I am a member of the Initial Teacher Education team (Secondary). My responsibility is for the GTP and PGCE English programmes for secondary school teachers, on which I teach full time.

I was educated at the universities of Oxford and London. I taught for some 22 years in various multicultural, inner-city comprehensive schools in London before joining the English team at the Institute of Education, University of London. I worked there for five years, teaching on the PGCE and Master of Teaching courses. I have been here at UEL since 2002.

GTP and PGCE English programmes for secondary school teachers

• New teachers’ professional development
• Working with linguistic and cultural diversity in English
• How young people might become autonomous, lifelong learners

• PGCE Secondary English
• GTP Secondary English

Book chapter

1. Quarshie R (1999) ‘Some thoughts on a portrait of Stoke Newington School’
   Translated as ‘Einige Gedanken zum Porträt der Stoke Newington School und zum Schulwesen in Grossbritannien’ in Kunze I (Ed) (1999) Schulporträts aus didaktischer Perspektive - Schulen in England, in den Niederlanden und in Dänemark
   Weinheim and Basel: Beltz Verlag
   ISBN 3-407-25223-4

Journal article

1. Burgess T Turvey A Quarshie R (2000) ‘Teaching Grammar: working with student teachers’
   Changing English 7 (1)

1. Member of NATE
2. Ex-chair NATE Multicultural Committee