Catherine Burke is Emerita Professor of History of Education. As a former President of the History of Education Society UK and long-time editor of the Sources and Interpretations section of the History of Education journal,she is currently, with Professor Jane Martin of the University of Birmingham, joint Editor of the Routledge Progressive Education Series. Professor Burke has published widely on the history of school architecture and participation of children in school design, and on contemporary school architecture. Her book, A Life in Education and Architecture: Mary Beaumont Medd 1907-2005 (Ashgate, 2013), won the 2014 History of Education Society book prize.
