Tacit rejection of policy and teacher ambivalence – insights into English language teaching in Bahrain through actors’ perceptions (2018)
Journal Article
Hayes. (2018). Tacit rejection of policy and teacher ambivalence – insights into English language teaching in Bahrain through actors’ perceptions. TESOL Journal, 9(1), 114-137. https://doi.org/10.1002/tesj.310

This article develops Phillips and Ochs's (2003) framework for policy borrowing, particularly their theorisations about indigenisation of international programmes. It uses the example of communicative language teaching (CLT) in Bahrain, exploring tea... Read More about Tacit rejection of policy and teacher ambivalence – insights into English language teaching in Bahrain through actors’ perceptions.

Promoting writing amongst peers: establishing a community of writing practice for early career academics (2017)
Journal Article
Skipper, Y., Williams, H., Kent, A., Berry, D. M., & Budds, K. (2017). Promoting writing amongst peers: establishing a community of writing practice for early career academics. Higher Education Research and Development, 36(6), 1194-1207. https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2017.1300141

In the current research-focused climate, academics are facing increasing pressure to produce research outputs. This pressure can prove particularly daunting for early career (EC) academics, who are simultaneously attempting to master new teaching and... Read More about Promoting writing amongst peers: establishing a community of writing practice for early career academics.

Postgraduate Engaged Research: Get out of the office and into the field! (2016)
Journal Article
(2016). Postgraduate Engaged Research: Get out of the office and into the field!

The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences has a lively postgraduate community and many of our PGR students are involved in Engaged Research. In this series of blog posts, postgraduates from across the Faculty reflect on how their work engages wit... Read More about Postgraduate Engaged Research: Get out of the office and into the field!.

The Devil is not in the Detail: Representational absence and Stereotyping in the Trojan Horse News Story (2016)
Journal Article
(2016). The Devil is not in the Detail: Representational absence and Stereotyping in the Trojan Horse News Story. Race Ethnicity and Education, 15-29. https://doi.org/10.1080/13613324.2016.1195350

Using Content Analysis, this study investigated the coverage of the Trojan Horse news story aiming to ascertain whether its representation by the British press emphasised ‘Islamist extremism’ over ‘poor school governance’. The sample coverage was ext... Read More about The Devil is not in the Detail: Representational absence and Stereotyping in the Trojan Horse News Story.

Teaching and Learning Issues in the Disciplines: Psychology (2016)
Book
(2016). Teaching and Learning Issues in the Disciplines: Psychology

Introduction to 'A Gendered Perspective on Learning to Labour' (2016)
Journal Article
(2016). Introduction to 'A Gendered Perspective on Learning to Labour'. Culture and Organization, 85-94. https://doi.org/10.1080/14759551.2016.1151426

This paper presents an auto-ethnographic study of the personal experience of learning to labour. Heather Hopfl reflects on the prospects and opportunities presented to her as part of her life and experiences of learning to labour during the same peri... Read More about Introduction to 'A Gendered Perspective on Learning to Labour'.

Collaborative research for sustainability: an inside-out design manifesto (2015)
Book
(2015). Collaborative research for sustainability: an inside-out design manifesto

The Role of creative Methods in Re-defining the Impact Agenda (2015)
Book
(2015). The Role of creative Methods in Re-defining the Impact Agenda

Feminist praxis, critical theory and informal hierarchies (2015)
Journal Article
(2015). Feminist praxis, critical theory and informal hierarchies

This article draws on my experiences teaching across two undergraduate media modules in a UK research-intensive institution to explore tactics for combatting both institutional and informal hierarchies within university teaching contexts. Building on... Read More about Feminist praxis, critical theory and informal hierarchies.

The science of enhanced student engagement and employability: introducing the psychology stream of the HEA STEM conference (2012)
Journal Article
(2012). The science of enhanced student engagement and employability: introducing the psychology stream of the HEA STEM conference. Psychology Teaching Review, 3 -8

The Higher Education Academy (HEA) is committed to enhancing the quality of learning and teaching for all university students in the UK, and the inaugural conference for the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) subjects, held in Ap... Read More about The science of enhanced student engagement and employability: introducing the psychology stream of the HEA STEM conference.

Design Thinking pedagogy and enterprise education
Presentation / Conference
McLuskie, P., & Dewitt, S. Design Thinking pedagogy and enterprise education. Presented at 14th European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Kalamata, Greece

The 1902 education act and Roman Catholic schools: a study of a community's efforts to gain and to preserve denominational education in its schools
Thesis
Cashman, J. (1985). The 1902 education act and Roman Catholic schools: a study of a community's efforts to gain and to preserve denominational education in its schools

By 1902, a quarter of a million children were attending Catholic elementary schools in England and Wales. The thesis suggests that the initial impetus for the founding of these schools was the desire of the Catholic immigrant community to manifest it... Read More about The 1902 education act and Roman Catholic schools: a study of a community's efforts to gain and to preserve denominational education in its schools.

Learning together, evaluating together: An enhanced evaluation of interprofessional postgraduate learning,
Presentation / Conference
Jervis. Learning together, evaluating together: An enhanced evaluation of interprofessional postgraduate learning,. Presented at Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching: Frameworks and Practice Conference, The Open University, Milton Keynes, U.K

A critical discourse analysis of history teacher responses to the February 2013 draft National Curriculum for History
Thesis
Smith, J. (2015). A critical discourse analysis of history teacher responses to the February 2013 draft National Curriculum for History

This thesis seeks to explore history teacher engagement in debates surrounding the 2013 draft National Curriculum for History and locates these in the wider context of English history teacher identity. The 2013 draft curriculum, which was announced i... Read More about A critical discourse analysis of history teacher responses to the February 2013 draft National Curriculum for History.

Continual Professional Development for school teachers: A qualitative inquiry into factors affecting engagement at one university.
Thesis
(2014). Continual Professional Development for school teachers: A qualitative inquiry into factors affecting engagement at one university

This thesis examines what influences teachers when they engage with, or disengage from CPD at one U.K. University that is a major provider of teachers` CPD. The research has been carried out with the aim of informing the management and development of... Read More about Continual Professional Development for school teachers: A qualitative inquiry into factors affecting engagement at one university..

Conceptions of headteachers concerning their role
Thesis
Cohen, L. (1970). Conceptions of headteachers concerning their role

The study is an exploration of the role conceptions of headteachers for various aspects of their work with pupils, teachers and parents, and the expectations that heads believe teachers and parents hold for the role of the head as school leader.
A H... Read More about Conceptions of headteachers concerning their role.

Further education, work and technician qualification: a case study of the TEC certificate in a local college
Thesis
McIntyre, T. (1986). Further education, work and technician qualification: a case study of the TEC certificate in a local college

The introduction of TEC provision from 1976 has been generally regarded - both by proponents and critics - as significantly advancing the accountability of colleges to 'industrial needs'. The requirement that colleges develop their technician program... Read More about Further education, work and technician qualification: a case study of the TEC certificate in a local college.

Response to change - a study of guidance and counselling in secondary and grammar schools and technical colleges in Northern Ireland
Thesis
Fulton, J. F. (1975). Response to change - a study of guidance and counselling in secondary and grammar schools and technical colleges in Northern Ireland

The roots of guidance and counselling are to he found in the works of the great philosophers who have written on education. However, the modern concept of guidance, as a service distinguished from normal classroom practice, is a relative newcomer on... Read More about Response to change - a study of guidance and counselling in secondary and grammar schools and technical colleges in Northern Ireland.

Coordination and competition: the administration of services for children under five in a metropolitan district council, with special reference to voluntary preschool groups
Thesis
Bradley, M. H. (1979). Coordination and competition: the administration of services for children under five in a metropolitan district council, with special reference to voluntary preschool groups

The vocational education and training of technicians and engineers
Thesis
(1980). The vocational education and training of technicians and engineers

Along with widespread concern over the poor quality of all aspects of Technician and Engineers' courses, there is confusion over many of the critical concepts involved which this research necessarily had to provide prior solutions to before undertaki... Read More about The vocational education and training of technicians and engineers.