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Career Details

Following a period working for government agencies in the UK and then New Zealand, I took a sabbatical period in Japan, teaching English for a few years. I then returned to university to take a Master's in Educational Research Methods and then an ESRC-funded PhD. After completing my doctorate I worked as a research assistant on a widening participation project as well as coordinating staff development partnership schemes between four universities. Before moving to Lancaster I was a Senior Lecturer in Education Studies at Liverpool Hope University.

Current Research

I have recently completed an internally funded project on the awarding gap in relation to those from racial/ethnic minorities. Prior to this I was awarded funding by the Society for Research into Higher Education, for a project titled ', which explores how universities' organisational culture, social composition, and geography, influence students' experiences. Before coming to Lancaster I was a co-investigator on a four-person project investigating how different universities manage their doctoral provision in the face of complex policy, social, and cultural pressures.

Web Links

I am an avid Twitterer and maintain a personal blog called on all things HE.

Qualifications

BA (Hons) Psychology and Management - Leeds Trinity University

MSc Educational Research Methodology - University of Oxford

PhD Sociology of Higher Education - University of Bristol

PGCert Learning and Teaching in Higher Education - Liverpool Hope University

PhD Supervision Interests

I am interested in supervising research projects which relate to one or more of the following topics: understandings of the sociomaterial nature of universities and campuses; decolonising higher education; student or staff experiences of higher education; the creation, implementation, and effects of (higher) education policy; international comparative studies;