Patricia Broadfoot

Patricia M. Broadfoot (born 13 July 1949 [cite web|url=http://bris.ac.uk/university/management/pb/pb_info/pb_cv.html#education|publisher=University of Bristol|title=Professor Patricia Broadfoot's CV|accessdate=2006-09-06] in Kingswood, Gloucestershirecite web|url=http://www.pmo.gov.uk/files/pdf/New%20Year%20Honours%202006.pdf|title=New Year Honours List, 2006, pg. 11|publisher=Prime Minister's Office|format=pdf|accessdate=2006-09-06 ( [http://www.pmo.gov.uk/files/other/New%20Years%20Honours%20List%202006.rtf .rtf, pg. 11] )] ) is Vice-Chancellor of the University of Gloucestershire.cite journal
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Broadfoot's main academic interests are in sociology and educational assessment.cite web|url=http://bris.ac.uk/university/management/pb/pb_info/pb_biog.html|title=Professor Patricia Broadfoot's biography|publisher=University of Bristol|accessdate=2006-09-06] This began with her studies at the University of Leeds, from where she graduated in 1971 with a Bachelor of Arts in sociology. She spent the following year obtaining a Postgraduate Certificate in Education at the University of London, before beginning her career in education by teaching in Wolmer's Boys High School in Jamaica from 1971–1973. Broadfoot then returned to the United Kingdom and began her research career with a four-year period as a researcher for the Scottish Council for Research in Education. At the same time, she pursued a Master of Education at the University of Edinburgh, graduating in 1977. Broadfoot's first academic post was as a lecturer (and later a senior lecturer) at Westhill College, Birmingham, where she worked from 1977 until 1981.

In 1981, Broadfoot moved to Bristol to take up a lectureship in education. At this point, she did not yet have a PhD, eventually obtaining one from the Open University in 1984. Ten years after joining the University, Broadfoot was appointed to the Professorship of Education in 1991, marking the beginning a series of promotions in university management In 1993, she became Head of the Graduate School of Education and Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences. These appointments ended in 1997 and 1998 respectively, before, in 2002, she became a Pro-Vice-Chancellor, with particular responsibilities in the teaching and learning aspects of the university. In the period before becoming a Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Broadfoot earned a (substantive) DSc from the University. During her time in Bristol, she also held visiting positions at Macquarie University, the University of Western Sydney and Queen's University, Belfast. She was also a member of the UK's Economic and Social Research Council and chaired its Research Resources Board.

In December 2005, Broadfoot was elected Vice-Chancellor of the University of Gloucestershire, a post she took up on 1 September 2006.

Broadfoot was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 1992 and in 1999 she became one of the founding academicians of the UK Academy of Learned Societies for the Social Sciences. In the New Year honours list in 2006, she was appointed a Commander of the British Empire (CBE), "for services to social science".

Broadfoot is married and has three children.

Bibliography

#cite book|title=Assessment, Schools and Society (Contemporary Sociology of the School)|author=Broadfoot, P.|publisher=Methuen Publishing Ltd|year=1979|id=ISBN 0-416-71580-X
#cite book|title=Selection, Certification and Control: Social Issues in Educational Assessment|author=Richards, C.|coauthors=Broadfoot, P.|publisher=Taylor & Francis|month=December | year=1983|id=ISBN 0-905273-77-X
#cite book|title=Profiles and Records of Achievement: A Review of Issues and Practice|author=Broadfoot, P. (Editor)|publisher=Open University Press|month=April | year=1986|id=ISBN 0-03-910679-9
#cite book|title=Introducing Profiling|author=Broadfoot, P.|publisher=Nelson Thornes|date=September 4 1987|id=ISBN 0-333-39788-6
#cite book|title=Changing Educational Assessment: International Perspectives and Trends|author=Broadfoot, P.|coauthors=Murphy, R. and Torrance, H.|publisher=Routledge|month=January | year=1991|id=ISBN 0-415-05293-9
#cite book|title=Records of Achievement: Report of the National Evaluation of Extension Work in Pilot Schemes|author=Broadfoot, P.|publisher=The Stationery Office Books|date=December 31 1991|id=ISBN 0-11-270740-8
#cite book|title=Policy Issues in National Assessment (Bera Dialogues 7)|author=Broadfoot, P.|coauthors=Nuttal, D., Dockrell, B. and Gipps, C.|publisher=Multilingual Matters Limited|month=February | year=1993|id=ISBN 1-85359-170-X
#cite book|title=Perceptions of Teaching: Primary School Teachers in England and France|author=Broadfoot, P.|coauthors=Osborn, M., Gilly, M. and Bucher, A.|publisher=Cassell|month=December | year=1993|id=ISBN 0-304-32773-5
#cite book|title=Effective Assessment and the Improvement of Education: A Tribute to Desmond Nuttall|author=Murphy, R.|coauthors=Broadfoot, P. and Nuttal, D. L.|publisher=Falmer Press|month=February | year=1995|id=ISBN 0-7507-0375-X
#cite book|title=Education, Assessment and Society: A Sociological Analysis (Assessing Assessment)|author=Broadfoot, P.|publisher=Open University Press|month=April | year=1996|id=ISBN 0-335-19602-0
#cite book|title=Learning from Comparing: New Directives in Comparative Research: Policy, Professionals and Development|author=Alexander, R.|coauthors=Broadfoot, P. and Phillips, D.|publisher=Symposium Books|year=1999|id=ISBN 1-873927-63-0
#cite book|title=What Pupils Say: Changing Policy and Practice in Primary Education|author=Pollard, A.|coauthors=Triggs, P., Broadfoot, P., McNess, E. and Osborn, M.|publisher=Continuum International Publishing Group|month=December | year=2000|id=ISBN 0-8264-5062-8
#cite book|title=What Teachers Do: Changing Policy and Practice in Primary Education|author=Osborn, M.|coauthors=McNess, E., Broadfoot, P., Pollard, A. and Triggs, P.|publisher=Continuum International Publishing Group|month=December | year=2000|id=ISBN 0-8264-5073-3
#cite book|title=A World of Difference?|author=Osborn, M.|coauthors=Broadfoot, P., McNess, E., Ravn, B., Planel, C. and Triggs, P.|publisher=Open University Press|date=October 1 2003|id=ISBN 0-335-21102-X (hardcover), ISBN 0-335-21101-1 (paperback)

External links

* [http://www.glos.ac.uk/news/vc.cfm University of Gloucestershire news page about Broadfoot's inauguration as Vice-Chancellor]

References

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DATE OF BIRTH=13 July 1949
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