Dr Nicole Brown

With increased competition publishing articles becomes more and more difficult. Here are my 5 tips for writing articles for publication.

This post offers some recommendations on what to do if teaching involves larger audiences rather than smaller groups.

This is a recorded conversation between Dr Janet Salmons of MethodSpace SAGE and Dr Nicole Brown explaining how to journal across boundaries. This video is similar to the one that we recorded for the NVivo conference Transcending Boundaries in Qualitative Research. 

This presentation video exploring identity boxes as an art-based approach at a distance was recorded for the virtual NVivo conference Qualitative Research in a Changing World. 

In this short video, I am answering 5 interview questions on the occasion of the Disability History Month. 

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.

The paper reports on the lived experience of fibromyalgia, which used identity boxes and metaphorical representation to offer a holistic view.

This is to stimulate a discussion around boundaries of research, ethics and ownership of "messy data" resulting from creative methods.

In this post I report some preliminary outcomes from the pilot phase of my fibromyalgia study. This is about learning to accept.

Download my presentation from the "Islam and Peaceful Relations" conference from here.

Plagiarism is a socio-cultural issue. This is about academic integrity and the reputation of an institution and the degree that is awarded. I would not want to hold an academic degree that is devalued in such way that many people were able to cheat their way through it. This is a reflective piece of writing on plagiarism and what it feels like for an academic.

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.

Teaching empathy is crucial if students are to understand empathy as a concept in order to be able to demonstrate historical empathy, for example. Here is a useful resource.

Writing entries for a reflective journal is often a daunting aspect of teacher training, as we are not used to writing diaries. Here are some thoughts on how to get started with writing reflections.