Research Reports
Hodgkin, K., Rawlings Smith, E., Young, N. and Singh, S. (2023) Student transitions to university in Wales during COVID-19. Cardiff: Welsh Government.
Davies, D., Egan, D., Adams, I., Davis, S. and Hodgkin, K. (2017) More Able and Talented Learners: A Joint Research Report. Ystrad Mynach: Education Achievement Service for Southeast Wales (EAS)
Peer-refereed Journals:
Hodgkin, K., & Packer, R. (2023). 'I Feel Like I Identify as a University Student, I Just Don't Identify with My University' – how First-Year Students Developed their Identities during the COVID-19 Pandemic. International Journal of Educational and Life Transitions, 2(1): 10, pp. 1–13. DOI: 10.5334/ijelt.46
Rawlings Smith, E., Hodgkin, K. and Young, N. (2022) Student transitions to university in Wales: a mixed-method study of the enablers and barriers of first-year engagement, International Journal of Educational Research Open, 3,1-9. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedro.2022.100216
BETHELL, S., BRYANT, A., COOPER, S., EDWARDS, L., HODGKIN, K. (2020). Mentoring PE Student Teachers in Wales: lessons from a systematic review of literature. Wales Journal of Education,22 (2), pp.93-113
HODGKIN, K. (2018) ‘Pupils’ expectations and experiences of PE across the primary-secondary transition in South Wales’, Wales Journal of Education, 20 (1), pp.93-113.
DAVIES, D., DAVIS, S., EGAN, D. and HODGKIN, K. (2018) ‘Transition from Primary to Secondary School and More Able and Talented (MAT) disadvantaged pupils: Evidence from South-east Wales’, Wales Journal of Education, 20 (1), pp.46-75.
HODGKIN, K., FLEMING, S., BEAUCHAMP, G. and BRYANT, A. (2016) ‘We thought you were undercover, here to inspect us’ – some of the challenges of ethnographic fieldwork in schools’, Wales Journal of Education, 18(2), pp.105-109.
HODGKIN, K., FLEMING, S., BEAUCHAMP, G. and BRYANT, A. (2013) Perception to Reality: Pupils’ expectations and experiences of the primary-secondary school transition. Educational Futures, 6(1), 28-40.
Academic Blogs:
Hodgkin, K. and Shields, S. (2021) Exploring the extent to which first-year Education students at two institutions developed university identities in light of changes to teaching and learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, Transformative Change: Educational and Life Transitions (TCELT), 7 December, Available at: Blog 38: Exploring the extent to which first-year Education students at two institutions developed university identities in light of changes to teaching and learning during the COVID-19 pandemic – Transformative Change: Educational and Life Transitions (TCELT) (dundee.ac.uk)
Book Chapters:
Hodgkin, K. and Beauchamp, G. (2019) Ethical considerations in using innovative methods in early education research, in, Brown, Z. and Perkins, H. (ed.) Using Innovative Methods in Early Years Research. London: Routledge.
Beauchamp, G. Wilkinson, S. Hodgkin, K. and Pickford, A. (2017) Growing up in the 21st Century, in, Brown, Z. and Ward, S. (ed.) Contemporary Issues in Childhood: A bio-ecological approach. London: Routledge.
Professional / Non-refereed Publications:
HODGKIN, K. (2012) Children in Transition: An ethnographic study of primary-secondary schooling. Cardiff Metropolitan Postgraduate Research Review Publication 2012.
Conference Papers:
Hodgkin, K., Davis, S. and Littlewood, J. (2023) Learner journey' & delivery of Professional Doctorate Programmes within a Welsh University. International Conference on Professional and Practice Based Doctorates. York Racecourse.
Hodgkin, K., Rawlings-Smith, E. and Young, N. (2022) Managing the transition to University during the COVID-19 pandemic: a student perspective. BERA conference. Liverpool University.
Morris, T., Hodgkin, K and Beauchamp, G. (2022) Exploring Alternative Education provision using an ethnographic approach. BERA conference. Liverpool University.
HODGKIN, K. (2013) Perception to Reality: Pupils’ expectations and experiences of the primary-secondary transition. BESA Conference: Swansea University.
HODGKIN, K. (2012) Using ethnography as a research tool - lessons for researchers from a primary – secondary school study in Wales’ - Cardiff Metropolitan Research Seminar Series: Cardiff Metropolitan University.
HODGKIN, K. and BEAUCHAMP, G. (2012) Using ethnography as a research tool - lessons for researchers from a primary – secondary school study in Wales. BESA Conference: Hull University.
HODGKIN, K. (2012) Schooling, Physical Education and the Primary-Secondary Transition – An Ethnographic Study. Making the most of PE conference: Vale of Glamorgan Hotel.
HODGKIN, K. (2012) Schooling, Physical Education and the Primary-Secondary Transition – An Ethnographic Study.Cardiff Metropolitan University Poster Symposium: Cardiff Metropolitan University.
HODGKIN, K. (2012) Schooling, Physical Education and the Primary-Secondary Transition – An Ethnographic Study: Collaborative Video Conference: Cardiff Metropolitan University.
Dr Kieran Hodgkin is a Senior Lecturer in Education and Student Experience and Sustainability Strategic Lead within the School of Education and Social Policy at Cardiff Metropolitan University. Kieran has published widely in the field of transition. Through the lens of young people, Kieran has explored the expectations and experiences of young people making the transition between primary and secondary school and further to higher education. His other research interests include ethnography and research ethics. Kieran is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA).
