Dr Saima Salehjee
Senior Lecturer in Education

Research area(s)

Teaching and learning in science in primary and secondary schools, racism, anti-racism and pedagogy in higher education; informal science education and public understanding of science; lifelong learning in STEM among ethnically minoritised women.

Project details

• University of Glasgow, College of Social Sciences Interdisciplinary Research Funding  (PI). Developing STEM-based educational resources for ethnic minority families. (2023-2024).
• Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education Scotland (QAAS) (PI) STEM Discipline to epistemic disobedience: a focus on Anti-Racist Curriculum. (2022).
• Skills Development Scotland and Centre for Work-based learning grant (Co-PI)– Boosting Teachers’ Engagement with Research Evidence in Scotland. (2019-2021).
• Royal Society of Chemistry (PI)– Nudges into Science Education. (2018-2019).
• The British Council/Newton Funded scheme (UK delegate)– Visiting ECR at Mahidol University Thailand, Multiculturalism in Education. (2018).
• Canberra University (Conference presenter and chair)– ASERA Conference funding. (2016).
• Brunel University (Education) – Grace Peeling Memorial Prize. (2011).