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Dr Richard Freeman
519a
UCL Institute of Education, University College London
20 Bedford Way
London
WC1H 0AL
Appointment
- Senior Lecturer
- IOE - Centre for Doctoral Education
- UCL Institute of Education
Biography
I am the Deputy Director of the UCL Institute of Education-led
Bloomsbury Doctoral Training Centre for the Social Sciences and the
Programme Leader for the Online MPhil/PhD, which launched in October
2014.
My responsibilities include supporting the development of generic skills for post-graduate researchers and early-years post-doctoral researchers here at the Institute. I am also responsible for supporting academic staff in developing their skills in doctoral supervision.
I have two primary research interests: I am interested in issues related to doctoral education, especially psychological issues that can affect doctoral submission. In addition, I have been involved in two European projects on traffic psychology: Driving under the Influence of Drugs, Alcohol and Medicines (DRUID) & Social Attitudes to Road Traffic Risk in Europe (SARTRE)
Research Summary
I am currently researching academic identities, with a particular interest in doctoral identity.
My three current research projects are:
- a HEFCE-funded Postgraduate Support Scheme project: Design and evaluation of a new PGT route to widen access to social science research training.
- a Vitae-funded project: What is a Researcher Developer: Roles, responsibilities and representations.
- an ESRC-funded project: What are the experiences of early career social scientists?
Teaching Summary
In addition to teaching doctoral researchers on many areas relating to generic skills and researcher development, I am Module Leader for the Methodology & Statistics psychology masters module, which I teach using a flipped classroom approach. I also lecture on various Research Methods and Statistics courses, deliver workshops on NVivo and SPSS.
Academic Background
| 1995 | PhD | Doctor of Philosophy – Psychology | University of Birmingham |
| 1989 | BA | Bachelor of Arts – Social and Political Sciences | University of Cambridge |
