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Research on learning and teaching in higher education is a diverse field, pertinent to all disciplines in higher education. It is critical for improving students’ learning, wellbeing, and outcomes. Unfortunately, this research is often undervalued and goes unrecognised beyond an educators’ immediate context. This Research Centre aims to increase the status of research relating to learning and teaching in higher education by increasing its quality and impact.
Primarily, it aims to create a supportive network of researchers, educators, practitioners, and leaders, which exceeds disciplinary and geographical borders.
Specifically it aims to:
provide training and support to researchers to develop and conduct rigorous pedagogic research
foster interdisciplinary and international collaborations to create a thriving global research community
strengthen the impact of research for practice
Some of our members’ research projects and interests include:
Academic integrity and inclusive educational practice involving Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
Ethical approaches to student use of Artificial Intelligence
How GenAI is affecting assessment and feedback processes
Impact of students identifying as educational consumers on their learning
Understanding students from marginalised backgrounds (including widening participation/non-traditional students, students with non-traditional qualifications such as B-TECS, ethnically diverse students, students from religious groups)
How specialist mentoring impacts students with autism and mental health issues
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) and developing SoTL identities
Note-taking strategies, writing beliefs, and impacts on students’ writing quality
Strategies for teaching research methods among health and social care students
Psychometric measurement and evaluation of student engagement
Exploring the purpose and possibility of HE education for significantly contributing to a more just, equitable and sustainable world.
Transformative learning and hope based pedagogy.
Leadership
Leadership
Professor of Education and Student Experience in the School of Psychology, Social Work and Public Health, Oxford Brookes University
Associate Professor in Urban Design and Planning, School of the Built Environment, Oxford Brookes University
Lecturer, in the School of Psychology, Social Work and Public Health, Oxford Brookes University
Steering Group
Steering Group
Associate Professor Research Education, Programme Director for the Professional Doctorate in Nursing and Midwifery and MSc in Applied Health Research.
Senior Lecturer Education for Sustainability
Professor (Education and Student Experience) Oxford Brookes Business School
Associate Professor of Computer Science Education and Enterprise
Research Fellow
Associate Professor of Narrative
Dr Adrian Wallbank
Associate Professor, Academic Development (Assessment)
PhD and EdD student group
PhD and EdD student group
Specialist mentoring and autistic students in higher education: Exploring engagement, experience and outcomes, Oxford Brookes University
Why some students succeed in Higher Education: investigating the BTEC as a pathway for student retention and success, Oxford Brookes University
Jacqui Thijm
At home in Higher Education? A study of belonging and mattering for Home-Based professional degree students.
Jacqui Thijm is a doctoral student researcher in Higher Education. My work examines student engagement, belonging, and mattering in contemporary HE. Alongside my research, I am an experienced lecturer and academic adviser, with a strong interest in inclusive pedagogy, relational student support, and research-informed practice.
Thijm, J. (2023). Mattering vs belonging and the impact of academic advisors: online professional part-time students – a case study. Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education, (29). https://doi.org/10.47408/jldhe.vi29.1091
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