the Faculty of Social Sciences
Professor Walter Humes
Honorary Professor
Dr Greg Mannion
Senior Lecturer
Dr Marina Shapira
Senior Lecturer
Dr Joe Smith
Lecturer
Dr Dalene Swanson
Senior Lecturer
Dr Valerie Drew
Honorary Associate Professor
Dr Kylie Bradfield
Lecturer
Dr Alison Hennessy
Lecturer
Dr Andrea Priestley
Lecturer
Dr Constantinos Xenofontos
Lecturer
Sinem Hizli Alkan
Lecturer
The International Advisory Group
The Network will be advised by an international advisory group comprising senior policymakers and policy developers, and international curriculum scholars from other universities.
Alan Armstrong
Strategic Director at Education Scotland
Professor Gert Biesta
Professor of Education and Director of Research in the Department of Education (Brunel University, London)
Dr Kathy Hibbert
Associate Professor and Director of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Research in Curriculum as a Social Practice in the Faculty of Education (Western University, Canada)
Kenneth Muir
Chief Executive of the General Teaching Council for Scotland
Nienke Nieveen
Senior curriculum researcher at the Netherlands Institute for Curriculum Development
Professor Anne Phelan
Professor of Curriculum and Pedagogy (University of British Columbia)
Professor Stavroula Philippou
Assistant Professor in Curriculum and Teaching at the Department of Education (University of Cyprus)
Professor Ninni Wahlström
Professor of Education (Linnaeus University, Sweden)
Professor Dominic Wyse
Professor of Early Childhood and Primary Education (University College London)
Professor Lyn Yates
Foundation Professor of Curriculum (University of Melbourne)