Picture is the cover slide for the presentation. It includes a photo of Nicole Brown and the details of the talk "Ableism in Academia: Inclusion in Practice" along with contact details for N Brown.

Beyond inclusion: reimagining an anti-ableist higher education

In April 2024, I was asked to deliver a keynote for an international webinar organised by CripLab. CripLab is a research laboratory on crip posthumanities in Santiago, Chile, whose members seek to map the modes of discursive and material production of the norm of dis/ability in Chilean universities that develop […]

How to keep a research journal

This post links to my contribution to the Lex Academic Blog, in which I write about how to keep a research journal.
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.

Doing fieldwork in the virtual space

In this post I share my contribution to the SAGE research methods online resources about doing fieldwork remotely.
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)

Recordings of ableism events and keynotes

It is with great excitement and pride that I share a list of scheduled ableism events. Celebrating the launch of my two edited books, find here events about Ableism in Academia.

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.

Chapter: Centring imagination in teacher education

The chapter offers reflections on how imagination can be nurtured in the practice of teacher education.

PASAR Connecting Communities conference

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

Learning from the Korean context

This post shows the Korean educational context and how I have discovered that you can be half-way around the world, and yet nothing changes.

Global Innovation Awards 2016: Winner Academic Integrity

This is about the Global Innovation Awards 2016, in which I have been nominated the winner for the Academic Integrity category.

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.

Research posters

Download two examples of research posters from here.

Action research or case study?

When planning for a practice-based enquiry or small-scale study you will most often be confronted with the choice between an action research or case study approach. Here is a simplified exploration to get you started.

Reflective model according to Gibbs

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

Reflective model according to Rolfe et al.

This is a description of how Rolfe's model of reflection should be used in order to improve practice and learning.

Contact

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