With an increasing interest in digital technologies in education, new opportunities exist to bring real world contexts into the classroom setting using virtual reality. Virtual reality (VR) is a new technology that can serve to enhance simulation-ba... Read More about "VR is more than game, it’s way too brilliant for that" – An illuminative mixed methods case study exploring virtual reality in FE health and social care curriculum.
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Malcolm Richards: Changemaker podcast series UWE Bristol (2024)
Digital Artefact
There are many people in and across the University who are driving change. In this special changemaker podcast series we shine a light on some of our Black academics and the excellent work they are doing in the university and outside to help drive ch... Read More about Malcolm Richards: Changemaker podcast series UWE Bristol.
Perspectives on transition from primary to secondary school from children in care and their corporate parents (2024)
Thesis
Transition to secondary school can be viewed as a rite of passage for children. It can also be a time of great change and therefore challenge. The study examines the unique perspectives of six Children in Care (CiC).
This study focuses on the tho... Read More about Perspectives on transition from primary to secondary school from children in care and their corporate parents.
Children’s perspectives of their wellbeing during the transition from primary school to secondary school (2024)
Thesis
Transitioning from Primary School to Secondary School is cited as one of the most challenging stages of a young person’s educational journey (Hopwood et al. 2016). Whilst the voice of the child is largely absent in existing literature, large scale q... Read More about Children’s perspectives of their wellbeing during the transition from primary school to secondary school.
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.
Reconceptualising graduate resilience – an integrated multi-level framework for future research (2024)
Journal Article
This paper draws on Bourdieusian social theory to reconceptualise graduate resilience in post-industrial societies to provide a fresh perspective on a concept that has gained increasing prominence in recent years. Through a review of sociological cri... Read More about Reconceptualising graduate resilience – an integrated multi-level framework for future research.
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.
Human rights education: Teachers’ perceptions about the value of children’s participation (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Presented at BERA 2024 - this presentation focused on our findings from teachers in Work Package 2 of the Children's Participation in Schools project.
Violence Enquiry: A national exploratory survey of Asking and Telling in Sexual Health Services in the UK (2024)
Journal Article
Background
Gender-based violence in the form of domestic and sexual abuse represent a worldwide public health and civil rights issue. Healthcare and sexual health have a central role to play in prevention, particularly in the identification of sexua... Read More about Violence Enquiry: A national exploratory survey of Asking and Telling in Sexual Health Services in the UK.
Alternative education: Inclusion beyond the mainstream (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
This panel responds to February’s review of alternative provision in England (CQC & Ofsted, 2024) and June’s BBC investigation revealing that numbers of UK children moving from schools to home education are at their highest levels since covid (Hatten... Read More about Alternative education: Inclusion beyond the mainstream.