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- Lecturer in Education
- IOE - Culture, Communication & Media
- UCL Institute of Education
Nicole Brown, PhD, MA HE, MTeach, Mag.Phil., PGCert HE, DipTrans, UKGCE Recognised Research Supervisor, SFHEA
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Nicole Brown is a Lecturer in Education at UCL Institute of Education and Director of Social Research & Practice and Education Ltd. Nicole gained her PhD in Sociology at the University of Kent for her research into the construction of academic identity under the influence of fibromyalgia. She has edited Lived Experiences of Ableism in Academia: Strategies for Inclusion in Higher Education for Policy Press and Ableism in Academia: Theorising Experiences of Disabilities and Chronic Illnesses in Higher Education for UCL Press, co-authored Embodied Inquiry: Research Methods for Bloomsbury, and is currently authoring How to Make the Most of Your Research Journal for Policy Press.
Nicole’s research interests relate to physical and material representations and metaphors, the generation of knowledge and, more generally, research methods and approaches to explore identity and body work, as well as to advance learning and teaching within higher education. She tweets as @ncjbrown, @FibroIdentity and @AbleismAcademia




The underlying principle for my work is that research, teaching and social activism are inextricably interconnected. As a consequence, my personal practices in research, teaching and dissemination are also interwoven.
The constant in the narrative of my work is to give voice to the unheard and empower the marginalised. I aim to provide those with quieter voices with means and tools to explore the unexplored and express the in-expressible. I therefore focus on:
- Participatory, multi-sensory, embodied and immersive research, in particular through arts-based approaches, material and physical representations and metaphors
- Student experiences and learning
- Teacher education and development in the primary, secondary and tertiary sector
- Identity and identity construction in general, but more specifically in higher education including the identities of those in precarious positions and with disabilities and/or chronic conditions
- The performative and communicative role of the body
I am currently supervising doctoral projects on the lived experience of queerness amongst psychotherapists using creative methods, a Deleuzoguattarian analysis of identity development amongst social science PhD students, teacher presence and embodiment in the classroom, the experience of students with disabilities in South Korea and the impact of creative movement on learning in secondary science lessons.
Teaching at Postgraduate Level:
Professional Development Portfolio
Understanding Teaching
Leading Learning
Research and Professional Practice
Practice-Based Enquiry
Research Methods and Analysis
Teaching at Undergraduate Level:
Literacy, Language and Communication
Researching Education and Society: Qualitative Methods
2018 | Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education | University of Kent | |
2016 | ATQ04 - Recognised by the HEA as a Senior Fellow | University College London | |
2016 | ATQ03 - Recognised by the HEA as a Fellow | University College London | |
ATQ08 - Accredited as a teacher of their subject by a professional UK body | |||
ATQ10 - Overseas accreditation or qualification for any level of teaching | |||
2006 | Master of Teaching | Institute of Education | |
2001 | Magister | University of Vienna, Austria | |
PhD | PhD Sociology | University of Kent | |
2008 | Diploma In Translation | City, University of London | |
2001 | Qualified Teacher Status | Department for Education |