Publications and Presentations

Peer-Reviewed Publications

In 2022, my research article 'Conceptualisations of curriculum co-creation: ‘it is not them and us, it is just us’ was published in Curriculum Perspectives

In 2022, my co-authored research article with John Owen 'Curriculum co-creation in a postdigital world: Advancing networked learning and engagement' was published in Postdigital Science & Education

In 2021, my co-authored research article with Cathy Bovill 'Do students experience transformation through co-creating curriculum in higher education?' was published in Teaching in Higher Education

In 2019, my research article 'Creativity and collaboration: An exploration of empathy, inclusion, and resilience in co-creation of the curriculum' was published in the Student Engagement in Higher Education Journal.

In May 2019, my research article '“More than Just a Student”: How Co-Creation of the Curriculum Fosters Third Spaces in Ways of Working, Identity, and Impact' was published in The International Journal for Students as Partners.

In 2019, my co-authored research article 'Reimagining the Place of Students in Academic Development' was published in the International Journal for Academic Development. I enjoyed working with Peter Felten, Sophia Abbot, Jordan Kirkwood, Aaron Long, Lucy Mercer-Mapstone, and Roselynn Verwoord on this article.

In 2019, my pen portrait co-written with Sarah Dyer 'Using Play to Facilitate Faculty-Student Partnership: How Can You Co-Design a Module?' was published in the book The Power of Play in Higher Education: Creativity in Tertiary Learning.

In December 2018, my co-authored reflective essay 'Co-Researching Co-Creation of the Curriculum: Reflections on Arts-Based Methods in Education and Connections to Healthcare Co-Production' was published in The International Journal for Students as Partners. I enjoyed collaborating with Hermina Simoni on this piece.

In July 2018, my co-authored reflective essay Creating Spaces: Embracing Risk and Partnership in Higher Education was published in Teaching and Learning Together in Higher Education. I enjoyed collaborating with Juliet Hancock on this essay.

In May 2018, my research article 'Students as Partners in Learning and Teaching: The Benefits of Co-Creation of the Curriculum' was published in The International Journal for Students as Partners.

In April 2018, my co-authored research article 'Student Perceptions of Teaching Excellence: An Analysis of Student-Led Teaching Award Nomination Data' was published in Teaching in Higher Education.

In December 2017, my research article 'Co-Creation of the Curriculum: Challenging the Status Quo to Embed Partnership' was published in The Journal of Educational Innovation, Partnership and Change.

In March 2016, my case study 'Open Badges for Encouraging Class Representatives’ Reflection and Achievement-Sharing: A Case Study' was published in The Journal of Educational Innovation, Partnership and Change.

My Work and Presentations by Theme

Higher Education Work
Exploring Co-Creation of the Curriculum
In November 2022, John Owen and I were on the L&T Chatshow podcast discussing our recent article 'Curriculum co-creation in a postdigital world: Advancing networked learning and engagement' (see above in the publications list)

In June 2022, I was an invited keynote speaker at the Glasgow School of Art Learning & Teaching Conference, speaking on Fostering Creativity and Agency in Curriculum Co-Creation

In July 2020, I led the invited session The Potential of Curriculum Co-Creation for Promoting Inclusion, Engagement, and Rewarding Learning and Teaching as part of the Student Partnership in the Covid Era webinar led by National Student Engagement Programme (NStEP) webinar for student officers and student union staff across Ireland.

In June 2020, I led a research article discussion on Creativity in Curriculum Co-Creation (see my related blog post and discussion slides) at the St Mary’s Festival of Learning and Teaching 2020.

In June 2020, I presented An Exploration of the Benefits and Challenges of Co-Created Curricula at Scottish Universities at the University of Edinburgh Learning & Teaching Conference 2020.

In August 2019, I presented 'Conceptualisations and Benefits of Co-Creation of the Curriculum in Higher Education' in the symposium Student Involvement in the Co-Creation of Education: Benefits, Challenges, and Examples from Practice at the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI) conference in Aachen, Germany.

In November 2018, I co-led with Daphne Loads and Cathy Bovill a symposium on Humanising Higher Education. I presented 'Humanising Higher Education – Through Dialogue about Aims in Higher Education and Co-Creation of the Curriculum using Arts-Based Methods' at the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain conference in Edinburgh.

In October 2018, I presented 'Facilitating a Learning Culture for Both Students and Staff through Co-Creating the Curriculum' at the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL) 2018 conference in Bergen, Norway.

In June 2018, I led the 'walkshop' (walking workshop) 'Exploring Co-Creation and its Potential for Developing More Inclusive Curricula' at the University of Edinburgh 2018 Learning and Teaching Conference: Inspiring Learning in Edinburgh.

In September 2017, I led the workshop 'Student Engagement: Who Takes Responsibility?' at the Researching, Advancing & Inspiring Student Engagement (RAISE) Conference in Manchester, England.

In August 2017, I presented 'The Benefits of Collaborative Curriculum Design: Analysis of Co-Creation of the Curriculum' at the 21th Conference of the JUnior REsearchers of EARLI (JURE) Conference in Tampere, Finland. See my reflections of the conference.

In March 2017, I co-presented with Hermina Simoni and Allie McGregor 'Co-Creation of Research on Co-Creation of the Curriculum' at the Student Partnerships in Quality Scotland (sparqs) conference at Surgeon's Hall, Edinburgh. See my reflections of the conference.

In February 2017, I presented 'Co-creation of the Curriculum: The Juicy Challenges and Clear Benefits' at the The Student Engagement Partnership's (TSEP) Enhancing Student Engagement Conference 2017 at the NCVO Conference Centre, London.

In January 2017, I presented 'Exploring Power: Democratisation of Knowledge through Co-production' at the Co-production, Research and Youth and Community Work Conference at the University of Glasgow. See my reflections on the conference.

In July 2016, I presented 'Co-Creation of the Curriculum and Social Justice: Changing the Nature of Student-Teacher Relationships in Higher Education' at the Higher Education Close Up Conference: Locating Social Justice in Close-Up Research in Higher Education at Lancaster University (peer-reviewed). See my paper on the conference website and my blog post Reflections on HECU8.

In June 2016, I presented 'Co-Creation of the Curriculum: Living Democratic Values in Learning and Teaching' at the Education, Social Justice and Democracy: Critical Issues in 21st Century Education Conference (peer-reviewed). See my reflections about the conference in my blog post Dewey: Education, Social Justice, and Democracy.

In April 2015, I co-led with EUSA Vice President Academic Affairs Dash Sekhar the workshop 'Co-Creation: Student Co-Ownership of Curriculum' at Edinburgh University's eLearning@ed conference 'Designing for 21st Century Learning'.


Enhancing Inclusive Curricula
In April 2023, I presented the provocation 'Giving Students Agency in a Democratic Learning Environment' at the Sustaining Connections – The Participatory and Intercultural Potential of Digital Learning 2nd Joint Conference on Digital Learning and Teaching

In February 2023, I presented 'Working Towards a More Inclusive Reading List within the Context of Decolonisation' at the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education’s Quality Insights Conference with 85 participants

In February 2023, I presented 'A Three-Pronged Approach to an Inclusive Curriculum: Reading List Decolonisation, Learning Agreements, and Inclusive Assessment' at the symposium Decolonising the University within and Beyond the Curriculum with 45 participants

In January 2023, I contributed the piece 'Waves of Change: Decolonising a Reading List' to Say it with a Story by CreativeHE. 


Teaching Excellence and Student Engagement
In September 2019, I was invited to present 'Understanding Students’ Conceptualisations of Teaching Excellence' at the SRHE seminar: The Impact of the TEF on our Understanding, Recording and Measurement of Teaching Excellence.

In July 2017, I presented and facilitated the workshop 'Student Perceptions of Teaching Excellence: an Analysis of Teaching Awards Nomination Data' at the Higher Education Academy Annual Conference 2017 Generation TEF: Teaching in the spotlight in Manchester.

In June 2017, I presented 'Using Student-Led Teaching Award Data to Identify Student Perceptions of Excellence' at the 3rd International Enhancement in Higher Education Conference: Inspiring excellence - transforming the student experience in Glasgow.

In March 2017, I co-presented with Patrick Garratt 'Student Perceptions of Best Practices in Supporting Students’ Transitions' at the University of Edinburgh's Gearing Up Conference 2017.

In November 2016, the report I lead on and co-wrote with students Kieran Bunting and Patrick Garratt titled 'What does Good Teaching Look Like to Students? An analysis of Teaching Awards nomination data' was published by Edinburgh University Students' Association and presented at various local events.


Supporting Effective Student Engagement and Student Representation
In February 2017, I presented 'Raising the Bar: Increasing Accountability and Impact of Class Reps through Online Training and Open Badges' at The Student Engagement Partnership's (TSEP) Enhancing Student Engagement Conference 2017 at the NCVO Conference Centre, London. See my slides from the presentation.

On 9 June 2016, I co-presented the workshop 'Using Technology to Support Class Representatives Transition into, through, and out of their Role' at the Quality Assurance Agency Scotland's National Enhancement Themes Conference. See my reflections about the conference in my blog post QAA National Enhancement Themes Conference.

On 19 May 2016, I co-presented the case study 'Student Representation for Reps at a Distance: Support, Community, and Inclusion' with Erin Jackson and Gillian Mackintosh at the Quality Assurance Agency Scotland sector-wide event Making it Work: Building Learning Communities at a Distance. See my reflections about the conference in my blog post QAA Focus On Building Learning Communities at a Distance Event.

On 29 Oct 2015, I presented with Gillian Mackintosh 'Student Engagement in Distance Learning' at the Quality Assurance Agency Scotland / Universities Scotland Teaching Quality Forum event.

In May 2015, I presented on 'Course Rep Engagement' at the Student Partnerships in Quality Scotland (sparqs) 2015 National Conference.

In March 2015, I presented a lightning talk on 'Supporting Student Transitions: Gearing Up and Wrapping Up Your Master's Dissertation' at the University of Edinburgh's Gearing Up for Transitions Conference.


Using Open Badges to Promote Student Engagement
On 6 May 2016, I co-presented 'Using eLearning Tools to Support and Engage Record Numbers of Reps' at the eLearning@Ed Conference which includes the PowerPoint presentation slides.

In March 2016, my case study 'Open Badges for Encouraging Class Representatives’ Reflection and Achievement-Sharing: A Case Study' was published in The Journal of Educational Innovation, Partnership and Change (peer-reviewed).

On 24 March 2016, I co-led the workshop 'Engaging students with professional development through Open Badges' at the Association for Learning Development in Higher Education (ALDinHE) conference held at Heriot-Watt University (peer-reviewed). See my reflections about the conference in my blog post Engaging Students with Professional Development through Open Badges which includes the PowerPoint presentation slides.

On 2 March 2016, I co-led the workshop 'What are Open Badges, and How Can You Use them to Promote Student Reflection?' at the Gearing Up for Transitions 2016 Conference at the University of Edinburgh.

In November 2015, my case study on Open Badges at the University of Edinburgh was included in the sparqs publication 'Recognition and accreditation of academic reps: Practices and challenges across Scotland’s colleges and universities'.

In January 2015, I co-presented a paper on 'Using Open Badges to Encourage Student Participation in Class Rep Activities' at the 15th Annual Durham Blackboard Users' Conference. See my reflections about the conference in my blog post Students as Partners - Durham Blackboard User Group Conference.


Researching the Internationalisation of Higher Education
In June 2015, I presented the paper 'Cosmopolitan Transitions for International and Home Students' at the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education's International Conference on Enhancement and Innovation in Higher Education.

My Master's dissertation research at the University of Cambridge is titled 'Cosmopolitanism: Exploring Internationalism, Multiculturalism, Diversity, and Global Citizenship at English Universities' (2011).


Researching Active Citizenship within Higher Education
My undergraduate dissertation research at Colgate University is titled 'Eating the Family Dinner and Digesting Active Citizenship' (2008).


Sharing Economy Work
I was quoted about my work on the sharing economy in the Scottish Daily Mail (28 March 2016),  Good Housekeeping's article '10 Ways to Make Money From Your Home' (24 Sept 2015) and in and in the Daily Mail Online's article 'How to play the sharing game: Five women on how they have made money from trading their possessions' (22 March 2015).


Primary Education Work
I was a General Editor of the Core Knowledge UK series of books including What Your Year 2 Child Needs to Know (2012), What Your Year 3 Child Needs to Know (2012), What Your Year 4 Child Needs to Know (2013), What Your Year 5 Child Needs to Know (2013), and What Your Year 6 Child Needs to Know (2014).


Scientific Work
I co-published scientific research in 2004 titled 'Membrane trafficking and mitochondrial abnormalities precede subunit c deposition in a cerebellar cell model of juvenile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis' in BMC Neuroscience.

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