Group members
The Education & Pedagogy Faculty Research Group brings together researchers from disciplines across the Faculty of Social Sciences & Law.
Group leads
Dr Maria Tsapali, School of Education
Dr Oghale Ayetuoma, School of Management
Dr Sarah Zaghloul, University of Bristol Law School
Research interests: law and technology; hybrid classrooms; progress monitoring and active participation; case study development; scaffolded learning.
Group members
Dr Mohammed Alruzzi, School for Policy Studies
Research interests: Participatory learning approaches, education in post-conflict settings, Early years childhood education.
Research interests: transitions and inclusive classrooms.
Samantha Bell, School of Accounting and Finance
Research interests: playful learning; use of rubrics; conceptual frameworks and MCQ in assessment; student engagement.
Dr Antony Beckett, School of Management
Research interests: Experiential learning, The Built Pedagogy, Prototyping and Learning.
Research interests: critical pedagogy; wellbeing support in higher education; pedagogical approaches in professional programmes.
Prof Alvin Birdi, School of Economics
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Kate Bracegirdle, University of Bristol Law School
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Dr Simon Brownhill, School of Education
Research interests: supporting and training adult learners; children’s writing (fiction and non-fiction); effective behaviour management in the classroom (3–11+); men who work in the Early Years (0-8); assessment (HE).
Matthew Burton, University of Bristol Law School
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Rachael Campbell, University of Bristol Law School
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Dr Anthi Chondrogianni, School of Economics
Research interests: employability; student satisfaction; active learning and the use of technology.
Dr Sam Davies, School of Management
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Dr Aniekan Essien, School of Management
Research interests: learning analytics, EdTech, technology in teaching and student satisfaction/engagement.
Dr Lloyd Fletcher, School of Management
Research interests: dialogic & recorded feedback; group/team work; project management teaching & learning; innovative assessment.
Dr Danielle Guizzo, School of Economics
Research interests: Higher education policy, diversity and decolonisation of the curriculum, research-led teaching, critical pedagogy, students as scholars.
Dr Matthew Higgs, School of Management
Research interests: participatory design; research ethics; employability; group work; peer assessment; innovative teaching/assessment/feedback; EdTech.
Dr Wayne Holland, School of Management
Research interests: gamification and digital support for T&L; detecting and combatting contract cheating, Authentic and Innovative Assessment.
Dr Shan Hua, School of Accounting & Finance
Research interests: team-based learning, project based learning, technology in teaching.
Dr Annika Johnson, School of Economics
Research interests: large group teaching; technology in teaching; university admissions and transition; widening participation.
Jackie Jones, University of Bristol Law School
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Prof Catherine Kelly, University of Bristol Law School
Research interests: law and history, student community.
Dr Rabeya Khatoon, School of Economics
Research interests: Assessment and Feedback (peer marking); Academic advising; Incentive, Technology and information
Marios Kremantzis, School of Management
Research interests: student satisfaction; active blended learning; hybrid learning.
Dr George Kyroglou, School of Sociology, Politics & International Studies
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Dr Rachel Lart, School for Policy Studies
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Dr Joe Lin, School of Sociology, Politics & International Studies
Research interests: culturally responsive and decolonisation pedagogies.
LiYing Liu, School of Accounting & Finance
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Research interests: legal ethics; social justice; moral cosmopolitanism.
Research interests: social justice; employability; widening participation; inclusivity; anti-racist legal practice.
Eleanor McNally, School of Accounting and Finance
Research interests: Diversifying the curriculum; embedding sustainable development; hidden curriculum; equality, diversity and inclusion; widening participation; decolonisation.
Dr Saba Navid, University of Bristol Law School
Research interests: Active learning, inclusive classrooms, student engagement, decolonisation and mentoring/support for early-career academics.
Dr Rosie Nelson, School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies
Research interests: inclusive classroom environments (thinking intersectionally, with LGBTQ / Gender as special interest); digital platform-based learning (/blended learning); feminist and queer pedagogies.
Dr Aslak-Antti Oksanen, Schools of Education & School of Sociology, Politics and International Development
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Dr Anastasia Papadopoulou, School of Economics
Research interests: active learning and student engagement; inclusive classrooms.
Dr Hannah Parrott, School of Sociology, Politics & International Studies
Research interests: critical and feminist pedagogies; inclusive classrooms; decolonisation; widening participation/access.
Angela Parry-Lowther, School of Management
Research interests: embedding wellbeing into the curriculum; team working; emotional intelligence within marketing and student feeling of value; theory to practical application; alternative methods of feedback.
Research interests: Bourdieu’s framework in education, management learning, teamwork, inclusivity, employability, curriculum development.
Holly Powley, University of Bristol Law School
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Dr Steven Proud, School of Economics
Research interests: Empirical evaluation of teaching innovations, application of technology in the classroom, student satisfaction.
Dr Katie Richards, University of Bristol Law School
Research interests: widening participation; inclusive classrooms; student experience; contract/commercial law pedagogy.
Matt Rollinson, University of Bristol Law School
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Dr Jo Rose, School of Education
Research interests: supervision pedagogies (especially PGT/PGR); student experience; assessment strategies; student outcome trajectories (within and beyond HE); widening participation/access to HE.
Dr Phil Sayer, School for Policy Studies
Research interests: Quantitative methods pedagogy; statistics and maths anxiety; student experience.
Dr Thomas Sealy, School of Sociology, Politics & International Studies
Research interests: dialogic feedback; decolonial pedagogies.
Dr Robert Sharples, School of Education
Research interests: widening participation; transitions to/through HE; personal tutoring; migrant and refugee learners; multilingual learning and language education.
Claire Spencer, School of Accounting and Finance
Research interests: international student engagement; critical pedagogies; values and co-operative education; student wellbeing.
Umair Tanveer, School of Management
Research interests: student with learning disabilities and active blended learning.
Catey Thomas, University of Bristol Law School
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Dr Tao Wang, School of Management
Research interests: Research teaching nexus, experiential learning, learning from failures.
Dr Pete Winter, School of Sociology, Politics & International Studies
Research interests: Science and technology studies (STS), healthcare, science and engineering professions pedagogy, tacit knowledge, expertise.
Dr Kasia Zdunczyk, School of Management
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Dr Beke Zwingmann, University of Bristol Law School
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