Book launch: Photovoice Reimagined

In this webinar celebrating the publication of her latest book Dr Nicole Brown discusses Photovoice Reimagined.
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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.
Image of the cover for the book "how to make the most of your research journal": a journal surrounded by items used for journaling

Support for students taking on research projects

This is a link to a webinar organised to offer support for students taking on research projects. My contribution was based on my book Making the Most of Your Research Journal.
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Article: The social course of fibromyalgia: resisting processes of marginalisation

This article reports an empirical study into the lived experience of fibromyalgia, which led to the identificiation of four forms of resistance against processes of marginalisation amongst those who have been diagnosed with fibromyalgia.
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Identity boxes: An art-based approach at a distance

This presentation video exploring identity boxes as an art-based approach at a distance was recorded for the virtual NVivo conference Qualitative Research in a Changing World. 
Cover slide of YouTube talk showing Dr Brown and Dr Güzel

Wellbeing in Higher Education podcast: Ableism

I was invited to contribute to the Cambridge Centre for International Research podcast series to talk about the experience of disabled people in higher education and how to improve the situation.
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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.
Nicole sitting by the beach with a cup of tea and a book taking advantage of free time to dedicate to her doctoral studies.

Supervising PhDs: Dealing with ‘atypical’ students

This is an extract from a guest post on the Supervising PhDs Community Blog, where I explore the experience of "atypical" students, and what research supervisors can do to better support those "atypical" students. 

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.

Ableism in the curriculum

In this post, I explain what ableism in the curriculum is, and what we as teachers can do to counter ableism in the curriculum.

Guest post: So we are all gifted and talented

Having read "Peak" guest blogger Craig Brown argues that gifted and talented provision needs to be reviewed.

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.

How to flip, so it’s not a flop

This post provides some guidance on how to organise your lesson to flip successfully, as to flip cannot be done thoughtlessly.

Presentation from the Islam and Peaceful Relations conference

Download my presentation from the "Islam and Peaceful Relations" conference from here.

What is fibromyalgia?

This is a brief introduction to fibromyalgia, an invisible illness causing pain and cognitive dysfunctions.

Time management

A cyclical process of reading, writing and editing is only possible if you leave enough time. Time management is therefore one of the key skills to learn when entering University life. The easiest way to introduce effective time management is by preparing schedules.