Susie Miles
Lecturer
Susie Miles is the Programme Director of the MEd in Inclusive Education. She is also the founding coordinator of the Enabling Education Network (EENET), an information-sharing network which supports and promotes the inclusion of marginalised groups in education worldwide. EENET represents a unique international resource on inclusive education. Previously she worked as a teacher of deaf children, both in the UK and in Swaziland. As Save the Children UK's Regional Disability Adviser for Southern Africa, she was centrally involved in developing inclusive education and community based programmes with and for disabled people over a period of 12 years.
As grant holder and coordinator of a Department for International Development research project (2001-2005), she has worked with colleagues in Tanzania, Zambia and the UK to develop a collaborative action research methodology on inclusion. She has worked as a consultant to a range of international non-governmental organisations, including Save the Children (UK), Leonard Cheshire International, the International Deaf Children's Society and the Dutch Coalition on Disability and Development.
Recent publications
Miles, S. & McCracken, W. (in press) Educational audiology in developing countries. In B. MacPherson & R. Brouillette (Eds) Nova Publishers, New York
Wilson, K., Miles, S. & Kaplan, I. (in press) Family Friendly: working with deaf children and their communities around the world. London: International Deaf Childrens Society.
Miles, S (2007) Learning from Difference: sharing international experiences of developments in inclusive education, pp131-145. In Florian, L (ed) Sage Handbook of Special Education. London: Sage.
Miles, S. & Kaplan, I. (2005) Using images to promote reflection: an action research study in Zambia and Tanzania. In Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, Vol 5, No 2, pp 77-83.
Ainscow, M. & Miles, S. (2004) Education for All: the challenge of inclusion. Hong Kong Journal of Special Education, Vol 7, No 1, pp 1-8.
Miles, S with Ainscow, M. and Kangwa, P., Kisanji, J., Lewis, I., Mmbaga, D and Mumba, P. (2003) Learning from Difference: Understanding Community Initiatives to Improve Access to Education. Final report to DFID. Manchester: EENET.
Miles, S. (2002) Learning about inclusive education: the role of EENET in promoting international dialogue. In P. Farrell & M. Ainscow (eds) Making Special Education Inclusive London: Fulton