Dr Robert Barham

Profile

My primary research interests are about Mathematics Education, and Higher Education in the UK. I currently have a research project looking at the working hours of students, both at the number of hours they study on each module, but also how many hours they spend doing paid-work and in leisure. I am also interested in decolonisation, accessibility, innovative methods of teaching and assessment, and the effect confidence has on preformance and self-esteem.

I am the organiser for the Mathematics Education seminar. Email me if you’d like to speak or attend!

Outside of maths education, my research was in Model Theory. My PhD was entitled ‘The Reconstruction of Cycle-free Partial Orders from their Abstract Automorphism Groups’, which combined techniques from Model Theory and Combinatorics.

Responsibilities

• PGR Teaching Coordinator
• Teaching Planning Coordinator

Research interests

Mathematics education, model theory, logic.

Qualifications

• MMath
• PhD
• Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice

Professional memberships

• British Logic Colloquium

Student education

Currently, I am the PGR teaching coordinator, which involves the hiring, management, and training of PhD students as teachers for the School of Maths.

I am also Teaching Planning Coordinator, which involves ensuring that the administrative processes related to teaching in the School of Maths function as designed.

Research groups and institutes

• Pure Mathematics