Georgia Hyde Dryden

Centre for Child and Family Research
Department of Social Sciences 
Loughborough University 
Loughborough 
Leicestershire LE11 3TU 
England

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Email: G.R.Hyde-Dryden@lboro.ac.uk

Nationality: British

Start Date: Oct 2007

Status: Full-tme PhD

Academic Biography:

LLB (Hons) Law German Law and Language, University of East Anglia, 1997

Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice, The College of Law York, 1998

Qualified as a solicitor September 2000 

MRes Social Research, Loughborough University, 2007

Current Research:

In my PhD research titled “Overcoming by Degrees”, I am exploring the impact of widening participation measures designed to improve care leavers’ experiences of higher education. In particular, I am considering the impact of the Frank Buttle Trust Quality Mark, awarded to higher education institutions demonstrating a commitment to care leavers.

Research Interests:

Transitions to adulthood from care, disability issues, social policy  

Funding Body:Loughborough University Development Trust

Supervisors: Professor Harriet Ward

Involvement in Department:

Student representative on the Postgraduate Staff Student Liaison Committee

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Other:

Website administrator for the International Research Network on Transitions to Adulthood from Care (INTRAC).

Member of the Postgraduate Research Group on Youth Transitions from Public Care.

I have been involved in organising social events for postgraduates across campus.

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