Andrew Ravenscroft

Professor Andrew Ravenscroft

Professor

Professor of Education and Social and Community Work and Senior Research Advisor

, School Of Education And Communities

I am a Psychologist, Professor of Education and Social and Community Work and Senior Research Advisor in the School of Education and Communities at the University of East London. I am the cluster Professor covering Social and Community Work programmes. I perform impactful and collaborative interdisciplinary research into critical and inclusive education, that typically develops and evaluates interventions and social innovations.

I am a Chartered Psychologist (C.Psychol), an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society (AFBPsS) and a Fellow of the RSA, Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufacturers and Commerce (FRSA).

Within UEL I am a member of: the Centre for Wellbeing, Community and Inclusion; the Centre for Social Change and Justice; and, an Associate of the Institute for Connected Communities (ICC).

Qualifications

  • C.Psychol, AFBPSS, FRSA, PhD, MSc, BSc, HNC

Areas Of Interest

  • Inclusive education as social innovation
  • Impactful interdisciplinary mixed methods research and development
  • Mindfulness and innovative mental health intervention
  • Learning and psychosocial development of vulnerable and socially excluded children and young people
  • Dialogue and digital design and literacy