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Biography
Manny has a background working in disability student support, widening participation, education development, and quality enhancement.
Expertise Summary
His research interests are on the processes of social exclusion/inclusion related to 'race', ethnicity and disability in the area of higher education studies. He is a sociologist of education currently engaged in research projects with a focus on widening participation and culturally relevant teaching in higher education.
Teaching Summary
Manny teaches on BA Education and MA Special and Inclusive Education. He is also supervising MA dissertations and doctoral students in the School of Education.
Research Summary
Manny is currently researching matters of race, disability, and equality in accessing higher education.
From 2025-2028, Manny, as PI, is currently undertaking research on an ESRC project titled: Amplifying the mental health of Black university students: A Black, Mad and Disability Studies Intersectional Inquiry, alongside University of British Columbia (Canada), Durham University, University of Sheffield, and University of Herfordshire. /research/groups/rise/projects/mental-health.aspx
From 2022-2026, Manny is currently conducting research and evaluation work, alongside Sheffield Hallam University, on increasing access and participation for Black, Asian, and minority ethnic groups in postgraduate research study. This is a part of the evaluation strand for the Yorkshire Consortium for Equity in Doctoral Education
From 2023-2025, Manny, as PI, has undertaken a Leverhulme Research Fellowship on hope for anti-racist change in higher education. Details of this project was featured in the May 2023 Leverhulme Trust newsletter (p.15).
Recent Publications
MILAGROS CASTILLO-MONTOYA and MANUEL MADRIAGA, 2025. Teaching in Higher Education. 30(2), 555-564
MANUEL MADRIAGA, 2024. Educational Review. 0(0), 1-17
MANUEL MADRIAGA and BENJAMIN BLAISDELL, 2024. International Studies in Sociology of Education. 0(0), 1-18
MADRIAGA, MANUEL, 2022. Higher Education.
Past Research
In 2021-2022, Manny was PI for a Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE) Scoping Award to examine race and widening access policy in English higher education. Two outputs are listed below:
- Madriaga, M. 2022. Reframing race and widening access into higher education.
- Madriaga, M. 2022. Colour-evasiveness and higher education: Synthesis of literature on race and widening access. Society for Research into Higher Education
In 2017-2019, Manny was a Senior Research Fellow on research team led jointly by Dr Lindsey Bowes, Research Director, CFE Research and Professor Colin McCaig, Sheffield Hallam University. Office for Students: Formative Evaluation of Capacity Building of National Collaborative Outreach Programme. More information on this project can be .