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Using Co-operative Inquiry to embed Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) across all programmes offered by Plymouth Institute of Education (PIoE)
(University of Plymouth, 2016)
Our aim is to embed Education for Sustainable Development across all of our courses, ensuring that all students benefit from an education where social, economic and environmental sustainability is woven into the very fabric ...
‘Becoming Student’- partnerships and voices. Developing a ‘relationships for academic success and transformation’ model
(University of Plymouth, 2016)
Aims of project:
- To understand the experiences of ‘becoming’ and ‘being’ a student in Higher Education
- To understand and assess pedagogic practices that lead to student transformation
- To research student’s changing ...
Thermal performance exploration of 3D printed cob
(University of Plymouth, 2019-04-17)
This paper investigates the thermal properties of 3D printed Cob, a monolithic earth construction technique based on robotically extruded subsoil and locally available organic fibres. The relevance of 3D printed earthen ...
Building student resilience: a self-leadership approach
(University of Plymouth, 2018)
This is a pilot project evaluating the potential of a programme of resilience-building techniques to support student wellbeing by enhancing their personal competency levels. The research targets the general student population. ...
The Professional Doctorate: Developing and enacting professional learning across multiple sites of learning
(University of Plymouth, 2012)
The research aimed to:
- investigate the way in which EdD participants engage with, construct and enact new professional knowledge across a range of contexts;
- better understand the significant relationships involved ...
Language and Cultural Meaning: Establishing dialogical learning in a internationalised teaching and learning environment
(University of Plymouth, 2013)
We live in an increasingly interconnected world, in which not only goods but also ideas and people are exchanged ever more extensively and rapidly. That this condition extends into educational settings is no surprise. (As ...
Employability and transferable skills: Investigating work placements for Humanities Students
(University of Plymouth, 2013)
This project aims to enhance the employability of our graduates through an evaluative case study investigating subject-specific work placement and work experience opportunities in the local and regional community. The ...
Complications and disturbance in university teaching: researching dangerous and troublesome knowledge.
(University of Plymouth, 2012)
1. Research and develop current conceptualisations of teaching troublesome, difficult and dangerous knowledge in universities, through a comprehensive literature review and further dialogue within the UoP research group.
2 ...
A University for All Ages? An exploration of age-stereotyping and unconscious bias and its impact on the student experience.
(University of Plymouth, 2017)
Aims of project:
To explore aspects of age stereotyping and age related unconscious bias on the multi-age
site of Plymouth University campus.
To investigate ways in which members of the PU community experience and ...
Mature women and the EdD: changing identity and family relationships
(University of Plymouth, 2017)
This project investigated the impact of postgraduate study on mature women students and their
families. It built on my previous EdD thesis research with Foundation Degree (FD) students regarding
HE study for mature women, ...