Dr Lauren Stentiford

About me:

I am a Senior Lecturer in Education, having joined the School of Education in 2018. My research explores aspects of inequalities in compulsory and higher education, and I have a particular interest in gender, social class, disability and the intersection of these identity facets. My approach might be located within a sociological perspective. I gained my PhD at Exeter in 2017, for which I conducted a qualitative case study set in an elite British university that explored young women’s negotiations of academic achievement whilst studying either a male-dominated STEM or female-dominated arts/humanities discipline.

After gaining my PhD, I worked as a postdoctoral researcher on a number of projects being conducted within the School of Education. These included an ESRC-SWDTP funded methodological project on thematic qualitative data analysis, and an ESRC Impact Accelerator project that explored mental health leadership and policy in selected case study schools across England.

I am interested in qualitative research methods, including focus groups and diary methods. I am fully trained in systematic literature review methodology and have a specialism in qualitative systematic reviews. I am currently working as PI and Co-I on several internally and externally funded research projects that explore aspects of inclusion and exclusion in education.

Qualifications:

2017: PhD Education, University of Exeter (+3 ESRC funded)
2013: MSc Educational Research, University of Exeter
2010: BA Sociology, University of Exeter

2025: Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
2020: Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
2017: Stage 1 & 2 LTHE, University of Exeter