RECOUP linked studentships
RECOUP funds four PhD students from the four developing countries with which it has research partnerships. The four students are nationals of these countries and have had significant experience of the field of education. Three other PhD students are also part of the programme.
Students have the opportunity to work with a multi-disciplinary team, comprising economists, sociologists, anthropologists and educationists and are able to draw on other data being collected through other sub-projects in the Consortium. The first year of study is spent in Cambridge followed by up to 15 months in the field and a final period of write-up in Cambridge. The students are strongly supported during their studies by the Project Director, by their supervisors, and by the national principal investigators and research team members in the relevant country. The four studentships relate directly to the aims and objectives of RECOUP. The topics chosen emerged from the candidates' existing interests, and more directly from the concerns of the programme's three major research themes. They are designed around particular agencies, agenda or policy approaches which affect the education of the poor. In addition, three other PhD students supervised by RECOUP staff are working on RECOUP topics as part of the programme.
Holders of RECOUP Studentships
Georgina Oduro, Ghana: The impact of school education on knowledge and attitudes towards the prevention of HIV/AIDS
Juhi Sutaria, India: The engagement of urban adolescent girls with modern media and its effect on their sexuality
Fibian Kavulani Lukalo, Kenya: Negotiating meanings of education among rural women in Budalangi-Busia district Kenya
Tayyaba Tamim: The role of language education in socio-economic development in Pakistan
Other RECOUP Doctoral Students
Felipe Carrillo, Colombia: Decentralization, education and development
Angela Githitho-Muriithi, Kenya: EFA and changing attitudes to child labour
Arathi Sriprakash, India: A sociological study of teachers and pedagogy in rural south Indian primary schools
