Esther Anwuzia

Dr Esther Anwuzia

  • eanwuzia at bournemouth dot ac dot uk
  • Lecturer in Human Resources and Organisational Behaviour
  • Dorset House D113, Talbot Campus, Fern Barrow, Poole. BH12 5BB
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Biography

Esther is a social scientist specialising in the impact of social and educational inequalities on the future aspirations, life chances, and wellbeing of adolescents and young adults. She researches interventions that minimise the risk of early school leaving and young people not being in employment, education, or training (NEET) in deprived communities and regions. She also develops innovative curriculum and assessment solutions to enhance students' engagement and retention in education.

Esther is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and serves as Governor at Bournemouth School. She received her PhD in Education from the University of Cambridge, which examined the influence of the home and school environment on young people's career decision-making and post-secondary school transition. Her research employs an interdisciplinary approach to explore young people's educational and employment trajectories.

Esther advocates policies and interventions for improving young people's wellbeing and social mobility and is open to collaborations with academics, practitioners, and policymakers in education and youth studies.

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person's work contributes towards the following SDGs:

Good health and well-being

"Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages"

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Quality education

"Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all"

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Decent work and economic growth

"Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all"

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Reduced inequalities

"Reduce inequality within and among countries"

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Journal Articles

Chapters

  • Anwuzia, E., 2023. Adolescents' future career preparation and socioemotional competencies: A self-determination theory perspective. Self-Determination Theory and Socioemotional Learning. 145-166.

Conferences

  • Anwuzia, E. and McLellan, R., 2020. Education and Employability: An Adaptation of the Framework of the ‘Innovator’s DNA’ to the Curriculum and Pedagogy of Secondary and Higher Education. In: Junior Researchers of Earli 13-17 July 2020 Porto, Portugal.

Internet Publications

Others

  • Anwuzia, E., 2023. Blog Post: Advancing young people’s transferable skills and transition to work. BU Research Blog. Published online.
  • Anwuzia, E. and Obiegbu, J., 2022. Blog Post: What can be done for more at-risk young people to become entrepreneurs?. BU Research Blog. Published online.
  • Anwuzia, E., 2022. Blog Post: Coaching At-Risk Young People CPD. BU Research Blog. Published online.

Profile of Teaching PG

  • MSc research project supervision

Profile of Teaching UG

  • Academic and Professional Practice
  • Organisational Behaviour and Responsible Management

Grants

  • Teaching for wellbeing: Connecting practice with socio-emotional support (ESRC, 07 Nov 2024). Completed
  • SPEED-You-UP Exhibition: Young people & Entrepreneurship (ESRC, 25 Oct 2022). Completed

External Responsibilities

  • Journal of Research on Adolescence, Reviewer (2025-)
  • Frontiers in Education, Review Editor (2024-)
  • Bournemouth School, Governor (2024-)
  • Auto/Biography Review, Editorial Assistant (2023-)

Internal Responsibilities

  • Programme Leader, Bournemouth University Business School Foundation Year Certificate
  • Reviewer, UOA 20 - Social Work and Social Policy
  • Academic Representative, Research and Knowledge Exchange Concordat Steering Group

Public Engagement & Outreach Activities

  • The British Academy Collaboration of the Faculties - Adventures in Interdisciplinarity (06 Sep 2024)
  • Showcasing the impact of entrepreneurship education on (at risk) NEET young people (ESRC Festival of Social Science 2022)
  • Teaching for wellbeing: Connecting practice with socio-emotional support (ESRC Festival of Social Science 2024)
  • University of Southampton Arts and Humanities Festival 2024

Conference Presentations

  • The British Academy Connecting Space, Data and Society: Interdisciplinary Pathways, Reimagining interventions for the ethnicity degree awarding gap using a strengths-based approach, 08 Oct 2024, London
  • The BSA Work, Employment and Society Conference 2023, Community and the socio-spatial context in a social entrepreneurship programme for NEET young people in deprived coastal regions, 13 Sep 2023, Glasgow Caledonian University
  • The BSA Auto/Biography Summer Conference 2023, 12 Jul 2023, Wolfson College, Oxford
  • Philomathia Social Sciences Research Symposium, Implementing competency-based learning: Does entrepreneurship education work?, 29 Jun 2022, University of Cambridge

Attended Training

  • Statistical Disclosure Control delivered by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Qualifications

  • PGCE in Education Practice (Bournemouth University, 2024)
  • PhD in Psychology of Education (University of Cambridge, 2022)

Honours

  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (Advance HE, 2024)

Memberships

  • British Educational Research Association (BERA), Member,
  • The British Academy Early Career Researcher Network, Member,
  • The British Academy ECR Network Interdisciplinary ThinkIn Group, Member,
  • Youth Employment Group, The UK's What Works Centre for Youth Employment, Member,

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