Assessments: Letting students decide on their assessments
This is a link to a video for UCL Digital Assessment that explains how in my module we are letting students decide on how they want to be assessed.
Author talk: Making the most of your research journal
As part of the fabulous Phd Life Raft symposium organised by the magnificent Dr Emma Brodzinski, I was invited to an author talk about my book Making the Most of Your Research Journal. It was a great pleasure to oblige, and I thoroughly enjoyed that exciting experience.
FRSA: Fellowship of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce
Nicole Brown is FRSA, a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce.
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.
NVivo Podcast Episode 13: Participatory research methods
I was invited to contribute to the NVivo Podcast Between the Data. My contribution was published as Episode 13 "Participatory research methods with identity boxes, photographs and Lego".
Using creative methods to collect data in social research
Workshop to explore creativity within research and to identify opportunities to use creative methods within the research process.
Article: Using LEGO® to understand emotion work
This paper presents how LEGO® can be used in workshops to explore doctoral students’ emotions around the complex and solitary experience of a PhD research.
Article: Partnership in teacher education
This article is an example of student-staff collaboration within the community of practice of trainee teachers.
Skype – Video-conference interviews in health research
The paper discusses practical, ethical, and methodological pitfalls and concerns when using Skype as a tool for interviewing.
Book review: Doing research in education – Theory and practice
This review is about the book "Doing research in education". A fabulous resource and introduction to doing research in education.
Pluralism lesson resources
Download the resources for the pluralism lesson from here.
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.
The Mosaic approach according to Clark and Moss
Alison Clark and Peter Moss developed their own way of carrying out research with children – the Mosaic approach. The idea behind the Mosaic approach is that researchers collect data through a wide range of means. These are what Clark and Moss consider "individual tiles". It is then the researcher's task to put these individual pieces together to form one big picture, just like many little tiles are formed into one big mosaic.
Lesson plan templates
Download a lesson plan from here
Invisible illness and academic identity
A brief outline of intended research in relation to the invisible illness fibromyalgia and its impact on academic identity.
Zoom course query
Contact form to enquire about the Zoom course offer on moodle.





