Professor Sheila Trahar
B.A.(C.N.A.A.), MSc, Dip.Counselling(Bristol), Ph.D., BA, PhD
Current positions
Emeritus Professor
School of EducationAssessor / Mentor in HEA Fellowship Scheme
Human Resources
Contact
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Research interests
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England-Africa Partnerships - Partnership for Strengthening Education & Social Science PhD Programmes
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Developing a Widening Participation Strategy for Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) Postgraduate Students
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University of Bristol Teaching and Learning Fellowship Continuing Professional Development Needs of New Academic Staff
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Supervision and Careers Practitioners in Higher Education
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University of Bristol Teaching and Learning AwardUsing Student Self-assessment - an evaluation
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Southern Africa Rurality in Higher Education (SARiHE).
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
• From an early age, students from rural contexts develop significant independence and a sense of responsibility. The skills acquired (for example, working collaboratively or being resourceful), need to be…Managing organisational unit
School of EducationDates
01/10/2016 to 30/09/2019
Tackling disabling practices: co-production and change
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of EducationDates
01/04/2015 to 31/03/2018
IRIS - Fostering Academic International Relations in Israeli Colleges to promote education, research and innovation
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of EducationDates
15/10/2012 to 15/10/2015
Internationalisation and Equality and Diversity: Merging identities - a case studyof policy and practice
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of EducationDates
01/11/2009 to 01/05/2010
Thesis supervisions
The Implementation of Teacher Evaluation for Professional Development in Primary Education in Taiwan
Supervisors
Participants' experience of service-learning in a self-financing post-secondary education institution in Hong Kong
Supervisors
How do full-time lecturers in higher education view their career development, in relation to studying part-time for a doctoral degree and participating in research publication, while having to balance between work and family life?
Supervisors
A study of the elements affecting within-class grouping in catering for learner diversity in Hong Kong secondary economics lessons
Supervisors
Parting the veils of silence
Supervisors
Open the box
Supervisors
There's no place like Home
Supervisors
Publications
Recent publications
01/01/2024A mixed methods enquiry on student perceptions and experiences of online learning
Attempts to disrupt whiteness in the academy
Philosophy and Theory in Higher Education
Enhancing student experience through partnership and co-creation in a post-pandemic learning environment – a longitudinal study
The Journal of Educational Innovation, Partnership and Change
Students as co-researchers
Teaching in Higher Education
Slipping and Sliding
The Routledge International Handbook of Autoethnography in Educational Research
Thesis
Roads less travelled : stories of learning and teaching in a multicultural higher education environment
Supervisors
Award date
01/01/2006
