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Ross M. Purves
Ross M. Purves is a lecturer in educational studies at De Montfort University, United Kingdom. He worked as a computer development officer in the Department of Computer Science, University of Exeter and, subsequently, as an education research officer at the University of Roehampton and the Institute of Education. Whilst at Roehampton and at the Institute, Ross worked on a series of nine music and arts outreach research projects funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council, the Department for Education and Skills and the charity Youth Music. Between 2009 and 2011, he was a research officer on the European Commission’s Seventh Framework-funded ‘Usability of Music for Social Inclusion of Children Project’. His most recent work has focused on geographical and social impacts on instrumental music learning and involves the application of novel geospatial statistical techniques.