Dr Carol Robinson
Principal Research Fellow
contact:
Education
Falmer
Brighton
BN1 9PH
Telephone: +44 (0)1273 644568
Email: Carol.Robinson@brighton.ac.uk
Teaching
- Course leader for the Professional Doctorate in Education
- EdD Professional Doctorate
- MPhil/PhD
- MA
- BA (Education)
I am the Research Student Division Leader for the Education Research Centre which involves overseeing the academic well-being and progress of all research students within Education.
Cambridge Primary Review
- Carol is the Cambridge Primary Review Regional Centre Coordinator
Research interests
- Children and young peoples’ rights
- Children and young peoples’ voices and experiences
- The theorisation of student voice and the relationship between theory and practice in student in projects
- Learner identity
- Pedagogy and the professional development of teachers and school leaders
- Empowering teachers, children and young people in schools
- Teaching and learning at doctoral level
Biography
My research interests focus around student voice, the transfer / development of good practice within and between schools and initial teacher education and the professional development of teachers. These interests developed during my teaching experience in a range of secondary and special schools. I have led a number of Pupil Voice projects in primary, secondary and special schools, helping staff to develop ways of listening to the voices of the young people in their schools. I also led the ‘Pupils’ Voices’ strand of the University of Cambridge Primary Review of Education in England.
Prior to joining the Education Research Centre at the University of Brighton, I was a Research Fellow at the University of Sussex. I have given many keynote addresses and have been involved in a number of research projects both locally and nationally. Currently, I am working in schools with teachers, supporting them in the development of school based research projects. I am also working with UNICEF to evaluate their school based Rights, Respecting Schools Programme and am a principal researcher on a project investigating the ways in which head teachers develop the skills needed for leadership.
Current and recent research projects
- June 2009 – May 2011
Project manager on a Youth Sector Development Fund funded project: An evaluation of the
Hangleton and Knoll project
- January 2010 – August 2010
Project manager on a DCFS funded project: An evaluation of the Brighton and Hove Community
Action Pilot Project
- April 2007 - June 2010
Co-Principal investigator on a UNICEF funded project: An evaluation of the UNICEF RRSA scheme
- June 2009 – May 2010
Co-Principal Investigator on Beatbullying funded project: An evaluation of BeatBullying’s Peer
Mentoring programme
- September 2007 – April 2008
Principal Investigator on Becta funded project: ‘Personalising Learning: the learner perspective and
their influence on demand’
- June 2008 – December 2008
Researcher on a NESTA funded project: Youth-led innovation
- April 2007 - October 2007
Project manager for Students as Researchers element of Pupil Voice project. Funded by Durham LA
- September 2004 – September 2007
Project manager for Students as Researchers element of University of Sussex and Portsmouth LA
Student Voice programme. Funded by Portsmouth LA
- July 2006 - July 2007
Project manager for evaluation of schools based Rights, Respect and Responsibility programme.
Funded by Hampshire LA
- August 2006 – July 2007
Co-Principal Investigator on HEFCE funded project Improving the experiences of disabled students in
Higher Education
- September 2006 – March 2007
Principal investigator for the ‘Children and their primary schools: Pupils’ voices’ strand of The Primary Review of Education in England. University of Cambridge
- January 2006 – October 2006
Led research with students for the Consultant on the Review of the Information and Guidance
available for young people aged 14-19. Funded by East Sussex LA
- January 2006 – July 2006
Researcher on an Innovations Unit funded project Less is More? The development of a Schools
within-schools approach to Education on a Human Scale.
- January 2005 - January 2006
Researcher on a NCSL funded project Investigation into ‘The footprints of practice’
- August 2004 - August 2005
Researcher on a TLDF funded project Developing a team approach to Student Support
- March 2004 - June 2004
Researcher on a TTA funded project to evaluate and inform the Development of the New
Postgraduate professional development programme
- May 2003 – December 2004
Researchers on a DfES funded project Factors Influencing the Transfer of Good Practice.
Selected Publications
Books
2006
- Beginning Primary Teaching: Moving beyond Survival (with Angela Jacklin and Viv Griffiths) Buckingham: O.U.Press ISBN 0-335-21908-X
2003
- Becoming a Teaching Assistant: a research-based guide for teaching assistants and those working with them. (with J. Thorp, A. Jacklin and P. Drake) London: Sage (length approx 65 000 words).
Chapters in Books
2010
- Learners’ voices and the personalisation of learning, in Learning to Teach in the Primary School, second edition, Authur, J., Cremin. T. and Wray, D., London: Routledge
- Learning about journal publication: the pedagogies of editing a ‘special issue’ (with P. Thomson, Byrom and L. Russell) in Publishing pedagogies for the doctorate and beyond. Eds: C. Aitchison, B.Kamler and A Lee, London: Routledge
2009
- Children and their primary schools: Pupils’ voices, in The Cambridge Primary Review Research Surveys. London: Routledge
Journal Articles (peer reviewed)
2010
- Personalising learning through the use of technology, (with J. Sebba) in Computers & Education 54, 767–775
2009
- Engaging with Learners in the International Journal of Learning, Vol 6, Issue 8
- Student Voice: Theorising power and Participation (with C. Taylor) in Pedagogy, Culture and Society Volume 17 (2) pp161 - 175
2007
- Theorising Student Voice: Values and perspectives (with C. Taylor) in Improving Schools Sage Volume 10 pp. 5-17
- What is meant by ‘support’ in Higher Education? Towards a model of academic and welfare support (with Angela Jacklin) in JORSEN Volume 7 pp. 114-123
- Students’ views of support in higher education: a study of current practice and future directions (with P. LeRiche and A. Jacklin) The Higher Education Review Volume 40. No 1, pp 2-17
2006
- Terms of Engagement: Understanding Key Concept, in Curriculum Briefing Volume 4 pp. 12-14
- When Lack of Data is Data: Do We Really Know who our Looked After Children are? (with Angela Jacklin and Torrance, H.) in European Journal of Special Needs Education Volume 21 pp. 1 – 20
2005
- (with M. Fielding; S. Bragg, J Craig, I Cunningham, M. Eraut, S. Gillinson, M. Horne and J. Thorp.) Factors Influencing the Transfer of Good Practice (length, 107 pages)
Research reports for external bodies
2010
- Evaluation of Unicef UK’s Rights Respecting Schools award, Final report (with J. Sebba) London: UNICEF (length 48 pages)
- Evaluation of the Beatbullying Peer Mentoring Programme (with R. Banerjee and D. Smalley (length 97 pages)
2009
- Evaluation of UNICEF’s RRSA scheme: second year interim report (with J. Sebba): London: UNICEF
2009
- Youth-led innovation: Enhancing the skills and capacity of the next generation of innovators (with J. Sebba, V. Griffiths, B. Luckock, F. Hunt, and S. Flowers) London: NESTA (length 41 pages)
2008
- Personalising learning: the learner perspective and their influence on demand Final Research Report (with J. Sebba, D, Mackrill and S. Higgins) Coventry: BECTA (length 57 pages)
- (Personalising Learning: the learner perspective and their influence on demand Review Report (with S. Higgins, J. Sebba and D.Mackrill) Coventry: BECTA (length 17 pages)
2007
- Children and their primary schools: Pupils’ voices (Primary Review Research Survey 5/3) (with M. Fielding), Cambridge: University of Cambridge Faculty of Education (length 33 pages)
- Improving the experiences of disabled students in Higher Education (with A. Jacklin, L. O’Meara and A. Harris), The Higher Education Academy (length 53 pages)
Conferences
Recent Keynote Presentations
- March 2008: Guest speaker on Students as Researchers for East Sussex Learner Voice Network
- September 2007: Guest speaker on The Learner Voice at BECTA Harnessing Technology: Research Forum 2007
- November 2006: Pupil Voice and Participation. Personalised Learning Conference (Wandsworth LA)
- July 2006: Engaging with Pupil Voice. Small Schools Conference ‘Tuning into Children’ (Kent LA)
- July 2005: Pupil Voice. Pupil Involvement in Assessment and Learning Conference (Nottingham CC)
Papers presented at recent conferences
2010
- ECER Conference, Helsinki. Student Voice as a Contested Practice: Power and Participation in Two Student Voice Projects
2009
- 16th International conference on Learning, Barcelona. Engaging with learners: learners influence on the use of technology to personalise learning
- CAL ’09 Learning in Digital Worlds Conference. Personalising learning through the use of technology
2008
- BERA conference Personalising Learning: learner perspectives and their influence on demand
2007
- Engaging with pupil voice. Personalised Learning Network, Conference (Exeter LA)
- Pupils’ perspectives on learning. Primary Schools Learning Network Milestones conference (run by Nottingham University)
2006
- SRHE conference Becoming and being a disabled student in Higher Education
- BERA conference Tracing the footprints of practice in Networked Learning Communities
- BERA conference Improving the experiences of disabled students in higher education
- HE Academy Conference Improving the experiences of disabled students in higher education: exploring links between research, policy and practice in HE
- Listening to pupils. Professional Development Conference (Exeter LA)
- Pupils as researchers. Consulting Pupils conference, (Durham LA)
- Listening to pupils. Primary Schools Learning Network Milestones Conference (run by Nottingham University)
- JORSEN conference What is meant by 'support' in Higher Education? Towards a model of academic and welfare support
- BERA conference Why do some teachers cope with professional demands more easily than others?
- BERA conference Developing a model of support for students in HE: what is important to students?
