| Activity | Date of Birth: 27/07/1935
Place of Birth: Huddersfield, UK
University and Professional Training:
BSc Hons. Physics, University of Manchester 1956
PGCE King's College, University of London, 1957
BSc Hons Psychology, Birkbeck College, University of London, 1971
PhD Psychology, Birkbeck College, University of London, 1970s
Professional career:
Lecturer in Experimental Psychology, Birkbeck College, University of London 1965-1970
Head of Education Department, Huddersfield Polytechnic 1971-1974
Head of Behavioural Sciences Department (Psychology & Sociology), Huddersfield Polytechnic 1972-1976
Reader (then Professor) and Project Director, Huddersfield Polytechnic (subsequently Huddersfield University) 1976-1990
(concurrently) Research Fellow, Hester Adrian Research Centre, University of Manchester
Director of Postgraduate Programmes, University of Huddersfield, Course Leader MSc (Social Research and Evaluation) 1990-1994
Research and Evaluation Consultant (part-time), School of Human & Health Sciences, University of Huddersfield 1995-2007
Chief Consultant, Special study on Statistics and Indicators for Students with Disabilities,
s, Difficulties and Disadvantages, Centre for Educational Research and Innovation, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Paris, 1996-2007
Emeritus Professor, School of Human & Health Sciences, University of Huddersfield, 2002-
Involvement with BPS and/or other societies and organisations:
Founding Chair of BPS Postgraduate Degrees Committee (nd)
Member of ESRC Postgraduate Training Board (nd)
Vice-chair of Psychology Board, Chair of Educational Research Sub-committee, Chair of Special Educational Needs Panel, The Council for National Academic Awards, CNAA (nd)
Member of National Committee, Standing Conference of the Arts and Social Sciences (nd).
Sources: Colin Robson's CV.
Compiled by Mike Maskill, BPS Archivist for the History of Psychology Centre. |
| PublishedWorks | Selected publications:
Robson C (1994) Experiment, Design and Statistics in Psychology. 3rd ed. London, Penguin.
Robson C (1993) Real World Research: a resource for social scientists and practitioner-researchers. Oxford, Blackwell.
Robson C (2000) Small-Scale Evaluation: principles and practice. London, Sage.
Robson, C. (2000a) Special Needs Education: Statistics and indicators. Paris: Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. (with P. Evans and M. Deluca).
Robson, C. (2000b) Students receiving additional resources to access the curriculum (disabilities, learning or behaviour difficulties and social disadvantages). In Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators 2000. Pages 187-194. Paris: Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. (with P. Evans and M. Deluca).
Robson, C. (2001) Students receiving additional resources to access the curriculum (disabilities, learning or behaviour difficulties and social disadvantages). In Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators 2001. Pages 174-180. Paris: Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. (with P. Evans and M. Deluca).
Robson, C. (2002) Real World Research: A resource for social-scientists and practitioner-researchers. 2 nd Edn. Oxford: Blackwell.
Robson, C. (2003) Educating Children with Disabilities in Developing Countries: The Role of Data Sets. Paris: Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (with Evans, P.)
Robson, C. (2004a) Evaluation Research. In S.Becker and A.Bryman Understanding Research for Social Policy and Practice: Themes, methods and approaches. Bristol: Policy Press.
Robson, C. (2004b) Equity in education: Students with disabilities, learning difficulties and disadvantages. Paris: Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. (with P. Evans and M. Deluca). |