The School's research and research supervision teams are based on two groups:

Pedagogy and Andragogy Research Group (PARG)

Group membership:

​Adult and Continuing Education

Dr Sue Davis
Dr Cecilia Hannigan-Davies
Gill Jones
Tim Palazon

​Culture and Pedagogy

Meryl Hopwood
Rick Newnham

​Early Years and Outdoor Learning

Dylan Adams
Jo Bowers
Dr Sue Davis
Dr Jane Dorrian
Dr Cheryl Ellis
Chantelle Haughton
Kieran Hodgkin
June Hurcom
Jacky Tyrie
Angharad Williams
Sarah Dauncey (PhD Student)

​Higher Education

Dr Jan Huyton

​ICT in Education

Emily Abbinett
Professor Gary Beauchamp
Dr Cecilia Hannigan-Davies
Badriah Al Kandari (PhD Student)

​Language in Education

Jo Bowers
Professor Janet Laugharne
Dr Jill Llewellyn-Williams
Dr Sian Rhiannon Williams

​Music Education

Professor Gary Beauchamp
Sian Davies-Barnes
Viv John
Sian Sarwar

Arts and Humanities Research Group (AHRG)

Staff and Academic Associates in the Arts and Humanities Research Group (AHRG) cultivate a wide range of research interests across the subject areas of English, Creativity and Contemporary Media.

There are strong emphases on interdisciplinarity, creative practice and theory, contemporary literature and culture, modernism, and digital cultures. All staff are engaged in creative and/or research-based projects and activities, across a spectrum that includes poetry and fiction, literary research and publication, PhD candidature, conference and workshop organisation, and collaborative projects with external partners in the literary and cultural fields.

Group membership:

​Contemporary Media

Nina Jones
Rob Taffurrelli

​Creative Writing

Dr Spencer Jordan
Dr Kate North
Dr David Oprava

​Drama

Meryl Hopwood
Emma Thayer

​English

Dr Carmen Casaliggi
Dr Elizabeth English
Dr Dimitra Fimi
Nina Jones
Dr Kathryn Simpson
Professor Jeff Wallace
Dr Kate Watson

​Academic Associates
(doctoral researchers)

Emily Garside
Andrew Higgins
Selina Philpin
Alia Mohamed Taher
Lucy Windridge