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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.
Cover slide saying "Assessments: Letting students choose" and "MicroCPD UCL"

Assessments: Letting students decide

This is a link to a UCL MicroCPD video that explains how in my module we are letting students decide on how they want to be assessed.
Cover of the BERA Ethical guidelines document

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.
Portrait photo of Nicole Brown wearing sunglasses, sitting on steps. The Royal Albert Hall is visible in the background.

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.
Slide cover depicting text "Journaling: do you want to pug in or unplug?"

Research journaling: Journal across boundaries

This is a recorded conversation between Dr Janet Salmons of MethodSpace SAGE and Dr Nicole Brown explaining how to journal across boundaries. This video is similar to the one that we recorded for the NVivo conference Transcending Boundaries in Qualitative Research. 

Disclosure dances: The experience of PhD students with invisible disabilities in higher education

This post is a link to a recording from my presentation "Disclosure Dances" presented on the 30 June 2021 at the UCL Institute of Education.
Title slide of the presentation Trotz Fleiß kein Preis

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.

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.
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: Embodied reflection within dance training

This article explores where the somatically inspired pedagogy of teaching reflective practice through a creative and embodied approach sits within dance training.

PASAR Connecting Communities conference

This is my contribution to the PASAR Connecting Communities conference, which was held in November 2017.

Presentation from CSHE Research Festival

This is my contribution to the CSHE Research Festival 2017, which was held in October 2017 at the University of Kent.

Simulation of cognitive dysfunction

This is a brief simulation of what cognitive dysfunction and brain fog feel like.

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.

Which kind of teacher are you?

The result of a wide-ranging study provides an insight into the kind of teacher you may be. According to the findings there are four major types of teachers: the idealist, the moderate, the practitioner and the rationalist.

Reflective model according to Gibbs

This is a brief description of how the reflective cycle according to Gibbs works.