Cambridge and India

Nidhi Singal trained as a clinical psychologist and worked with children and young adults in a range of clinical and educational settings before joining the Faculty of Education. Her current teaching and research interests are in the area of education for marginalised groups, with a particular focus on children and young people with disabilities in the global South. Another important dimension in her work has been the development of culturally sensitive approaches in educational research. From 2005- 2010 Nidhi was the International Team Leader for the Disability, Education and Poverty Project (DEPP) under the aegis of the Research Consortium on Educational Outcomes and Poverty(RECOUP). DEPP focused on researching the human, social and economic outcomes of education for young people with disabilities living in poverty, in Ghana, India, Kenya and Pakistan. The Consortium was a partnership between seven different institutions and was funded by the Department for International Development (DFID). Findings from DEPP have been widely published and significantly contributed to policy debates in various countries.

Nidhi has worked as a consultant for a range of international organisations such as, Handicap International, UNESCO and World Vision, helping them in developing research projects, programme evaluation and policy development. She is also the lead convenor of the BAICE funded Thematic Forum on Education, Disability and Development. She was the Assistant Editor for the International Journal of Educational Research and is a reviewer for various international journals, publishing houses and international research funding bodies.