Laura Day Ashley — University of Birmingham

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Laura Day Ashley has a background in social anthropology and a particular interest in anthropological, sociological and historical approaches to the study of education. She currently explores Indian influences on progressive education in Britain in the early twentieth century and offers supervision in the following areas:

State and non-state delivery of education (the private sector, public-private partnerships, NGOs, faith-based organisations)
Alternative education (small schools, human-scale education, home schooling, indigenous forms of education, peer education, theatre-in-education)
History of progressive and child-centred education
Research perspectives on education: comparative and international, anthropological, sociological, historical
Methodological expertise: case study research, evaluation, qualitative research
Regional expertise: UK and South Asia (especially India)

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20 Paper
6 Commissioned report
5 Article
4 Web publication/site
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Research Methods and Methodologies in Education
Coe, R. (ed.), Waring, M. (ed.), Hedges, L. (ed.) & Day Ashley, L. (ed.), May 2021, 3 ed. SAGE Publications. 464 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Book
Celebrating 100 years of Save the Children … and ongoing collaborations with the University of Birmingham
Day Ashley, L., 2020
Research output: Non-textual form › Web publication/site
Private education and disadvantaged children in India: A literature review of three models of private school provision
Day Ashley, L., Skinner, R., Meyer, A. & Perry, T., 11 Aug 2020, Save the Children. 60 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

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Bringing History to Life
Day Ashley, L., 2019
Research output: Non-textual form › Web publication/site
Potential policy futures: Are regulated and inclusive PPPs for the most deprived possible, or even desirable?
Day Ashley, L., Gaur, K., Ainslie, R. & Skinner, R., 2019.
Research output: Contribution to conference (unpublished) › Paper › peer-review

3 Finished

Rigorous review of non-state actors in education
Day Ashley, L.
OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE
3/02/14 → 2/08/14
Project: Research
Theme 6 - The role and impact of non-state actors in education delivery in developing countries.
Day Ashley, L. & Mcloughlin, C.
DEPARTMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
28/01/13 → 27/07/13
Project: Other Government Departments
A Study of Indian Influences on progressive education in britain during the early twentieth century and their subsequent impact
Day Ashley, L.
British Academy
1/10/07 → 31/03/10
Project: Research Councils

2 Guest lecture or Invited talk
1 Other
1 Conference, workshop or symposium

Beyond the Battlefields: histories of childhood and education in the First World War and Beyond
Laura Day-Ashley (Chair)
13 Mar 2019
Activity: Engagement and Public events › Other
British Association for Comparative and International Education (BAICE)
Laura Day-Ashley (Contributor)
2019
Activity: Academic and Industrial events › Conference, workshop or symposium
Enacting global policy at a national level. Save the Children’s positioning on user fees and private schools
Laura Day-Ashley (Author)
2018 → …
Activity: Other
Researching Vulnerability
Laura Day-Ashley (Invited speaker)
2018
Activity: Academic and Industrial events › Guest lecture or Invited talk
ESJ Conversation Series: International Research Engagement and Partnerships: NGOs, donor organisations and think tanks
Laura Day-Ashley (Contributor)
2017
Activity: Other

Outstanding Impact in Public Policy category in the College of Social Sciences Impact Prize 2019
Day Ashley, Laura (Nominated), 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)