
Ms Ratha Perumal
Academic Director for Inclusive Practices
Academic Director
Inclusive Practices
Office for Institutional Equity , School of Childhood and Social Care
Ratha is Academic Director for Inclusive Practices at the Office for Institutional Equity.
Qualifications
- MA Education, University of East London
- Bachelor of Laws (LLB), University of Warwick
OVERVIEW
I am an ex-lawyer working in Higher Education. Academic Director at the Office for Institutional Equity (OIE) at UEL; HPL & Graduate Teaching Fellow at Kings College London (KCL).
At both institutions, I've taught on undergraduate and master programmes. At UEL, I've held Programme Director roles at both levels; including curriculum & assessment design. I've supervised dissertations at UEL and KCL.
At UEL, I've recently taken on the role of Academic Director at the Office for Institutional Equity (OIE). The OIE has a wide remit to scrutinise and support institutional departments and Schools; to ensure teaching, student support, pedagogy and institutional structures achieve attainment and outcomes that are commensurate with the effort and ambitions of our students and staff. We also undertake research projects - in collaboration with other institutional departments at UEL - to strengthen equity for students and staff.
Current research
- Developing a granular understanding of the degree award gap in higher education, including factors that can contribute to its formation and persistence in a range of higher education institutional context(s).
- Examining university structures that can contribute to disparities in student attainment & outcomes in higher education; how student (protected) characteristics interact with institutional structures, and the impact of relational factors (in university spaces) on student attainment disparities.
- Investigating effective pedagogies that meaningfully support the educational engagement and progress of multilingual learners (or, pupils with English as an Additional Language (EAL).
External roles
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Safeguarding Governor at Mossbourne Victoria Park Academy
I steward a Little Free Library in Hackney, east London. Learn more about LFLs at the Little Free Library website
Publications
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Full publications list
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- Effective Teachers of Multilingual Learners: A Mixed-Method Study of UK and US Critical Sociocultural Teaching Practices TESOL Quarterly. 58 (1), pp. 195-221. https://doi.org/10.1002/tesq.3224