Keeping a research journal that works for you
This is an extract from my contribution to the LSE Impact blog discussing how to keep an effective research journal, thereby busting some of the myths surrounding research journaling.
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The benefits and challenges of participatory research methods
This video about the benefits and challenges of participatory research builds on my original work presented at the PASAR conference in 2017.
Article: Making sense of cultural bumps – Supporting GTAs with teaching
This article reports on a study with over 100 Graduate Teaching Assistants exploring experiences of ‘cultural bumps’ at a UK University.
Supervising PhDs: Creating a sense of belonging
This is an extract from a guest post on the Supervising PhDs Community Blog, which I co-authored with Dr Jo Collins from University of Kent. In the post, we explore what research supervisors can do to help develop a sense of belonging amongst their...
LEGO® reflections in Higher Education
This is a guest post on the Advance HE website published after I had delivered a successful workshop at the HEA Annual Conference demonstrating how to use LEGO reflections in higher education.
NADSN Position Paper
The National Association of Disabled Staff Networks (NADSN) has produced a COVID-19 post-lockdown position paper. In this paper, NADSN’s observations about the lived experiences of disabled people during COVID-19 are discussed alongside considerations...
Strategies to manage academic life
This is a post I wrote in July 2018 about how neurodiverse, chronically ill and disabled academics manage their academic life. This was published as a guest post on the Chronically Academic blog.
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.
Analysing data that has been collected using creative research methods
Workshop to consider analysis in qualitative research with a specific focus on how to treat and deal with data that is not textual, but comes out of the use of creative methods (drawings, paintings, pick-a-card, models, etc.)
Article: Increasing students’ engagement with reflections
This article seeks to explore the nature and depth of students’ engagement by providing an example from a teacher education programme.
Teaching international students
I have been asked about strategies for teaching international students. In principle, we should continue focussing on group work and sharing experiences and thus building collaborative, reflective practices. So the strategies I am presenting here for...
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.
Using creative methods to support well-being amongst PhD students
This workshop provides attendees with reflective tools to help PhD students understand their innermost emotions, concerns and needs, which is a first step towards developing strategies for well-being.
Creative methods – messy data?
This is to stimulate a discussion around boundaries of research, ethics and ownership of "messy data" resulting from creative methods.
Workshop: Using creative methods in research
In this interactive workshop participants explore creativity within research, experiment with and explore opportunities for creative methods in research.
What’s your message?
In this post I am asking "What's your message?". This is about teachers' behaviours and attitudes and how students perceive these.