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Dr Michael Omuvwie

Dr Michael Omuvwie

Assistant Professor
School of Business & Leadership

Academic Qualifications
  • 2019, University of Manchester, UK, PhD
  • 2013, University of Bath, UK, PGCE
  • 2005, University of Cambridge, UK, MPhil
  • 2004, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK, C Eng
  • 2003, London School of Economics, UK, MSc
  • 1999, Middlesex University, UK, BSc (Hon)
Professional Experience
  • Dr Omuvwie holds degrees from Cambridge, Bath, and Manchester universities, as well as the London School of Economics. Throughout his undergraduate and postgraduate studies, he was awarded numerous scholarships from all the universities he attended, including one from the prestigious Engineering and Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)) and another from the Mathematics for Education and Industry (MEI). He has a background in Mathematics and Computer Science with a focus on Secondary, Further, and Higher Education, and he has taught both topics for many years in these contexts. Before entering the educational sector, he worked in industry with NatWest Bank, British Telecommunications plc, the African Foundation for Policy Research and Shell Petroleum. He was a Senior Project Manager with Shell Petroleum and formerly worked as a Lecturer in Computer Science at London Metropolitan University & University of Essex, and as a Research Fellow at the University of Manchester. He was also a lecturer at the University of Hull, where he taught an array of Research Methods module/courses.
Research Interests
  • My research interests span all aspects of mathematics teaching and learning, as well as the development of critical mathematical thinking skills. I am also interested in applying Rasch Modelling in measuring students. mathematical thinking skills.
Selected Publications
  • Medical Screening: a Critical Maths Lesson Study for Core Maths: A report on a Critical Maths lesson study that looks at planning, lesson delivery and post-lesson analysis, Omuvwie, M., Nickeas, D., McDonald, K., Pampaka, M., Sherrington, N., & Williams, J., Mathematics in Education & Industry, MEI Online, 2018
  • Interdisciplinary mathematics education: A state of the art. Berlin: Springer, Williams, J. M., Roth, W.-M., Swanson, D., Doig, B., Groves, S., Omuvwie, M., Borromeo Ferri, R., & Mousoulides, N., Springer, 2016
  • Mathematics dispositions of secondary school students with Special Educational Needs, Kalambouka, A., Pampaka, M., Omuvwie, M. & Wo, L., Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 2016

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