Objects as metaphors to account for embodiment

QUEST (Qualitative Expertise at Southampton) in collaboration with the National Centre for Research Methods and the South Coast Doctoral Training Partnership organised a webinar on Metaphor and Method. I was one of three keynote speakers presenting “Objects as metaphors to account for embodiment”.   Access the video at the NCRM […]
Image of the cover for the book "how to make the most of your research journal": a journal surrounded by items used for journaling

Knowing what to do with notes and journals

In this blog post I try to answer the question that I am often asked in my presentations and workshops: "What should I do with notes and journals?".

Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic

This is an extract from my contribution to the LSE Impact blog exploring lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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. 
Image of cover slide of the AdvanceHE presentation.

Challenging unconscious bias

This post is a link to a recording from a presentation for AdvanceHE on the topic of how to challenge unconscious bias.
Image of one slide from the presentation depicting a quote from a participant: Invisible disability in the academy is exhausting, peers & work conditions constantly overlook my needs. They have difficulty grasping fluctuations & often it's easier to just shrug off my needs.

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.
Covers of two books edited by Nicole Brown: Lived Experiences of Ableism in Academia: Strategies for Inclusion in Higher Education (Policy Press) und Ableism in Academia: Theorising Experiences of Disabilities and Chronic Illnesses in Higher Education (UCL Press)

Disability History Month interview

In this short video, I am answering 5 interview questions on the occasion of the Disability History Month. 
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. 

Conferencing “disabled style”

This is an extract from a guest post on the Conference Inference blog published upon invitation in relation to my ableism in academia work. In this post, I illustrate what it means to do conferencing "disabled style", when your body and/or mind are not typical, and what the realities are of navigating and negotiating conference spaces under the influence of visible and invisible conditions.

Guest post: Creativity in the Curriculum – An Exam Production-Line

In this guest post Dr Helen Ross reflects on the exam production line of our current school system.

Article: Partnership in learning

This paper outlines two distinct staff-student collaborations and how such a partnership may innovate teaching practices.

Digest: Value of social networks for teachers

Kelly and Antonio (2016) report on the value of social networks, more sepcifically facebook, for the teaching communities.

Integrity at the core of strategies to prevent cheating and plagiarism

Universities need to teach professional values and integrity, if plagiarism and cheating is to be prevented in the long-term.

How to create a research poster

Nowadays more and more emphasis is placed upon the impact of research. In many cases research students are even required to create a research poster as part of their thesis and enquiry submissions. However, how do you create a research poster?

Critical incidents according to Tripp

This is a brief outline of what Tripp considers as critical incidents.

Reflective model according to Gibbs

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