Higher Education
We welcome applications for research degrees aligned to Higher Education in each of the areas listed below. Potential supervisors are shown with a summary of their areas of research expertise. Further details can be found on their staff profile page which also links to their publications. You are welcome to contact a potential supervisor for an informal discussion before submitting your application.
Current research student projects in this area are listed below.
Dr Gulen Addis (Nursing; nursing education; dignity in care)
Dr Sanj Nathoo (nursing education; adult nursing)
Dr Dorin Festeu (physical exercise/depression; educational projects in non-formal education; entrepreneurship; e-learning; health rehabilitation; employability; engineering and innovation)
Dr Nic Fryer (philosophy of Jacques Rancière; drama; theatre and performance pedagogy; devised performance and reflective practice)
Dr Maurice Gledhill (education, work-based learning)
Dr Keiran Henderson (exercise science; physiology; cardio/blood pressure; education)
Dr Alan Hockley (widening participation; landscape and walking; education; outdoor pedagogy)
Dr Simon Lee-Price (education support; writing; teaching writing)
Dr Richard Mather (learning programming; forestry; education; environment)
Dr Cheryl Pitt (family and child psychosocial wellbeing and health; adaptation to chronic illness in childhood; lifespan and adult development; career development and lifelong learning)
Dr Julia Robertson (evolutionary psychology; faciometrics in research related to masculinity/ femininity; teaching and learning of Research Methods in HE)
Dr Chris Sambrook (fly-tipping; counterfeit pesticides; policing education)
Dr Ina Stan (outdoor education; health/body image primary school)
Dr Kavita Panwar (entrepreneurial education)
| Project title | Supervisors |
|---|---|
How does the ethos of school counselling relate to the ethos of the host primary school? | Dr Piers Worth, Dr Ina Stan |
| Dr Richard Mather, Dr Kevin Maher | |
Understanding first year widening participation students' experience of assessment. | Dr Ceri Sims, Prof Barbara Dexter (Visiting prof) |
Undergraduate therapeutic radiography: perceptions on curricula and preparedness for practice using an appreciative inquiry approach. | Dr Gulen Addis, Dr Ina Stan |
From Police Training to Police Education: the Introduction of the Police Education Qualification Framework. | Dr Dorin Festeu, Dr Chris Sambrook |
How do students from a ‘non-traditional’ background understand and construct the concept of ‘self’ and ‘others’? A hybrid action research model. | Dr Keiran Henderson, Dr Fiona McCormack |
Student-staff partnerships in higher education: a shared view meaning and process. | Dr Keiran Henderson, Dr Maurice Gledhill |
| Dr Ciaran O'Keefe, Dr Gulen Addis, Dr Keiran Henderson | |
How responsible are teacher expectations and (potential) biases for present low educational outcomes of students from a GRT background? | Prof Margaret Greenfields, Dr Carol Rogers, Dr Cheryl Pitt |
Action Research: the impact of the implementation of a functional curriculum in improving the quality of life for children or young people with moderate learning difficulties | Dr Ian Stan, Dr Maurice Gledhill |
