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Phil Nicholson is a lecturer in education studies at the University of Glasgow. He is a sociologist of education, with research interests in education policy, pedagogy and inequality.
Phil is currently writing a monograph focusing on the different policy settlements that state and private schools in England operate within, particularly in relation to curriculum, assessment and inspection. The book explores the history of these different policy arrangements as well as their contemporary impact on practice.
Phil is also a member of the Economic and Social Research Council’s Education Research Programme 2021–2026 which explores and compares the relationship(s) among research, policy and practice across the four nations of the UK.