Dr Daniel Heggs
Associate Dean Partnerships
Cardiff School of Sport & Health Sciences
Overview
Dr Heggs is a Chartered Psychologist with the British Psychological Society, and is Principal Lecturer in Psychology. In 2009 Dr Heggs won the outstanding contribution award for the UWIC Staff Awards for Excellence. Dan contributes to the innovation and maintenance of standards in HE through his contribution to validating new programmes at Cardiff Met and his role as an external examiner at UWE.
Dan moved to south Wales in 1998, and started to work in Higher Education at the University of Glamorgan, before he moved to Cardiff Metropolitan University. Dan has taught extensively at all levels of undergraduate and postgraduate provision, specializing in areas of critical social psychology and qualitative research methods. Dan’s academic and research interests lie around areas of gender, risk psychology, education and identity. Dan has supervised postgraduate research in gender and class, and is currently involved in the supervision of research on young fathers and short-term offenders and employment.
Memberships
- Chartered Member of British Psychological Society
- BPS Social Psychology Section Member
- BPS Qualitative Psychology Section member
- Fellow of Higher Education Academy
Research Publications
Conceptualising space in doctoral education: a meta-ethnographic analysis of research spaces and their impact
Saddington, N., Heggs, D. & Mercer, J., 2 Feb 2025, In: Journal of Further and Higher Education. p. 1-18 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Rapid Review of Literature Reporting the Experience of Patient and Public Involvement in Prison and Forensic Mental Health Research
Rutherford, R., Pashley, S., Bowes, N., Heggs, D. & Cornwell, R., 9 Jan 2025, In: International Journal of Mental Health Nursing. 34, 1, p. e13483 e13483.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
A systematic scoping review exploring how people with lived experience have been involved in prison and forensic mental health research
Rutherford, R., Bowes, N., Cornwell, R., Heggs, D. & Pashley, S., 12 Jan 2024, In: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health. 34, 1, p. 94-114 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Ultrasound Directed Reduction of Colles' type distal radial fractures in ED (UDiReCT): A feasibility randomised controlled trial
Malik, H., Wood, D., Stone, O., Gough, A., Taylor, G., Knapp, K. M., Heggs, D. & Appelboam, A., 7 Oct 2023, In: Emergency Medicine Journal. 40, 12, p. 832-839 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Determinants of completion and early dropout in an adult weight management service: a prospective observational study
Everitt, J. D., Battista-Dowds, E. M., Heggs, D., Hewlett, P. & Squire, A. L. M., 26 Jun 2023, In: Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics. 36, 5, p. 1931-1941 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Exploring the Relationship Between Domestic Violence Perpetration and Suicidal Behavior in Male Prisoners
Dewar, C., Heggs, D. A. & Davies, J., 24 Jun 2021, In: Archives of Suicide Research. 26, 4, p. 1831-1846 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Interpreting risk messages: Women's responses to a health story
Thirlaway, K. J. & Heggs, D. A., Jun 2005, In: Health, Risk and Society. 7, 2, p. 107-121 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review