Professor Beng Huat See joined the Durham University School of Education in October 2013. Before that she was a research associate at the University of York and the University of Birmingham. She is currently leading an ESRC project comparing international education policies on teacher supply and co-leading on two other ESRC projects to improve recruitment and retention of STEM and ethnic minority teachers. She is interested in areas relating to critical thinking, teacher wellbeing, teacher development and effectiveness, and improving the learning and wider outcomes of children from disadvantaged backgrounds. Her expertise is in the use of multiple methods, e.g. systematic review and synthesis of evidence in education and the evaluation of education programmes and policies.