Sheila Riddell is Chair in Inclusion and Diversity and Director of the Centre for Research in Education, Inclusion and Diversity (CREID) in the Moray House School of Education, University of Edinburgh. She has worked at the University of Edinburgh since October 2003 and was previously Director of the Strathclyde Centre for Disability Research at the University of Glasgow. Sheila’s research interests are in the broad field of equality and social inclusion, with particular reference to gender, social class and disability in the fields of education, training, employment and social care. Sheila is currently working on projects investigating higher education, lifelong learning policy, and special and inclusive education across Europe.