Dr Farhat Batool Syyeda

I joined the University of Leicester in 2022 as a Lecturer in Education. With a background in Economics and Finance, I have previously taught Mathematics, Business Economics and Financial management at secondary and FE/HE level for many years. I currently work as the programme leader for iPGCE (International Post Graduate Certificate in Education) and a module convenor for MA in International Education.

My research interests include Mathematics education, adult learning, learner identity, education policy and sustainable development. I am also interested in innovative research methodologies and methods such as visual methods, ethnography and narratives.

Projects:

Investigating the impact of 10 years of Maths Hubs: Negotiating the tensions between research finding and cause/effect connections sought by providers of professional development (current)

Bridging the Gap: Facilitating female adult learners in Leicester to re-engage with Mathematics (subject to award of funding)

Mathematical Identity: An Investigation into the Learning Journeys of Adult Learners

Currently, I teach the following modules on iPGCE (Distance Learning) and MAIE (Campus Based) programmes:

• Critical Reflections on Classroom Practice: how people learn and pedagogy (iPGCE)
• Classroom Research Project (iPGCE)
• Introduction to Research Methods in Education (MAIE)
• Dissertation Writing (MAIE)

Syyeda, F. B. & Woodhouse, J., (2022) Re-constructing life stories using the three-dimensional space narrative structure (3DSNS) to investigate adult learners’ experiences of reengagement with Mathematics, BSRLM (British Society for Research on Learning Mathematics) conference, University of Nottingham, June 2022

Syyeda, F. B., (2020) ‘What matters in an adult Mathematics classroom? Examining adult learners’ experiences of re-engaging with Mathematics to understand re-formation of Mathematical Identities’, BSRLM (British Society for Research on Learning Mathematics) conference, Online, November 2020.

Syyeda, F. B., (2019) ‘What motivates adult learners to return to education and study Mathematics?’, SCUTREA conference on Adult Education 100: Reflections and Reconstructions, University of Nottingham, 2 – 4 July 2019 (Tilda Gaskell award for best student paper)

Syyeda, F.B., (2017) 'Maths + Me: Rediscovering Maths as an adult’, Supporting Learners in Adult Education: A Symposium, University of Plymouth, June 2017

Syyeda, F.B., (2016) ‘Mathematical Identities: Exploring adult learners’ relationship with Maths using a narrative ethnography approach’, SCUTREA annual conference, University of Leicester, July 2016.

PhD in Education, University of Leicester, UK

MA International Education (Distinction), University of Leicester, UK.  

PGCE University of Bedfordshire, UK.

MSc Banking & Finance (Merit), University of Leicester, UK.

MA English Language & Literature, University of Baluchistan, Quetta, Pakistan.

MA Economics (Distinction), University of Peshawar, Pakistan.

BA (Distinction), University of Peshawar, Pakistan.