Outputs (10)

From researching professional to professional researcher: Learning the rules of the game (2024)
Book Chapter

Professional doctorates have been characterised as distinct from traditional PhD routes due to their intended focus on developing ‘researching professionals’ as opposed to ‘professional researchers’ (Butcher & Sieminski, 2006). This chapter provides... Read More about From researching professional to professional researcher: Learning the rules of the game.

Going against the grain: EdD students’ engagement with arts-based research in the United Kingdom (2024)
Journal Article

Despite growing interest in the potential value of arts-based research (ABR) for educational inquiry in the UK, limited consideration exists regarding its accessibility, and relevance, to practice-based professional doctoral researchers in this field... Read More about Going against the grain: EdD students’ engagement with arts-based research in the United Kingdom.

Critical Perspectives on Educational Policies and Professional Identities: Lessons from Doctoral Studies (2024)
Book

The collection features the cutting-edge work of 14 doctoral graduates from the University of the West of England (UWE), exploring the issue of education policy and its impact on professional identities, including changing professional and policy con... Read More about Critical Perspectives on Educational Policies and Professional Identities: Lessons from Doctoral Studies.

Embracing hybridity: the affordances of arts-based research for the professional doctorate in education (2024)
Journal Article

Despite the growth of the professional doctorate in education (EdD), its potential for capturing practice is restricted by academic tradition. In this hybrid paper, we argue that arts-based research (ABR) can help rectify this. We bookend the paper w... Read More about Embracing hybridity: the affordances of arts-based research for the professional doctorate in education.

From Interpretation to Interruption: Embracing disruptive analysis (2024)
Journal Article

Qualitative analysis is, inherently, a complex, messy and nuanced process. In the context of contested notions of validity, for novice researchers there is therefore an attraction in adopting established, systematic and formulaic approaches. Yet, in... Read More about From Interpretation to Interruption: Embracing disruptive analysis.

More than a checkpoint: The pedagogic potential of a dialogic approach to doctoral progression assessment (2023)
Journal Article

In the UK, all doctoral programmes are expected to include some form of periodic progression assessment, with individual institutions having autonomy to design and implement their own structures. Yet, despite the potential significance of this assess... Read More about More than a checkpoint: The pedagogic potential of a dialogic approach to doctoral progression assessment.

More than a checkpoint: Exploring the pedagogical role of doctoral progression assessment
Presentation / Conference Contribution

There is an expectation that all doctoral programmes in the UK will include a form of progression assessment (QAA, 2020), with individual institutions having autonomy to determine specific processes and criteria. Yet, despite the potential significan... Read More about More than a checkpoint: Exploring the pedagogical role of doctoral progression assessment.

Critical perspectives on educational policies and professional identities: Lessons from doctoral studies (symposium)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This symposium, which showcases an edited collection of work by recent UK doctoral graduates (Authors, forthcoming), begins with a short introduction setting the scene for the wider project. It demonstrates the unique contribution of ‘insider’, pract... Read More about Critical perspectives on educational policies and professional identities: Lessons from doctoral studies (symposium).

From researching professional to professional researcher: Navigating the transition into academic via a professional doctorate
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The recent proliferation of professional doctorate routes (PD) internationally (Jones, 2018) coupled with the potential these offer to create pathways from various professional contexts into research roles within academic (Lundgren-Resenterra & Kahn,... Read More about From researching professional to professional researcher: Navigating the transition into academic via a professional doctorate.

Early childhood graduates in the workplace: Experiences and perceptions
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Research has consistently shown that ECS graduates enhance the quality of services delivered by settings (Bonetti and Blanden, 2020). They are well-placed to improve outcomes for children and families in the areas of social and economic disadvantage... Read More about Early childhood graduates in the workplace: Experiences and perceptions.