Key details
Dr Charmaine Angella Brown
Senior Lecturer in Initial Teacher Education
Dr Charmaine Brown joined the University of Greenwich as a Senior Lecturer in Initial Teacher Education (ITE), Further Education (FE) in 2002. She holds subject specialist teaching qualifications in adult literacy, ESOL, digital technologies, French and Spanish. Charmaine was appointed as a Senior Lecturer in 2007. Roles and responsibilities include leadership on innovative practices in ITE post graduate programme modules; facilitator CPD masterclasses in pedagogical content for teachers and teacher educators and post graduate supervisor on the MA Education, PhD and EdD programmes. She is also an Internal Examiner for doctoral Viva examinations in the School of Education.
Charmaine gained her Education Doctorate in 2021 on ‘the Further Education Teachers’ Attitudes Intentions and Behaviours in response to the Professionalisation Agenda.’ She disseminates her research on Initial Teacher Education and EDI in Higher Education in an international capacity and leads as Principal Investigator (PI) for EDI initiatives in collaboration with government agencies and community groups.
Professional interests focus on marginalised communities and EDI in the UK judicial system. In 2002, she was appointed as Judicial Office Holder in England and Wales on Employment Tribunals (TUC); assigned to First Tier Social Security Tribunal as a disability qualified panel member (DQPM) in 2017; appointed to the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland Social Security Chamber Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (DQPM) in 2020. She also serves as an Equality Assessor to the County Courts since 2010.
Posts held previously:
2021 - 2023: ESOL/Literacy subject Module Leader
Design, delivery and assess QA processes for the ESOL/Literacy modules - ITE FE programmes
Engage in quality assurance processes for standardisation and moderation with the FE team and network colleges
Design and deliver CPD pedagogical content for teacher educators
Representation of student results at pre-PAB, PAB, and course modules in SAP meetings
Behaviour Management Lead - PGCE FETs
2020 - 2023: ESOL/Literacy subject specialist tutor
2019 - 2023: Senior Lecturer - ITE FE
2015 - 2019: Programme Leader BA Mathematics Education/BA Language &
Literacy Education 2yr accelerated degree;
Lead on programme design, delivery and assessment procedures
2009 - 2015: Link tutor for network colleges
Lead on QA procedures for Surrey FE cluster providing ITE FE programmes validated by UoG;
Lead on standardisation and moderation procedures for programme delivery and professional practice
2002 - 2007 - Lecturer ITE
Facilitate delivery and assessment procedures for ITE FE programmes
Engage in marking and feedback processes for QA in standardisation and moderation with the ITE FE team and network colleges.
Responsibilities within the university
2025 - Present - University of Greenwich internal examiner - PhD and EdD viva examinations
2024 - Supervisor PhD and EdD doctoral programmes
2023 - Supervisor MA Education - Thesis
Senior Lecturer & Module Leader ITE in PGCE Further Education & Training Sector (FETs)
School of Education Research Ethics Panel (SREP) panellist
2021 - School of Education (SoE) Early Carer Academic (ECA) representative
Vice Chancellor (VC) scholarship panellist
FE & Secondary ITE representative - EDI steering committee
Awards
2022 - First Prize – poster competition BERA conference 2022 - University of Liverpool
Recognition
Professional body/membership
- 2025 - Member The British Academy Early Career Research (ECR) Network
- 2025 - Senior Fellow in Higher Education (SFHEA), AdvanceHE
- 2025 - Member Institute of Educational & Social Equity (IE&SE)
- 2025 - Member BERA Teacher Education Advancement Network (TEAN) network
- 2024 - British Education Research Association (BERA)
- 2023 - Fellow Royal Society of the Arts (FRSA)
- 2011 - Fellow Society for Education and Training (FSET) formerly FIfL
- 2004 - Member Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (MCIPD)
Board membership/Advisory bodies
- 2024 - Steering group member - Thinking Through Infrastructure Network (TTiN) - City St. Georges University
- 2024 - Steering group member - Peckham Platform
- 2022 - Trustee - Copleston Community Centre
- 2021-2021 Advisor - Union and Constitution Group (Part of UK Governance Group) - Cabinet Office
- 2021 - Panellist/contributor - Aylesbury Community Action - Peckham regeneration/gentrification campaign
- 2012 - 2025: Trustee - Secret Land Limited
Peer Reviewer
2020 - academic journal articles
Professional accreditation reviewer
2021- 2025 Qualified teacher in Learning and Skills (QTLS) for Society for
Education and Training (SET)
Research / Scholarly interests
- Education policy and teacher professionalism
- Higher Education and Racism
- Widening participation – narrowing the attainment gap for teaching in Higher Education ITE
Research and Knowledge Exchange (RKE)
- The Gentrification and African Presence in Peckham (GAPP)
- Marginalised communities
- Reconnecting linked heritage through genetic genealogy
Key funded projects
2024-2025 - KE4impact ‘Kick-starter’ funding = £2,040 Project Title: Community voices: urban regeneration and gentrification in Peckham
Media activity
Audio
- Brown, Charmaine and Bacon, Paul (2023), There goes the neighbourhood. (1st).
- Brown, Charmaine (2021) Grow Our Histories - SLG Oral history project.
- South London Gallery & Autograph archival project.
Podcasts
- Brown, Charmaine, Minton, Anna, Owoo, Betty, Rao, Ash, Taylor-Barret, Eleesha (2025), How (not) to make a city: gentrification, displacement, regeneration -podcast. (doi:)
- Stewart-Hall, Claire, Miller, Denise A, Brown, Charmaine (2025), Whiteness at Work: Podcast. (doi: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4WCZO1YSpdgYoAOEjVEh3V?si=OhObX6A7R4G4_ktzU-eGCQ).
- Brown, Charmaine (2023). Regeneration, gentrification, and urban removal of Caribbean communities in Peckham. BBC Radio 4 podcast ‘Thinking Allowed revisited’.
Videos
BERA conference 8th -12th September 2024, Manchester University
Miller, Paul W., Warner, Diane, Powell, Saffron, Miller, Denise A, Brown, Charmaine, Boyle, Rachel C. (2024), Black History Month 2024. Looking to the future, what are your hopes for Black Educational Researchers?. (doi: https://www.bera.ac.uk/media/black-history-month-2024-looking-to-the-future-what-are-your-hopes-for-black-educational-researchers).
Miller, Paul, Brown, Charmaine, Powell, Saffron, Warner, Diane, Callender, Christine (2024), Black History Month 2024. What progress has been made to celebrate and support Black colleagues’ excellence in Educational Research?. (1st) (doi: https://www.bera.ac.uk/media/black-history-month-2024-what-progress-has-been-made-to-celebrate-and-support-black-colleagues-excellence-in-educational-research).
Miller, Denise A and Brown, Charmaine (2024), The problem of institutional racism in a UK-based University. Part of series: BERA Conference 2023 Videos. (doi: https://youtu.be/7ZmR33MJWaI).
Southwark News interview
The fate of the ‘real’ Desmond’s of Peckham is a classic example of what gentrification means for the community, says Senior Lecturer
BBC Radio 4 podcast ‘Thinking Allowed’
Regeneration, gentrification, and urban removal of Caribbean communities in Peckham
Education campaigns - University Colleges Union (UCU):
Brown, Charmaine (2020) Fund the future: empower and educate1st.
Brown, Charmaine (2020) Fund the future: protect education for all.
Newspaper interviews
Brown, Charmaine (2023) The fate of the ‘real’ Desmond’s of Peckham is a classic example of what gentrification means for the community.'
Walking tours
Brown, Charmaine (2026) Walking Tour With Gentrification and African Presence (GAPP). 24 April 2026 Thinking Through Infrastructure Network (TTiN), City St George's, University of London, Northampton Square, London, EC1V 0HB
Brown, Charmaine (2026) A Walk from Time. Copleston Centre, Bellenden Road and Copleston Community Cafe, London. (Unpublished) 15 April 2026 Copleston Centre, Copleston Road, London SE15 4AN
Brown, Charmaine (2024) More-Than-Human-Mappings. Livingmaps network conference 2024. In: More-Than-Human-Mappings: Livingmaps network conference 2024, 17th November 2024, Senate House, University of London.
Brown, Charmaine (2023) Peckham gentrification walk and portraits of Peckham workshop. University of Arts London (UAL, Foundation Degree, Wilson Road, London SE5 8PE.