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Doctoral Students

Doctoral Students - Current

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Julia Flutter

Creatively researching the creative evolution and ecology of the Chartered College of Teaching

Emily Rushton

Being Present with the Past: An exploration of using mythology and creativity as a new intervention to support wellbeing for children with SEN/D

Anqi Fang

Listening to Scent: Exploring Synaesthesia Poetics and AI from the Perspective of Oriental aesthetics Rachel Lai Malaysian conceptions of nationalism and creativities in teaching Gamelan. Allison Rowe Investigating social practice art as mediated by and situated in institutional contexts. Portia Ungley Critical/Creative thinking as commodity: Arts education in the TEF era. Tim Palmer Creatively Educating Professional Musicians and The Role of Play www.researchgate.net/profile/Tim_Palmer7 Genevieve Smith-Nunes Transdisciplinary creativity research advancing biomedical engineering through the lens of classical ballet and virtual reality http://bit.ly/smithnunes Wendy Forbes Investigating the relationship between extra-curricular music-making and the mathematical achievement of children David Brierley How and to what extent do video games engage students in creative learning? Frankie Frangeskou Researching leadership creativity with LGB school leaders Naomi McCarthy On the road to Damascus:Theorising transformational encounters in Art Galleries and Museums Rachel Beale Exploring why music-makers elect to belong to Western Art Music Ensembles: The case of Truro Cornwall Olivia Slater Using drama in indigenous education David Williams Student voice in Veterinary Education Charlotte Allen A multilevel exploration of LGBT+ students’ relisience in response to everyday challenges at secondary school Debbie Aitken Generational differences in perceptions of medical student experiences of clinical attachments in surgery Julie Blake The representation of poetry in the school English curriculum

Doctoral Students – Recently Completed

Name Topic Related links Tom Bellfield Negotiating place: an exploration of the educational potential of practicing spatial design with primary and secondary pupils in three schools in England. Stephen Fairbanks An autoethnographic study on 'Social Justice' through Music Education in the context of an American high school orchestra. www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/295006
Rebecca Heaton Autoethnography to artography: An exhibition of cognition in artist teacher practice doi.org/10.17863/CAM.33324 Afrodita Nikolova An artographic new spoken word poetry programme for developing narrative identities in a Macedonian prison: Two portraits of young offenders as poets www.versopolis-poetry.com/poet/101/afrodita-nikolova Sarah Upjohn Creatively rethinking prevention of playing-related injuries in elite young instrumental musicians Mandy Winters Teaching and learning composing in the classroom. Marisa Cheng The experiences of cooperation and leadership amongst choristers Tal-Chen Rabinowitch sites.google.com/view/music-social-development-lab/home Angeliki Triantafyllaki Identity construction in the workplace of music conservatoires and higher education www.researchgate.net/profile/Angeliki_Triantafyllaki Anna-Marie Higgins Developing a pedagogic framework for teaching 'Music Concrete' creatively in secondary schools www.amhiggins.ie James Biddulph The co-construction of 'creative learning' in three ethnic minority immigrant children at home. Rosie Burt-Perkins The construction of 'learning cultures' in music conservatoires. Konstantinou Chrysovalentini The role technology in Cypriot primary music education. Tara Coverdale Critical leadership versatility and directors' practices across diverse professional workplaces situated within the creative industries Jean-Philippe Despres Expert improvisers' learning and creative processes. Albhe Kenny Investigating communities of musical practice in Ireland. Hsu-Chan Kuo An investigation of the perceived impacts of the programme of creativity and imagining the futures in Taiwanese education: Developing indicators for the evaluation of creative education programmes. Wei Shin Leong Singapore teachers' conceptions and practices of assessment. Tal-Chen Rabinowitch Developing a measure of empathy in children's group music making. Frances Ragni (nee Shih) A Phenomenological enquiry of perceived mental representations in thematic musical improvisations: Case studies of two professional pianists. Anna Wong Musical motivation and engagement with disaffected learners. Christine Yau One-to-one pedagogical relationships in music conservatoire teaching. Susan Richards Processing in music and language in children Albhe Kenny Communities of musical practice Malachi Fortune Apudo-Achola Technology in Music Education for Schools