Dr. Sara Black

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Biography

Sara Black is a critical education leadership policy sociologist with a particular interest in how temporality and spatiality in everyday life reproduce social inequality. Since joining King's College London in January 2022, she has published extensively on the discursive and structural underpinnings that technology applies within learning systems. Prior to her academic career, Sara was a high school mathematics teacher and worked with pre-service teachers at the University of Cape Town beginning in 2014. Her doctoral research focused on the temporal and spatial constraints affecting teachers' practices, informing her engagement with educational policies. Sara's teaching involves modules on education change, leadership, and advanced research design, and she actively supervises dissertations in education policy sociology and critical geography. Her latest research includes exploring the intersections of education policy and critical political economy, as well as studies related to technology's role in educational contexts.

Research Interests

Requirements for King's College London

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.3
IELTS
Listening
Required:6.5
Reading
Required:6.5
Writing
Required:6.5
Speaking
Required:6.5
Overall
Required:7
TOEFL
Listening
Required:23
Reading
Required:23
Writing
Required:25
Speaking
Required:23
Total
Required:100
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in a relevant subject Quantitative competency (for some Economics/Finance programs)
Application Checklist
  • Official Transcripts
  • Personal Statement
  • Two Academic References
  • CV/Resume
  • English Language Proficiency Proof
Specialization Notes

Requirements are consistent across King's Business School and Social Science & Public Policy departments for standard Master's entries.