Dr Nicole Brown

Creativity has become a buzzword across all disciplines in education and across all phases, from early years through to tertiary education. Although the meaning of creativity can change vastly depending on the global educational setting, it is impossible to ignore the applicability and relevance of creativity as an educational tool, philosophical framework and pedagogical approach.

I was asked to an “in conversation with REA”. The Research Ethics Association (REA) brings together academia, industry, and local organisations across all disciplines with the aim of promoting and implementing cross-discipline research ethics, while contributing to ethical practice and research standards. Specifically, I was asked to elaborate on a […]

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.

This is a link to a webinar organised to offer support for students taking on research projects. My contribution was based on my book Making the Most of Your Research Journal.

This is the recording of the book launch event to celebrate the publication of "Making the most of your research journal".

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 article discusses researchers' experiences of interdisciplinary research to maximize the benefits of interdisciplinary research.

This article reports on a study with over 100 Graduate Teaching Assistants exploring experiences of ‘cultural bumps’ at a UK University.

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

This post is about ice breakers, and how we can plan for starting a session effectively without distracting from our contents.

In this guest post Dr Helen Ross reflects on the exam production line of our current school system.

If students are to take responsibility for their learning, then why are they not also in charge of their assessments? This question forms the basis for this paper that is co-written between two students and one member of staff.

This paper considers the use of identity boxes as a data collection method to elicit experiences.

This paper seeks to exemplify a reflexive approach to data analysis that accounts for the researcher’s positionality as well as the increasingly untraditional, unconventional data stemming from creative data collection methods.

In my contribution to the SRHE Annual Conference, I talked about academics' active body work and identity work to maintain their academic identity.