Dr Roy Fisherr.fisher@hud.ac.uk | 01484 478269
Roy Fisher is an educational researcher and post-compulsory sector teacher educator who has been a member of the School of Education and Professional Development since 1996, having previously worked in the School on secondment from Huddersfield Technical College (1992-1994). He was first appointed as a further education lecturer in 1978 and went on to accumulate 15 years further education service in various roles. Roy's current responsibilities include managing the quality assurance within the School, including the extensive provision which operates through the Consortium for Post-Compulsory Education and Training (CPCET). He is a member of the School's Graduate Education Group, University's Standing Committee on Collaborative Provision and the Quality and Standards Advisory Group.
As an undergraduate, Roy read history at Aberyswyth. He later developed an interest in sociology, and, through a Master's degree at Bradford, specifically in the sociology of education. His MPhil, undertaken in the Department of Sociology at the University of Leeds, reviewed Marxist contributions to the sociology of education. His doctoral research, (at Huddersfield), brought together his long term interests in history and sociology through a socio-historical study of the vocational curriculum in England between 1974 and 1994. This study employed the ideas of Gramsci, Althusser, Foucault and Lyotard to provide a multi-perspectival analytical account of vocationalism. Since 1998, Roy has been Co-Convenor of the Learning and Skill Research Network in the Yorkshire and Humberside Region. He is a member of the British Educational Research Association and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
He is, with Professor James Avis, co-director of the Centre for Research in Post-Compulsory Education at the University and is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Vocational Education and Training.
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2004 ESRC Reviewer: Rapporteur to ESRC funded project
2009 External examiner to EdD, University of Greenwich
2007 External examiner to EdD, Leeds Metropolitan University
2004 External examiner to EdD, University of Durham
2010 External examined MEd dissertation of the University of Malta
2004 Member of Steering Committee for Learning and Skills Development Agency Funded Project (£40,000), Formative Assessment Techniques in Post-Compulsory Education and Training
2003 Report on the Management of FE/HE Partnership for the Student Progression and Transfer (SPAT) project at the University of Plymouth (with Keith Webb), former Consortium Director
2003 DfES Strategy and Innovation Unit - Employability Skills Project, Expert Seminar
2002 Member of Steering Committee for Learning and Skills Development Agency Funded Project (£5000), The Impact of OFSTED Inspections on College
2005 Judge of Higher Education Academy national essay competition
2003 Chaired validation event at the Empire Institute of learning, Mumbai, India.
2002 Quality assurance visit to, and report on Colombo Business College, Sir Lanka.
1996 HE teacher training at Nazareth Technical College, Ethiopia. Funded by the British Council
1995 HE teacher at Makalle Business College and Addis Ababa College of Commerce, Ethiopia. Funded by the British Council
2008-10 £40,000 Centre for Research in Post-Compulsory Education. Funded by the University of Huddersfield.
2005-08 The College Experience. £60,000 WBL research project with Prof. James Avis funded by the University of Huddersfield.
2004 Participated in various collaborative research funding bids to ESRC and to HEFCE, including a successful £249,000 bid to the Fund for Development of Teaching and Learning for a project relating to Specialist Pedagogy.
Swift, J. and Fisher, R. (2012) ‘Choosing vocational education: some views from young people in West Yorkshire’ Research in Post-Compulsory Education , 17 (2), pp. 207-221. ISSN 1359-6748
Avis, J., Canning, R., Fisher, R., Morgan-Klein, B. and Simmons, R. (2012) ‘State intervention and teacher education for vocational educators in England and Scotland’ Educational Research , 54 (2), pp. 187-197. ISSN 0013-1881
Fisher, R. and Simmons, R. (2012) ‘Liberal Conservatism, Vocationalism and Further Education in England ’ Globalisation, Societies and Education , 10 (1), pp. 31-51. ISSN 1476-7724
Avis, J., Morgan-Klein, B., Canning, R., Simmons, R. and Fisher, R. (2012) ‘Teacher education for vocational education and training: a comparative study of the Scottish and English systems set within a European context’ Scottish Educational Review , 44 (2), pp. 14-23. ISSN 0141-9072
Avis, J., Fisher, R., Simmons, R., Canning, R. and Morgan-Klein, B. (2011) ‘Developing Teacher Educators for the Lifelong Learning Sector: crossing borders ’ Teaching in lifelong learning: a journal to inform and improve practice , 3 (2), pp. 60-62. ISSN 2040-0993
Avis, J., Canning, R., Fisher, R., Morgan-Klein, B. and Simmons, R. (2011) ‘Vocational education teacher training in Scotland and England: policy and practice’ Journal of vocational education and training , 63 (2), pp. 115-127. ISSN 1363-6820
Avis, J., Canning, R., Fisher, R., Morgan-Klein, B. and Simmons, R. (2010) ‘FE teacher training in Scotland and England, continuities and contradictions - a policy analysis’. In: BERA conference, September 2010, The University of Warwick
Fisher, R (2010) ‘Management, measurement and cultural change in the English further education college: 1963-1993’ Education, Knowledge and Economy , 4 (2), pp. 119-130. ISSN 1749-6896
Fisher, R., Iredale, A., Ollin, R. and Robinson, D. (2010) ‘Evaluation and quality assurance’. In: Teaching in Lifelong Learning. Milton Keynes: Open University Press. pp. 238-247. ISBN 9780335234684
Fisher, R. and Thompson, R. (2010) ‘Introduction to the lifelong learning sector’. In: Teaching in Lifelong Learning. Milton Keynes: Open University Press. pp. 1-6. ISBN 9780335234684
Burton, S., Fisher, R., Lord, D. and Webb, K. (2010) ‘Subject specialist pedagogy’. In: Teaching in Lifelong Learning. Milton Keynes: Open University Press. pp. 181-187. ISBN 9780335234684
Fisher, R. and Simmons, R. (2010) ‘What is the lifelong learning sector?’. In: Teaching in lifelong learning : a guide to theory and practice. Milton Keynes: McGraw-hill. pp. 7-17. ISBN 9780335234684
Avis, J., Fisher, R. and Ollin, R. (2010) ‘Professionalism’. In: Teaching in lifelong learning. : McGraw Hill. pp. 40-48. ISBN 9780335234684
Fisher, R., Fulford, A., McNicholas, B. and Thompson, R. (2010) ‘The curriculum in the lifelong learning sector’. In: Teaching in Lifelong Learning. Milton Keynes: Open University Press. pp. 103-118. ISBN 9780335234684
Avis, J., Fisher, R. and Simmons, R. (2009) Issues in post-compulsory education and training: critical perspectives . Huddersfield, UK: University of Huddersfield . ISBN 9781862180860
Fisher, P. and Fisher, R. (2009) ‘Tomorrow we live: fascist visions of education in 1930s Britain’ British journal of sociology of education , 30 (1), pp. 71-82. ISSN 0142-5692
Fisher, R. and Webb, K. (2009) ‘Subject Specialist Pedagogy and Initial Teacher Training for the Learning and Skills Sector in England: the context, a response and some critical issues ’. In: Issues in post-compulsory education and training: critical perspectives. Huddersfield: University of Huddersfield. pp. 157-178. ISBN 9781862180680
Avis, J. and Fisher, R. (2009) ‘Reflections on Communities of Practice, On-line Learning and Transformation: teachers, lecturers and trainers ’. In: Issues in post-compulsory education and training: critical perspectives. Huddersfield: University of Huddersfield. pp. 15-27. ISBN 9781862180680
Fisher, R (2009) ‘The Golden Age of BTEC: the business education curriculum in 1980s further education ’. In: Issues in post-compulsory education and training: critical perspectives. Huddersfield: University of Huddersfield. pp. 91-114. ISBN 9781862180680
Fisher, R (2009) ‘From Business Education Council to Edexcel Foundation 1969-96: the short but winding road from technician education to instrumentalist technicism’. In: Issues in post-compulsory education and training: critical perspectives. Huddersfield: University of Huddersfield. pp. 115-136. ISBN 9781862180680
Fisher, R (2009) ‘Introduction: using this book’. In: Issues in post-compulsory education and training: critical perspectives. Huddersfield: University of Huddersfield. pp. 3-5. ISBN 9781862180680
Fisher, R (2009) ‘Introduction: The Vocational Curriculum and Curriculum Policy ’. In: Issues in post-compulsory education and training: critical perspectives. Huddersfield: University of Huddersfield. pp. 87-89. ISBN 9781862180680
Fisher, R (2009) ‘Introduction: Perspectives on learning’. In: Issues in post-compulsory education and training: critical perspectives. Huddersfield: University of Huddersfield. pp. 13-14. ISBN 9781862180680
Fisher, P. and Fisher, R. (2009) ‘The Autodidact, the Pursuit of Subversive Knowledge and Politics of Change ’. In: Issues in post-compulsory education and training: critical perspectives. Huddersfield: University of Huddersfield. pp. 29-46. ISBN 9781862180680
Fisher, R., Harris, A. and Jarvis, C. (2008) Education in popular culture: telling tales on teachers and learners . London: Routledge . ISBN 978-0-415-33242-2
Fisher, R (2008) ‘Franchising’. In: The Routledge International Encyclopedia of Education. London, UK: Routledge. pp. 259-260. ISBN 9780415277471
Cook, M., Fisher, R. and Walker, M. (2008) Teacher education at Huddersfield, 1947-2007: from technical teacher training college to university school of education . Huddersfield: University of Huddersfield . ISBN 9781862180697
Fisher, P. and Fisher, R. (2007) ‘The 'autodidact': the pursuit of subversive knowledge and the politics of change ’ Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education , 28 (4), pp. 515-529. ISSN 0159-6306
Fisher, R. and Fisher, P. (2007) ‘Counter-Hegemonic Learning and the “Autodidact” in Transition’. In: Journal of Vocational Education and Training Seventh International Conference, Friday-Sunday 6-8 July 2007, Worcester College, Oxford
Fisher, R. and Webb, K. (2006) ‘Subject specialist pedagogy and initial teacher training for the learning and skills sector in England: the context, a response and some critical issues ’ Journal of further and higher education , 30 (4), pp. 337-349. ISSN 1469-9486
Avis, J. and Fisher, R. (2006) ‘Reflections on communities of practice, on-line learning and transformation: teachers, lecturers and trainers ’ Research in Post-Compulsory Education , 11 (2), pp. 141-151. ISSN 1359-6748
Fisher, R. and Fisher, P. (2006) ‘The Pursuit of Knowledge and the Politics of Change: some issues relating to subversive “autodidacts” then and now (and when?) ’. In: 5th Discourse Power Resistance Conference 2006, 20 – 22 April 2006, Manchester Metropolitan University
Fisher, R (2004) ‘From Business Education Council to Edexcel Foundation 1969-96: the short but winding road from technician education to instrumentalist technicism’ Journal of education and work , 17 (2), pp. 237-255. ISSN 1363-9080
Fisher, R., Bridge, F. and Webb, K. (2003) ‘From Franchise Network to Consortium: the evolution and operation of a new kind of further education partnership ’ Journal of vocational education and training , 55 (3), pp. 301-318. ISSN 1363-6820
Findlay, I., Fisher, R. and Robinson, D. (2003) ‘FE and HE Working Together the origins, development and operation of a single subject HEFCE recognised funding consortium ’. In: LSRN annual conference, July 2003, Warwick University
Fisher, R. and Swindells, S. (2003) ‘The development priorities of Ethiopian Higher Education teachers’ The Ethiopian Journal of Technology, Education and Sustainable Development , 1 (2), pp. 9-13. ISSN 1683-075X
Fisher, R (2003) ‘Gramsci, cyberspace and work-based learning ’ Journal of Access and Credit Studies , 4 (2), pp. 154-155. ISSN 1462-0367
Fisher, R (2003) ‘The Golden age of BTEC: the business education curriculum in 1980s further education’ Curriculum journal , 14 (2), pp. 253-277. ISSN 1469-3704
Fisher, R (2002) ‘Looking back at technician level business education in England from 1969 to 1996 and forward to work based learning’. In: BERA Annual Conference, 11-14th September 2002, University of Exeter
Fisher, R (1999) The vocational curriculum in England 1974-1994 : a socio-historical study of the Business and Technology Education Council's National Diploma in Business and Finance Doctoral thesis, University of Huddersfield.
Somekh, B., Fisher, R., Gunn, S., Powell, L., Convery, A., Gray, J. and Hensworth, A. (1999) ‘Improving college effectiveness: frameworks for research and development’ College Research , 2 (2), pp. 47-50. ISSN 1367-5664
Somekh, B., Convery, A., Delaney, J., Fisher, R., Gray, J., Gunn, S., Henworth, A. and Powell, L. (1999) Improving college effectiveness: raising quality and achievement London, UK: Further Education Development Agency
Fisher, R. and Swindells, S. (1998) ‘The development priorities of Ethiopian higher education teachers’ Journal of In-service Education , 24 (2), pp. 307-315. ISSN 1367-4587
Fisher, R (1998) ‘BTEC: Soundings from the “Central Engine Room”’ Education + Training , 40 (6/7), pp. 247-250. ISSN 0040-0912
Fisher, R (1998) ‘Developing University Teachers: an account of a scheme designed for postgraduate researchers on a lecturing career path’ Teaching in Higher Education , 3 (1), pp. 37-50. ISSN 13562517
Fisher, R (1997) ‘"Teachers' Hegemony Sucks": examining Beavis and Butt-head for signs of life’ Educational Studies , 23 (3), pp. 417-428. ISSN 0305-5698
Fisher, R. and Murphy, V. (1995) ‘A pariah profession? Some student perceptions of accounting and accountancy’ Studies in Higher Education , 20 (1), pp. 45-58. ISSN 03075079
Fisher, R., Harris, G., Lee, D., Neve, D., Benett, Y., Sheehan, J. and Tuck, R. (1994) Laying the foundation: an induction pack for GNVQ course teams Huddersfield, UK: University of Huddersfield (Unpublished)
Benett, Y., Fisher, R., Harris, G., Lee, D., Neve, D., Sheehan, J. and Tuck, R. (1994) Good practice in GNVQ induction programmes : project report. Huddersfield, UK: University of Huddersfield
Fisher, R (1991) ‘Self and peer assessment: empowering the learners’ Business Education Today , pp. 4-7. ISSN 1362-055X
Fisher, R (1991) ‘BTEC: Soundings from the “Central Engine Room”’ Education + Training , 33 (1), pp. 13-16. ISSN 0040-0912
Fisher, R (1990) ‘Can BTEC open the door?’ Training Tomorrow , pp. 13-15. ISSN 0957-0004
(2009) EdD Main Supervisor: Academic Identities: Voices from the edge.
(2008) EdD Main Supervisor: Mature Black Women in Higher Education: A Study of Culture, Ethnicity, Gender and Educational Experiences in Northern England.
(2008) EdD Main Supervisor: The opportunity to study history: Curriculum, politics and school pupils subject choice in the general certificate of secondary education.
(2006) EdD 2nd Supervisor: Should I stay or should I go? Factors influencing choices at age 16.
(2006) EdD 2nd Supervisor: Lifelong learning and the university for industry: A case study.
(2006) EdD Main Supervisor: Racial identity, masculinity and schooling: Perspectives on the academic performance of black boys of Afro-Caribbean descent in the North of England.
(2005) EdD 2nd Supervisor: An action research study of teaching and learning with a group of teachers in a Further Education College.
(2003) PhD 2nd Supervisor: The values and teaching experiences of secondary school teachers.
(2003) EdD 2nd Supervisor: Internal and external pressures on further education: A case study of a college.
(2002) PhD 2nd Supervisor: The delivery of pre-vocational education in Jordan in relation to the United Kingdom's part one General National Vocational Qualification.
(2002) PhD, 2nd Supervisor: Pre-vocational education in Jordan: Implications for teacher preparation and in-service training.
