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Research Profile

  • Paul trained as a primary school teacher in 1985/86 and spent 18 years teaching in special, primary and secondary schools. He specialised first in general SEN, then as a Teacher of the Deaf and finally in Language and Communication issues. Paul was team leader for an LEA specialist support team supporting pupils with autistic difficulties before starting with the University of Northampton in 2004. He has a first degree from London, a PGCE from Oxford Polytechnic, an MA in Education from the Open University and a PG Cert Ed (Hearing Impaired) from the University of Herts. He is a Fellow of the HEA.

    • BA/ BSc Education Studies (single and joint hons),
    • BA in Learning and Leaching,
    • Fd learning and teaching, 
    • BA Childhood & Youth

  • Interested in inclusion and access to Education at all levels.

  • For publications, projects, datasets, research interests and activities, view Paul Sedgwick’s research profile on Pure, the University of Northampton’s Research Explorer.

    • Inclusive classrooms in Italy and England: the role of support teachers and teaching assistants
    • Devecchi, C., Dettori, F., Doveston, M., Sedgwick, P. & Jament, J., 1 Jan 2012, In : European Journal of Special Needs Education. 27, 2, p. 171-184 13 p.