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.
Disability post-lockdown
This post is a link to a recording from an event held on the 25th November 2020 via the University of Birmingham, where I was asked to discuss disability experiences before and after Covid19 Lockdown.
Chapter: Rhythmanalysis to account for time
This chapter draws on Nicole's research on how academic staff with chronic illnesses and disabilities specifically interact with the buildings and what impact the physical environment has on their everyday experience.
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 doctoral students.
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.
Chapter: The embodied academic
In this chapter I explore my journey from a secondary teacher to teacher educator to lecturer, a journey that signifies for me the transition from a teacher interested in embodiment to an embodied teacher and finally to an embodied academic.
Invisible disabilities in academia
This is a contribution to Times Higher Education from February 2018 about invisible disabilities in the higher education sector.
Ableism in the curriculum
In this post, I explain what ableism in the curriculum is, and what we as teachers can do to counter ableism in the curriculum.
PASAR Connecting Communities conference
This is my contribution to the PASAR Connecting Communities conference, which was held in November 2017.
3min thesis 2016
The 3 min thesis is a competition, but it helps focussing thoughts and concentrating on what is important. Here is my "3min thesis".
Book review: Study skills for students with dyslexia
This review is about "Study skills for students with dyslexia". This is a good resource for teachers helping prepare students for University.
STEP presentation from the UCLTL conference
Watch my presentation and download my sketchnote summary about STEP from the UCL Teaching and Learning conference.
Plagiarism
What is plagiarism? What are the consequences of plagiarism? What can you do to avoid plagiarising work? A brief introduction.
Action plan template
Download an action plan from here
Critical incidents according to Tripp
This is a brief outline of what Tripp considers as critical incidents.
Teaching and reflective practice
Teaching and learning are complex due to the many factors that impact what happens in a classroom. Teachers need to constantly adapt and change their activities and plans accordingly. And in order to do just that in an efficient and effective way, teachers must be reflective.