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Associate Professor of English and Literacy Education
Dr Velda Elliott is Associate Professor of English and Literacy Education at the Department of Education, University of Oxford. She was the lead researcher on both the Lit in Colour: Diversity in Literature in English Schools report (2021) and The effect of studying a text by a writer of colour: The Lit in Colour Pioneers Pilot report (2024). She is a curriculum tutor for the English PGCE and MSc in Learning and Teaching. She is also Director of Doctoral Research, in which role she leads doctoral training in the department. She is co-convenor of the Qualitative Methods Hub. Velda was an English teacher in state schools in Yorkshire before undertaking doctoral research in OUCEA, gaining her doctorate in 2011. She has previously led the PGCE in English with Drama at the University of Warwick and been a Lecturer in English in Education at the University of York.
This Lit in Colour panel will explore the latest research published by the education focused social impact campaign from Penguin in September 2024 that is titled ‘The effect of studying a text by a author of colour – The Lit in Colour Pioneers Pilot’. Commissioned by Pearson and Penguin in collaboration with the Department of Education at the University of Oxford and the Runnymede Trust, this research proves the positive outcomes for students when systemic barriers of Time, Money, Teacher Confidence and Subject Knowledge are removed, and they are given access to study texts by authors of colour. The Lit in Colour Pioneers Pilot research is unique in the UK and is an important contribution to knowledge on this topic as it builds the case for meaningfully including texts by authors of colour in the study of English Literature. Join panellists as they present and discuss the context of the pilot activity, key research findings, reflections from a teacher and year 11 student from a Lit in Colour Pioneer school, and what this research could mean for the future of English Literature teaching and learning.
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