Dr Brown - Dr Nicole Brown

Picture is the cover slide for the presentation. It includes a photo of Nicole Brown and the details of the talk "Ableism in Academia: Inclusion in Practice" along with contact details for N Brown.

Beyond inclusion: reimagining an anti-ableist higher education

In April 2024, I was asked to deliver a keynote for an international webinar organised by CripLab. CripLab is a research laboratory on crip posthumanities in Santiago, Chile, whose members seek to map the modes of discursive and material production of the norm of dis/ability in Chilean universities that develop […]

A stack of books. All books are mentioned in the blog post.

Position papers for BERA (British Educational Research Association)

Here I share my two position papers written as part of the review of the ethical guidelines for the British Educational Research Association.

Becoming an innovator in Higher Education

Contribution to Times Higher Education Campus about becoming an innovator in Higher Education.

The lived experience of fibromyalgia

This podcast is an audio-recording with slides as it was presented on the 25th June 2021 to the fibromyalgia support group Faversham Fibromyalgia Friends.

Image of concentric circles in different colours.

Creative output: This is just to say

This is an example of an ethnographic poem, the output of poetic inquiry and analysis within Embodied Inquiry from my research with academics.

Supervising PhDs: Atypical in more than one way

This is an extract from a guest post on the Supervising PhDs Community Blog. In the post, I discuss what research supervisors can do to support doctoral students who may have disabilities, chronic illnesses and/or neurodiversities.

Creative output: “I need duvet days” – Chronically ill academics

This is an example for analysis within Embodied Inquiry from my research with chronically ill academics. The illustrated poem was created from the transcripts of conversations with chronically ill academics and an arts-based approach to making sense of data.

Analysing data that has been collected using creative research methods

Workshop to consider analysis in qualitative research with a specific focus on how to treat and deal with data that is not textual, but comes out of the use of creative methods (drawings, paintings, pick-a-card, models, etc.)

Book Review: Against Plagiarism – A Guide for Editors and Authors

This post links to the review of the book "Against Plagiarism - A Guide for Editors and Authors".

Identity boxes

In this post I describe what identity boxes are, how I developed the idea and why identity boxes can be used in research.

Using audience response systems for teaching

In my experience using audience response systems in secondary or higher education can improve participation and engagement amongst learners.

Lesson planning: The hook, a good starter

It may look simple to deliver the hook but in reality planning for the hook should not be underestimated, after all you need something very catching to get your students' attention so they become interested in your lesson.