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Biography
Dr Glynn Jones is a Subject Leader for Postgraduate Taught Courses in the Department of Education and Community Studies. He started work with the University of Huddersfield in 2009. With a background in secondary education, further education and TEFL in the UK and beyond, he is now Curriculum Lead for the taught postgraduate courses in the department and teaches modules in Education and Society, Comparison of Curriculum, Vocational Education and Second Language Learning.
Glynn’s career began as a high school teacher in Staffordshire, before specialising in Teaching English as a Foreign Language. Over 7 years he developed extensive experience of TEFL in Indonesia and Japan, working for the British Council with students across a full age range. He also taught English to employees at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries as part of their employee training programme. On returning to the UK he taught higher education courses in Computing and Business at a Further Education College, which led to his PhD examining young adults’ decisions to study HE qualifications at FE colleges.
He focuses on internationalisation of education in his research at the University of Huddersfield, alongside his teaching responsibilities
Research Expertise and Interests
- The internationalisation of Higher Education
- Education for the knowledge economy
- The links between education and national development
- Comparative Education
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Research Output
- 3 Article
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An examination of the factors influencing students' decisions to study higher education courses in further education colleges in the UK
Jones, G., 1 Apr 2020, In: Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning. 22, 1, p. 6-24 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Transformational, inclusive, and multicultural or empty rhetoric? Perceptions and experiences of international academic staff
Bailey, W., Bordogna, C. M., Harvey, H., Jones, G. & Walton, S., 1 Jun 2020, In: Journal of Further and Higher Education. 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A case study of a transformational experience? The impact of a European study visit on youth workers’ professional development and professional practice
Boyd, L. & Jones, G., 1 Oct 2019, In: International Journal of Open Youth Work. 3, p. 69-82 14 p., 04.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access
Activities
- 2 Oral presentation
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The Cost of the Benefit: Debt and its Continuing Influence on Participation in HE
Glynn Jones (Speaker) & Wayne Bailey (Contributor to Paper or Presentation)
17 Jul 2018 → 19 Jul 2018Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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An Examination of the Factors Influencing Students' Decisions to Study HE in FE
Glynn Jones (Speaker)
5 Jul 2017Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation