In conversation with REA (Research Ethics Association)
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 […]
Reflexivity and positionality in social sciences research
This post links to my contribution to The SRA Blog, in which I write about the purpose and practice of reflexivity and positionality
How to keep a research journal
This post links to my contribution to the Lex Academic Blog, in which I write about how to keep a research journal.
Knowing what to do with notes and journals
In this blog post I try to answer the question that I am often asked in my presentations and workshops: "What should I do with notes and journals?".
The role of writing: A method of and for research
In this video Dr Helen Kara and Dr Nicole Brown discuss the role of writing in the life and career of researchers.
Choose to challenge: The experience of disabled women in higher education
This post is a link to a recording from my International Women's Day keynote presented on the 8 March 2021 at the University of Manchester.
Supervising PhDs: Atypical in more than one way
This is an extract from a guest post on the Supervising PhDs Community Blog. In the post, I discuss what research supervisors can do to support doctoral students who may have disabilities, chronic illnesses and/or neurodiversities.
Strategies to manage academic life
This is a post I wrote in July 2018 about how neurodiverse, chronically ill and disabled academics manage their academic life. This was published as a guest post on the Chronically Academic blog.
Article: Partnership in teacher education
This article is an example of student-staff collaboration within the community of practice of trainee teachers.
What’s your message?
In this post I am asking "What's your message?". This is about teachers' behaviours and attitudes and how students perceive these.
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".
Global Innovation Awards 2016: Winner Academic Integrity
This is about the Global Innovation Awards 2016, in which I have been nominated the winner for the Academic Integrity category.
Identity boxes
In this post I describe what identity boxes are, how I developed the idea and why identity boxes can be used in research.
Simulation of cognitive dysfunction
This is a brief simulation of what cognitive dysfunction and brain fog feel like.
Teaching with artefacts
Artefacts can be used to get students interested in a lesson, but artefacts can do more than just represent an engaging hook. In this post I am discussing the use of artefacts in lessons based on questions that I have been asked in teacher training sessions.
Sarah Pink: Doing Sensory Ethnography
Pink's understanding of ethnography is broader than that of a study relating to the culture or society of humans. Really, ethnography in Pink's view is a phenomenological study of life world and in the book she offers ways of accessing this life world through a range of channels. Pink suggests including the human senses at all levels of research. This book offers great justification for a less conventional approach to research; an approach where openness to what happens is paramount.