Book launch: Photovoice Reimagined
In this webinar celebrating the publication of her latest book Dr Nicole Brown discusses Photovoice Reimagined.
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.
Accessibility in higher education: key principles
This is an extract from my contribution to the LSE Higher Education blog exploring key principles to ensure accessibility in higher education.
Choose to challenge: The experience of disabled women in higher education
This post is a link to a recording from my International Women's Day keynote presented on the 8 March 2021 at the University of Manchester.
Ableismus in der Akademie
This post is a link to recordings and write-ups of an ableism event held in German via the Johannes Kepler Universität Linz and Universität für künstlerische und industrielle Gestaltung Linz.
Handbags: representations of identity and memories
Handbags: I am inviting you to take in part in my research project. Information, contact details and consent form available from here.
Ableismus in Academia: Trotz Fleiß kein Preis?
This post is a link to a recording from an event held via the Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, where I was asked to discuss ableism in academia.
The research pipeline: managing the publications process
This post outlines how to maintain a research pipeline to plan and manage publications systematically and links to a word template.
Article: “Listen to your gut”: a reflexive approach to data analysis
This paper seeks to exemplify a reflexive approach to data analysis that accounts for the researcher’s positionality as well as the increasingly untraditional, unconventional data stemming from creative data collection methods.
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.
How much reading is enough?
I am often asked how much reading is enough? In this post I outline what you should consider in order to decide when it is enough.
Getting started with educational research
Getting started with educational research is a short introduction to the research process and offers help with questions and methods.
Book review: Ticked off – checklists for teachers, students, school leaders
This is a review of Harry Fletcher-Wood's book on how checklists can make all aspects of teaching more effective.
Epistemology
Methodology and methods are only part of the story of choosing a research framework. The way you go about collecting and interpreting data is strongly influenced by how you interpret knowledge and truth. This is about the epistemology. In simple terms, epistemology is the theory of knowledge and deals with how knowledge is gathered and from which sources. In research terms your view of the world and of knowledge strongly influences your interpretation of data and therefore your philosophical standpoint should be made clear from the beginning.
Writing an action plan
How to write an action plan in order to improve teaching practice. An action plan should include targets, next steps and success criteria for it to be meaningful.
Reflective model according to Gibbs
This is a brief description of how the reflective cycle according to Gibbs works.





