Dr. Robina Shaheen

(PhD, AHEA)

York (UK) •+44 (0) 1904 701176 robina149@hotmail.com

Education

2006-2010 UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM Birmingham, UK

PhD (Education)

2006-2007 UNIVERSITY OF YORK York, UK

PgCert in Higher Education

2001-2003 ALLAMA IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY Pakistan

MA Educational Planning and Management (with dissertation)

1997-1999 PUNJAB UNIVERSITY Pakistan

MA English

1992-1994 PUNJAB UNIVERSITY Pakistan

BA English & Economics

Current Employment

02/2014- Present COFFEY INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Senior Evaluation Consultant (International Development)

Business development: Leading (as bid director and technical bid writer) on identifying and pursuing business

development opportunities for evaluation of international development projects, writing bids and delivering the

projects

Evaluation: Designing and delivering complex, multi country evaluations in diverse areas and countries across

Asia, UK and Africa as project director and evaluator, including coordinating with clients such as DFID, Comic

Relief, and in country governments.

Supporting organisations to developing M&E systems: Working with NGOs and INGOs to develop their M&E

systems and process for international development projects focusing on education

Line management: Supporting the professional development and supervision of team of consultants.

Previous Employment

02/2012- 02/2014 THE OPEN UNIVERSITY Senior Research Fellow/Head of Research, Monitoring and Evaluation

Lead the Research, Monitoring and Evaluation for the English in Action project in

Bangladesh (DfiD funded), for teacher professional development activities, including

planning, resource management (financial/human), recruitment/appraisals

Work with the project director to develop funding proposal for next project phase

Develop project research and dissemination plan, aligned to project goals to assess project

impact and contribute to refinement of future project activities

Lead, design and undertake large-scale project evaluations, longitudinal, case study and

small scale research (quantitative and qualitative) (ref research projects)

Undertake and supervise data collection (primary and secondary), collation, entry,

cleaning, analysis (SPSS, NVIVO) and report writing, including project progress reports

Prepare presentations and conference papers and peer reviewed publications for

dissemination at national and international for sharing project practices/impact,

Support and work with project team for increased dissemination (review abstracts, papers

and presentations)

Build networks and stakeholder engagements within OU, at national and international

forums through organizing conferences, seminars and workshops

Collaborate with University of Dhaka (IER) to develop, evaluate and run (including

teaching) MPhil program as well as train students for undertaking project research

Chair research coordination meetings across partners (BBC, DfiD, OU, BMB MOT

McDonald, University of Dhaka, and Government of Bangladesh) and undertake cross project coordination,

attend program team meetings

Develop and implement project quality assurance system for project monitoring, establish project

management information system, produce regular monitoring reports and present

to management

07/2012-07/2012 HIGHER EDUCATION ACADEMY: Academic Associate

Undertake review of Teaching Development grants 09/2010- 02/2012 REGENT’S COLLEGE, LONDON

Lecturer Research Methods /Dissertation Coordinator

Lead a team for restructuring the research methods and dissertation modules to focus on

employability skills and personal development

Manage, teach and assess undergraduate and postgraduate students (predominantly

international) - Research Methods, HRM, Interpersonal Communication, Presentation

Skills, Management/Influence Skills(interview CV, letters of application)

Develop, evaluate and modify modules and learning materials, design assessments

(summative and formative), invigilate examinations, attend dissertation vivas

Supervise undergraduate and postgraduate student dissertations including distance

supervision, attend assessment boards, departmental and other staff meetings

Identify funding opportunities, prepare research bids, obtain research funding, conduct

research, develop Faculty research procedures as a member of the Faculty Research

Committee

Stream Researcher for Regent’s Centre for Transnational Studies (Transnational

Higher Education Research)

01/2012-02/2012 HIGHER EDUCATION ACADEMY: Academic Associate

Prepare workshop contents for ‘Applying for funding for STEM subjects’ 12/2011-01/2012 GRM INTERNATIONAL: International Consultant

Undertake literature review: NGO architecture and community cohesion in Pakistan 10/2011-07/2011 HIGHER EDUCATION ACADEMY: Academic Associate

Undertake review of Teaching Development grants

06/2011- 12/2011 THE OPEN UNIVERSITY: Consultant Researcher

Teachers as writers and the teaching of writing: A review of the literature, present at conference/ write journal article

06/2011-11/2011 LEEDS TRINITY UNIVERSITY COLLEGE

Lecturer Research Methods/ MA Dissertation Supervisor

Provide dissertation supervision to postgraduate students and teach research methods 03/2011-06/2011 UNIVERSITY OF YORK

Advisor to the Centre for English Language Teaching

Undertake a needs assessment for designing teacher training in Bangladesh 02/2011-02/2011 AUSTRALIAN DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

International Consultant

Peer Review /Appraisal of Aus-AID Primary Education Programming in Pakistan 09/2010 – 06/2011 UNIVERSITY OF YORK: Coordinator

Organize research seminars, interdisciplinary workshops for Centre for Research into Imagination, Creativity and Knowledge

07/2010-07/2010 UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM: Researcher

Conduct interviews with Local Education Authority Admissions Officers and Choice Advisors, collect documentary data

05/2010-08/2010 UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM

Grant holder/principal investigator

Evaluation of HEA Education for Sustainable Development Project

Coordinate with HEA, develop evaluation framework, design mixed methods research

methodology

Conduct evaluation using desk review, interviews, documentary analysis

Analyse data using Nvivo, synthesis findings and write project evaluation report

01/2008-6/2008 UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM

Researcher (Baseline of 14-19 Education)

Coordinate research amongst partners (schools, colleges and universities)

Visit research sites, conduct survey, interviews and focus group discussions with

students, parents, teachers, school governors and higher management

Analyse data using NVIVO, synthesize findings, write case reports, attend project

meetings, negotiate stakeholder participation

2007-2007 UNIVERSITY OF YORK: Lecturer

Teach undergraduate and postgraduate students (Developmental Education, Thinking Skills, Research Methods, Equity and Lifelong Learning and Creativity)

2005-2006 LAHORE UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT SCEINCES

Visiting Lecturer

Teach Creativity and Communication Skills courses within professional development courses 2004- 2006 UNICEF: National Education Consultant

Consultancy (1):

Provide technical support to districts (education department, district administration, NGOs) for

achieving Universal Quality Primary Education including:

Prepare detailed work plans/organize workshops

Report writing of workshop outcomes, undertaking progress review meetings with

UNICEF, district administration and education department

Consultancies 2/3: Evaluation of NORAD and Aus-AID funded projects for UQPE

Coordinate review meetings with UNICEF staff, national and international consultants

Develop evaluation frameworks and conduct evaluation using mixed methods research

including desk reviews, interviews, FGD, documentary analysis, classroom observation

with government officials, donor agencies, partner organisations, teachers, parents, school

management committees and school children

Analyse data, synthesis findings and write evaluation reports identifying gaps and

recommendations for modification of project activities

Disseminate findings through presentations in seminars to government officials, project

staff, donor agency partners and UNICEF

2002-2006 NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

National Education Consultant (Teacher training)

Identify research needs, develop research proposal, negotiate funding

Identify, collaborate with, coordinate and develop partnerships with HEIs, for conducting

research on Life Skills based primary education

Write press releases, concept papers and reports

Develop partnerships with provincial teacher training institutes

Undertake a needs assessment including analysis of policy, curriculum, textbooks and

practice

Design and develop teaching guides for primary subjects to develop skills (creativity,

critical thinking, empathy, communication and information gathering skills in children)

Lead, train and monitor material development teams providing specialist technical advice

and mentoring support

Train Lead Teacher Trainers from provinces, provide technical advice and support to the

Director of Directorate of Staff Development to design, establish and implement a CPD

program for primary school teachers

Organise, conduct seminars and workshops for launching and implementation of CPD

1999-2002 UNICEF: Project Officer (Education)

Develop models for Universal Quality Primary Education, Early Child Care and

Development, Birth Registration Child Labour Elimination from Hazardous

Occupations, Provision of Non-Formal Education for 8- 14 year olds

Achieve project sustainability through involvement of district administration, provincial

government, district education, health, social welfare department and corporate sector in

decision making

Strengthen district and provincial institutions for provision of access to quality primary

education by capacity building through technical advice/ financial assistance/ training and

mentoring to educational management

Establish partnership for planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of

UNICEF supported interventions with Government officials, NGOs, Corporate Sector,

Communities Schools, HEIs and Teacher training institutes

Support improvement of the quality of education/increase learning achievement through

development of teaching material and teacher training in coordination with district

education department, teacher training institutes, educational leadership

Develop communication strategy to promote primary education

Give project presentations, conduct workshops, seminars, write project reports

Train and build capacity of NGO staff for social mobilisation, capacity building,

monitoring, teacher training and conducting awareness raising campaigns

1999/1999 International Labour Organisation: Child Labour monitor/database manager 1998/1998 Adult Basic Education Society (NGO): Primary Education Project Coordinator Research projects and funding

Transforming English Language Skills in Higher Education Programme (TELS/HEP) in Pakistan Funded by: British Council (£95, 000)

Evaluation of Higher Education Academy’s Education for Sustainable Development project Funded by: Higher Education Academy (£1000) Teachers as writers and the teaching of writing: A review of the literature Funded by: The Centre for Research in Education and Educational Technology (OU) (£3500) Facilitating student creativity in an international classroom context Funded by: Regent’s College, Faculty of Business and Management (£2912) NGO architecture and community cohesion in Pakistan – A literature review Funded by: GRM international (£2500) Appraisal of Aus-AID programing in Pakistan Funded by: Aus-AID ($8800)

Development of workshop for HEA ‘Applying for Funding in STEM Subjects’ Funded by: Higher Education Academy (£1800) Baseline Evaluation of the 14-19 Education Reforms Funded by: Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency Mid-term Evaluation of universal quality primary education project in Punjab, Pakistan Funded by: UNICEF and NORAD End term Evaluation of universal quality primary education project in Balochistan, Pakistan Funded by: UNICEF and AUS-AID Evaluation of UPE models in Pakistan (MA dissertation) Funded by: National Commission for Human Development (Government of Pakistan) Life-skills based approach to education: A literature review Funded by: National Commission for Human Development (Government of Pakistan) The Place of Creativity in Pakistani Primary Education System (PhD Funded by: National Commission for Human Development (Government of Pakistan) Evaluation of use of Learn English Audio Life player in secondary schools in Tanzania Funded by: British Council (£15,000) The following are funded by DfiD as part of the English in Action project in Bangladesh (£260,000)

Assessment of changes in EL competency of primary and secondary teachers, students,

classroom practice and perceptions towards learning of English in Bangladesh

The professional and personal lives of lives of primary and secondary school student and

teachers’ in Bangladesh

A tracer study of disadvantaged children educated by UCEP NGO in Bangladesh: From

school to workplace

Teacher and trainer views on use of projector and mobile phones for providing training

(qualitative and quantitative) within English in Action project in Bangladesh

Small scale trial of use of newly revised English textbooks in Bangladesh

Interaction between school and media based interventions to influence English language

learning: A case of Bangladesh

List of Publications/Conference Papers __________________________________________________________________ Books Shaheen, R. (2011) The place of creativity in Pakistani primary education system. Germany: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing Chapters Shaheen, R., Kumar, P (2013) "English in Action: Views of teachers and teacher facilitators on use of mobile phones for teacher professional development and classroom teaching in Bangladesh" In Alley, M and Khan, B. (Ed) International Handbook of E-Learning. Canada: AOUP Shaheen, R., (2013) “Testing for creativity.” In Carayannis, E. (ed.) Encyclopaedia on creativity, invention, innovation, and entrepreneurship. USA: Springer Publications

Shaheen, R., (2012) “What is creativity?” In Peterson, A. and Arthur, J. (ed.) The Routledge companion to education. UK: Routledge Journal Articles Das, Sharmistha; Shaheen, Robina; Shrestha, Prithvi; Rahman, Arifa and Khan, Rubina (2014). Policy versus ground reality: secondary English language assessment system in Bangladesh. Curriculum Journal, 25(3) pp. 326–343. Power, T., Shaheen, R., Solly , M., Woodward, C. & Burton, S. (2012) ‘English in Action: School Based Teacher Development in Bangladesh’, Curriculum Journal 23(4): 503-529. Shaheen, R., (2010) Creativity and Education. Creative Education, 1(3): 166-169 http://www.scirp.org/journal/ce Shaheen, R., (2009) Building a creative school: A dynamic approach to school development. Evaluation & Research in Education, 22(2): 167-168 (Book Review) Gorard, S., See, BH. and Shaheen, R. (2009) Educating for Citizenship: Some Lessons from England, Citizenship Teaching and Learning, 5(1): 35-45 Conference Papers Shaheen, R, (2015) Measuring success and failure in international development: how useful is research? PPE Society International Development Conference, Durham University February 16

th, 2015

Shaheen, R; Azim, F; Kabir, S, (2013) Interaction between school and media based interventions to influence English language learning: A case of Bangladesh, British Educational Research Association 2013. University of Sussex September 3- 5, 2013 Shaheen, R; Walsh, C; Power, T; Burton, S, (2013) Assessing the impact of large-scale teacher professional development (TPD) in Bangladesh: English in Action (EIA) American Educational Association Annual Meeting 2013. San Francisco, California April 27-May 1, 2013 Walsh, C; Shaheen, R (2013) English in Action (EIA): Mobile phones as an agent of change for large-scale teacher professional development and English language learning in Bangladesh American Educational Association Annual Meeting 2013. San Francisco, California April 27-May 1, 2013 Shaheen, R., & Lace, R. (2013) ‘English in Action: innovation using mobile for classroom and adult learning in Bangladesh’ UNESCO Mobile Learning Week, 18-22 February 2013 Paris, France. Shaheen, R., Hassan, M. and Kumar, A. (2013) ‘Learning English: Its use and benefits Views from Bangladesh’, BELTA International Conference, 18-20 January, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Walsh, C., Shaheen, R., Power, T., Hedges, C., Khatoon, M. and Mondol, M.S.(2012) ‘Low Cost Mobile Phones for Large Scale Teacher Professional Development in Bangladesh’, Mlearn 2012, 16-18 October, Helsinki, Finland Mahbub, L. Shaheen, R. (2012) ‘Usability and sustainability in using audio-visual contents for ELT: Bangladesh perspective EIA', Mlearn 2012 Pre-conference workshop ‘mLearning Solutions for International Development: Rethinking what's possible’, 15 October, Helsinki, Finland. Power, T., Hedges, C. and Shaheen, R. (2012) ‘School based teacher professional development in Bangladesh', Mlearn 2012 Pre-conference workshop ‘mLearning Solutions for International Development: Rethinking what's possible’, 15 October, Helsinki, Finland. Cremin, T., Shaheen, R., (2012) Teachers as writers and the teaching of writing - A review of

the literature. UKLA July 6th 2012 Shaheen, R. (2011) Barriers to creativity. Presentation to the Centre for Research into Imagination, Creativity and Knowledge, Department of Philosophy, University of York, June, 2011 Morrison, M., Gorard, S., Lumby, J., Briggs, A., Hall, I., Maringe, F., See, BH, Shaheen, R. and Wright, S. (2009) Enjoyment and learning?, presentation to AERA Annual Conference, San Diego, April 2009 Lumby, J., Gorard, S., Briggs, A., Morrison, M., Hall, I., Maringe, F., See, BH, Shaheen, R. and Wright, S. (2009) Citizens now and for the future?, presentation to AERA Annual Conference, San Diego, April 2009 Shaheen, R. (2009) Effective use of gatekeepers in research, presentation to University of Birmingham Annual Student Conference, July, 2009 Shaheen, R. (2009) Understandings of the word 'Creativity,' presentation to BERA Annual Conference, September, 2009 Shaheen, R. (2009) Definitions of creativity: education policy, curriculum and primary school teachers, presentation to BERA Annual Conference, September, 2009 Shaheen, R. (2008) Using the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking to assess primary school children's creativity, presentation to BERA Annual Conference, September, 2008 Shaheen, R. (2008) Using mixed methods in creativity research, presentation to BERA Annual Conference, September, 2008 Shaheen, R. (2008) Researching creativity through education, presentation to BERA Annual Conference, September, 2008 Shaheen, R. (2007) Creativity though education: case of public sector primary education in Pakistan, presentation to BERA Annual Conference, 2007

Reviewer for: Creative Education, Evaluation & Research in Education, HEA Teaching Development Grants, UNESCO Prospects, The Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, African Educational Research Journal

Editorial Board Member for International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning, Digital Culture & Education

Programme Committee Chair for 12th World Conference on Mobile and Contextual Learning, mLearn 2013, Doha

Qatar

Mobile Learning Practices: Lessons Learned

Membership of Professional Bodies: Associate of Higher Education Academy, Academic Associate for HEA Languages: English, Urdu, Punjabi, Hindi IT Skills: MS Word, Excel, SPSS, NVIVO, PowerPoint, Social media tools Other training: Time management, Interpersonal communication, Gender sensitization, Case study research, Preparing research bids (ESRC-DFID), PRINCE 2 (project management), Project risk assessment and management