Education research specialist with expertise in qualitative and quantitative research methods.

Thomas Godfrey-Faussett is an education researcher at BrainWaves whose work focuses on the effectiveness of educational interventions within the BrainWaves programme. He has particular expertise in teacher self-efficacy and confidence, and in student perceptions and understandings of mental health and wellbeing.

He has 13 years’ experience in the education sector and has worked as a physics teacher in schools in England and Zambia, as a lecturer in higher education, as a teacher educator at the University of Oxford and at Goldsmiths University, as an education researcher at UNICEF, and in the EdTech sector.

Thomas Godfrey-Faussett has contributed to influential research, policy, and educational initiatives, including the SQA’s Perceptions and Attitudes of Standards in Scotland (PASS) project, Ofqual’s Resilience in Qualifications project, and UNICEF’s Learning is For Everyone (LiFE) project. This work has informed policy at national and international level.

Contribution to BrainWaves
In their role at BrainWaves, Thomas Godfrey-Faussett contributes to education research and strategy, supporting the organisation’s aim to improve the wellbeing of young people in schools.