Staff profile

I have worked at Durham University Since April 2014, first as a Research Assistant/Project Officer for the Hearing the Voice research group and later for the CEM Research Group at School of Education.

At the moment, I am a Senior Research Administrator at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities Research Hub. I have departments of History, Philosophy, and Theology and Religion in my remit, as well as the Faculty Sub-committee for Ethics and the CHESS research centre.

• Benefits of Music education
• Early Years language learning

• 2024 - 2024: BERA Best Presentation:
• 2014 - 2014: SEMPRE Research Award: presentation in Hull, November 2013
• 2011 - 2012: Two-year grant: post-graduate studies at the University of Jyvaskyla, Finland 2011-2012

Chapter in book

• Feedback from Teachers on a Widening Participation Intervention: Targeting, Context and Networking
  
  Younger, K., & Eerola, P. (2018). Feedback from Teachers on a Widening Participation Intervention: Targeting, Context and Networking. In G. Atherton, S. Kendall, M. Naughton, & M. Webster (Eds.), Widening access throughout the student lifecycle. (pp. 21-34). Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
• Jyväskylästä ja Oulusta valmistuneiden musiikinopettajien sijoittuminen työelämään. (How music teachers trained in the Universities of Jyväskylä and Oulu have found their place in the job market.)
  
  Eerola, P. (2009). Jyväskylästä ja Oulusta valmistuneiden musiikinopettajien sijoittuminen työelämään. (How music teachers trained in the Universities of Jyväskylä and Oulu have found their place in the job market.). In Musiikki kuuluu kaikille (pp. 227-232). Koulujen Musiikinopettajat ry 100 vuotta. Helsinki.

Conference Paper

• Proceedings of the 7th Triennial Conference of European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music (ESCOM 2009) Jyväskylä, Finland.
  
  Louhivuori, J., Eerola, T., Saarikallio, S., Himberg, T., & Eerola, P. (Eds.). (2009). Proceedings of the 7th Triennial Conference of European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music (ESCOM 2009) Jyväskylä, Finland [Conference paper].

Journal Article

• Development of multi-site teamworking skills in scientific interdisciplinary doctoral training: a case study
  
  Cramman, H., Eerola, P., Elliot, Z., Shields, L., Robson, J., & Whitton, N. (2025). Development of multi-site teamworking skills in scientific interdisciplinary doctoral training: a case study. Studies in Graduate and Postdoctoral Education. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1108/SGPE-01-2025-0005
• Lack of effect of a parent‐delivered early language intervention: Evidence from a randomised controlled trial completed during COVID‐19
  
  Burgoyne, K., Hargreaves, S., Akhter, N., Cramman, H., Eerola, P., Einbeck, J., & Menzies, V. (2024). Lack of effect of a parent‐delivered early language intervention: Evidence from a randomised controlled trial completed during COVID‐19. JCPP Advances. Advance online publication, Article e12279. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcv2.12279
• Extended Music Education Enhances the Quality of School Life
  
  Eerola, P., & Eerola, T. (2013). Extended Music Education Enhances the Quality of School Life. Music Education Research, 16(1), 88-104. https://doi.org/10.1080/14613808.2013.829428
• Musiikin opiskelun siirtovaikutuksia - katsaus empiirisiin tutkimuksiin. (The transfer effects of music education: A review of empirical evidence.)
  
  Eerola, P. (n.d.). Musiikin opiskelun siirtovaikutuksia - katsaus empiirisiin tutkimuksiin. (The transfer effects of music education: A review of empirical evidence.). Musiikkikasvatus, 17/1, 57-70.
• Mitä musiikki kouluille antaa? Musiikinopettajien näkemyksiä opetuksensa tavoitteista ja sisällöistä sekä oppiaineensa erityisyydestä. (What is music in schools for? How music teachers see the objectives, contents and speciality of their subject.)
  
  Eerola, P. (n.d.). Mitä musiikki kouluille antaa? Musiikinopettajien näkemyksiä opetuksensa tavoitteista ja sisällöistä sekä oppiaineensa erityisyydestä. (What is music in schools for? How music teachers see the objectives, contents and speciality of their subject.). Kasvatus, 1/2010, 31-40.

Masters Thesis

• Musiikkikasvattajien työtilanteen ja koulutuksen sekä musiikinopetuksen tavoitteiden arviointia. (Evaluating the music teacher training and the objectives of teaching music.)
  
  Eerola, P. (2010). Musiikkikasvattajien työtilanteen ja koulutuksen sekä musiikinopetuksen tavoitteiden arviointia. (Evaluating the music teacher training and the objectives of teaching music.) [Dissertation]. Awarding Organisation: Unknown. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:jyu-201005271949

Other (Digital/Visual Media)

• Monitoring practical science in schools and colleges, higher education data 2016-2018
  
  Cramman, H., Kind, V., Kind, P., Lyth, A., Gray, H., Younger, K., Eerola, P., & Coe, R. (2019). Monitoring practical science in schools and colleges, higher education data 2016-2018 [Dataset]. https://doi.org/10.5255/ukda-sn-853459
• Monitoring practical science in schools and colleges, school data 2016-2017
  
  Cramman, H., Kind, V., Kind, P., Lyth, A., Gray, H., Younger, K., Eerola, P., & Coe, R. (2019). Monitoring practical science in schools and colleges, school data 2016-2017 [Dataset]. https://doi.org/10.5255/ukda-sn-853446
• Abstracts & Programme for the 7th Triennal Conference of European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music (ESCOM 2009) Jyväskylä, Finland.
  
  Eerola, P., Eerola, T., Himberg, T., Louhivuori, J., Pitkänen, P., & Saarikallio, S. (Eds.). (2009). Abstracts & Programme for the 7th Triennal Conference of European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music (ESCOM 2009) Jyväskylä, Finland [Dataset].

Report

• Talk With Tales for Children (TWiTCH) programme : Pilot Evaluation Report
  
  Fitzfussell, N., Menzies, V., Eerola, P., Daniel, J., Burgoyne, K., Qi, X., & Cramman, H. (2025). Talk With Tales for Children (TWiTCH) programme : Pilot Evaluation Report. Education Endowment Foundation.
• Evaluating the impact of the Parents and Children Together (PACT) programme on the language skills of 3- to 4-year-old nursery children A two-armed randomised trial
  
  Menzies, V., Eerola, P., Zhang, Q., Cramman, H., & Einbeck, J. (2024). Evaluating the impact of the Parents and Children Together (PACT) programme on the language skills of 3- to 4-year-old nursery children A two-armed randomised trial. Educational Endowment Foundation.
• Parents and Children Together (PACT) Evaluation Report
  
  Menzies, V., Cramman, H., Eerola, P., Hugill-Jones, J., Akhter, N., & Einbeck, J. (2022). Parents and Children Together (PACT) Evaluation Report.
• Baseline Evaluation of the Durham Commission on Creativity and Education Report
  
  Cramman, H., Menzies, V., Gray, H., Mee, D., & Eerola, P. (2020). Baseline Evaluation of the Durham Commission on Creativity and Education Report. https://doi.org/10.15128/r2gm80hv372
• Monitoring practical science in schools and colleges
  
  Cramman, H., Kind, V., Lyth, A., Gray, H., Younger, K., Gemar, A., Eerola, P., Coe, R., & Kind, P. (2019). Monitoring practical science in schools and colleges.