Claire Callender#
| Membership Number: | 6381 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | GOVERNANCE, INSTITUTIONS AND POLICIES |
| Elected: | 2023 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | https://iris.ucl.ac.uk/iris/browse/profile?upi=CCALL50 |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-8795-707X |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2010 - present Professor of Higher Education Studies, Institute of Education, University College London’s Faculty of Education & Social Science, UK
- 2008 - present Professor of Higher Education Policy, Birkbeck, University of London, UK
- 2007 - 2008 Visiting Fellow, Harvard University, USA
- 1999 - 2000 Cabinet Office, secondment, Head of Research, Women’s Unit and member of the Senior Management Team
- 1998 - 2008 Professor of Social Policy, London South Bank University
- 1994 - 1998 Policy Studies Institute, London - Head of the Family Finances Research Group and member of the Senior Management Team.
- 1989 - 1994 Institute of Employment Studies, University of Sussex - Research Fellow.
- 1987 - 1989 University of Bradford - Lecturer in Women's Studies
- 1985 - 1987 University of Leeds - Lecturer in Social Policy
- 1979 - 1985 University College Cardiff - Lecturer in Social Policy
Fields of Scholarship
- Access and participation in higher education
- Student loans and student debt
- Government student funding policies
- Student finances in higher education
- Part-time students
Honours and Awards
- 2021 Honorary Professor, University of Warwick
- 2021 Appointed to the Court of the University of Bristol
- 2017 Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to higher education
- 2011 Fellow of the Society for Research into Higher Education
- 2007 Fulbright Scholar
- 2003 Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (UK)
