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Visiting Scholar: Yusuf Dumlupınar

Yusuf Dumlupınar

Assistant Professor Dr Yusuf Dumlupınar, a blind musicologist, vocal performer, and music educator, joined the School as a visiting researcher in January 2025. His current research focuses on exploring the functionality of braille and audio technologies in the musical practices of musicians with visual impairment (VI). Dumlupınar aims to investigate the impact of non-visual perceptual processes on musical experience and performance. His research on the specialized education of individuals with VI seeks to develop an equitable and accessible approach to music education, maximizing the creative and artistic potential of blind musicians.

Assistant Professor Dumlupınar will begin his research at the Scottish Sensory Centre within the Moray House School of Education and Sport at the University of Edinburgh, under the guidance of Professor John Ravenscroft. 

Dumlupınar views these experiences as a significant milestone in the education of musicians with VI, which will inspire future researchers in the field. His perspective on these studies is centred on fostering an inclusive, innovative, and creative approach to music education, contributing to the development of practices that facilitate the social integration of musicians with VI.

Assistant Professor Dumlupınar began his academic career 25 years ago at Malatya İnönü University, where he currently serves as a faculty member in the Department of Musicology, Faculty of Fine Arts. In addition to performing instruments such as the bağlama, piano, and oud, he conducts in-depth research in areas such as vocal pedagogy, Turkish folk music, Turkish makam music, and Alevi music. His work on the education of musicians with VI contributes significantly to understanding the interaction between music and society, as well as reflecting social musical diversity. This multifaceted academic and artistic expertise positions Dumlupınar not only as an esteemed educator but also as a pioneering figure with the potential to drive social change in the field of music.

VIPPSTAR project launches

The VIPPSTAR project is set to revolutionize care for children and adolescents with visual impairment (VI). Launched in January 2025 and funded by the HORIZON-Europe Programme with a budget of €8.1 million over four years, VIPPSTAR aims to provide individuals with VI with personalized prevention strategies, tools, approaches, and resources by using advanced digital tools and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies.

David Raffe Memorial Lecture recording: Understanding school exclusion - what can we learn from a home international comparison?

Professor Gillean McCluskey gave the 6th annual memorial lecture in honour of the late David Raffe, Professor of Sociology of Education and Director of the Centre for Educational Sociology at the University of Edinburgh.  

The topic of her lecture: ‘Understanding school exclusion: what can we learn from a home international comparison?’ reflects David’s concern about the lasting impact of young people’s experience of schooling on their future life chances and how policy might make a positive difference.

Professor McCluskey’s lecture drew on the concept of ‘home international’ comparative research across the four nations of the UK, which David pioneered. He saw this approach as a way to gain a better understanding of core educational issues by investigating policy and provision in each of the nations which share broadly similar social, economic and cultural contexts. 

Professor McCluskey contributes to report on Serious Youth Violence | 25 July 2023

Professor Gillean McCluskey was invited to contribute to a report on the Serious Youth Violence Research Programme, which was co-funded by the Department for Education and Youth Endowment Fund.

The report has now been published on the UK Government's website. 

McCluskey's recent article among top downloads in 2021 | 20 June 2022

Professor McCluskey's recent article 'Exclusion from school in Scotland and across the UK: Contrasts and questions.' is recognised as one of the most downloaded articles within its first 12 months of publication in the British Education Research Journal in 2021.

Migrant integration: Treating diversity as a norm in modern schooling systems | 15 Apr 2022

Dr Nataša Pantić has published a blog article about her contributions based on the emerging findings from a recent research project, a piece of collaborative research between Scotland, Sweden and Finland.

Teaching that Matters for Migrant Students (TEAMS), a project supported by NordForsk, addresses the important role that school’s play in migrants’ integration process. Social Network analysis and fieldwork across seven school sites in Scotland, Finland and Sweden, exploring how practices at school and teacher levels are shaped by national and institutional policy contexts. Initial findings are consistent with other research, supporting some key messages for practice, policy and future research.

Thematic issue on children's rights in European education | 29 Mar 2022

A special thematic article 'The Children's rights in European education: Dilemmas, challenges and implementation regarding Roma children' in Hungarian Educational Research Journal co-authored by Professor Sheila Riddell from CREID and by Andrea Óhidy and Alina Boutiuc-Kaiser from the University of Education in Freiburg, Germany has been published online.

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