Dr Catherine Dawson :"

Author

Catherine Dawson is a researcher and writer specialising in research methods, digital research methods and teaching research methods. She has worked as a researcher and tutor for a number of UK universities and colleges, including the University of Sheffield, Sheffield Hallam University and Northern College, an adult residential college located near Barnsley. Over the years she has developed and delivered a number of research methods courses for postgraduate students, and has delivered bespoke training courses in the public and private sectors. She has also published a variety of research methods books aimed at undergraduates, postgraduates and tutors.

Dr Andrea Macrae :"

Reviewer

Andrea Macrae is a Principal Lecturer in Student Experience at Oxford Brookes University. She is the author of Discourse Deixis in Metafiction (Routledge, 2019) and is the co-editor of Pronouns in Literature: Positions and Perspectives in Language (Palgrave, 2018). She has published on deixis in several journals and edited collections.

Professor Mary McNamara :"

Reviewer

Mary McNamara (CChem, FRSC) is Head of the Graduate Research School, Technological University Dublin, Ireland. She graduated with a honours degree from the Royal Society of Chemistry and obtained a Ph.D. in Physical Inorganic Chemistry from University College Dublin. Mary was a member (2012–2018) of the steering committee of the Council of Doctoral Education of the European Universities Association and, in Ireland, she is a member of the National Forum on Research Integrity. Mary is also a member of the National Advisory Forum for Ireland's National Framework for Doctoral Education. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and an active researcher in the development of novel drug delivery systems.

Dr Tina Ramkalawan :"

Reviewer

Tina Ramkalawan is Director of the Graduate School at Brunel University London, where she leads the university's strategy for researcher development. She has a background in multidisciplinary collaborative research, with particular expertise in psychology, health and epidemiology. Her doctoral research was at the MRC Institute of Hearing Research, University of Nottingham, with a focus on outcomes for hearing-impaired children. Her work contributed to the establishment of the UK NHS Newborn Hearing Screening Programme. Tina has initiated and managed doctoral and post-doctoral programmes funded by the Medical Research Council. She is also a Chartered Psychologist and a qualified coach and mentor. Her research publications cover the areas of disability and health research.

Professor David V. Thiel :"

Reviewer

David Thiel is a Professor in the School of Engineering and Built Environment and Director of the Griffith University Sport Technology (GUST) Laboratories at Griffith University, Australia. He authored the book Research Methods for Engineers (Cambridge University Press, 2014) and co-authored Switched Parasitic Antennas for Cellular Communications (Artech House, 2002). He has authored six book chapters and over 150 journal papers, and has co-authored more than nine patent applications.

His research interests include electromagnetic geophysics, sensor development, electronics systems design and manufacture, antenna development for wireless sensor networks, environmental sustainability in electronics manufacturing, sports engineering and mining engineering.

David is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, and a Chartered Professional Engineer in Australia.

Professor Gina Wisker :"

Reviewer

Gina Wisker is Head of the University of Brighton's Centre for Learning and Teaching and Professor of Higher Education and Contemporary Literature. She teaches and researches in learning, teaching, postgraduate study supervision and academic writing. She has published 26 books (some edited) and over 140 articles, including The Postgraduate Research Handbook (Palgrave Macmillan, 2001; 2^nd ed. 2007); The Good Supervisor (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005; 2^nd ed. 2012) and Getting Published (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015). Gina has supervised 32 Ph.D. students to completion and has examined 42.

Gina also specialises in contemporary women's writing and postcolonial, Gothic and popular fictions. She is a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, National Teaching Fellow and Senior Fellow of SEDA.

Professor Peter Anderson :"

Reviewer

Peter Anderson is Pro Vice Chancellor at the University of New England (UNE), specialising in Indigenous education, rights-based research methodologies, and educational transformation in higher education.

His scholarly work focuses on embedding Indigenous perspectives across university curricula through Indigenous rights-based informed pedagogies and ethical research frameworks. He has co-authored numerous publications on Indigenous rights-based approaches to decolonising research methodologies, contributing significantly to discourse on Indigenous student success, research ethics, and educational equity.

Professor Anderson's expertise encompasses Indigenous data sovereignty, rights-based curriculum, and integrating Indigenous knowledge perspectives and systems with contemporary research practices. He leads innovative programs that build institutional capacity for culturally responsive research supervision and methodology. His commitment to advancing Indigenous success in higher education through approaches that honour First peoples' ways of knowing, being, and doing makes him particularly well-suited to reviewing educational and research methodology resources.

Dr Emma Davidson :"

Reviewer

Emma Davidson is a Senior Lecturer in Social Policy and Qualitative Research Methods at the University of Edinburgh. Her scholarship explores the social infrastructures that support community belonging, particularly from the perspectives of young people. As Co-Director of the Binks Hub, she champions community-led and co-creative research practices that generate real-world impact. Emma is an expert in 'Big Qual'- an innovative approach that combines computational tools with in-depth qualitative analysis. She co-founded the NCRM Big Qual Analysis Resource Hub and is co-author of Big Qual: A Guide to Breadth-and-Depth Analysis (Palgrave, 2023).

Dr Glenn Williams :"

Reviewer

Glenn Williams is an Assistant Professor in Psychology at Northumbria University. Glenn's research primarily focuses on language acquisition, production, and comprehension, recently exploring the impact of bilingualism and dialect on these processes. He has expertise in advanced research methods and statistics, including multilevel modelling, time series analysis, simulation, and Bayesian inference, and has extensive experience in using the programming languages Python and R for statistical analysis. Glenn has presented his work using these methods in various international conferences and published in a range of high-impact peer-reviewed journals. Currently, his teaching focuses on Cognitive Psychology and Neuroscience, Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods, and Data Science for Psychologists. Glenn has previously worked with the Institute of Coding teaching Data Science.

Maria Adams :"

Reviewer

Maria Adams is an Associate Professor in Criminology at the University of Surrey. Her research specialises in women in prison, families, food and social identities. She is currently leading a project funded by the Economic Social Research Council on food in women's prisons. This is a qualitative project capturing the voices of 108 women on exploring the preparation and consumption of food across four prisons. Alongside this, she is also leading a project funded by Nuffield Foundation on developing a parenting framework to strengthen the relationships between youth justice services and parents of young people affected by the YJS. Her work has been published in a range of journals in criminology, and she currently has two monographs out on the lived experiences of families affected by the criminal justice system.

Martin Compton :"

Reviewer

Martin has been an educator for over 30 years. His teaching has spanned secondary schools, international schools, further education colleges and universities both in the UK and overseas. He has long been focused on digital innovation and the application of digital technologies for teaching and research, often connecting these by conducting or sponsoring research on the application of digital tools to teaching. For the last 10 years his work has broadly been in academic development, but his current role is very much focused on the opportunities and threats of AI and the implications for teaching and research practices across higher education.

Professor Fiona Denney :"

Lead advisor

Fiona Denney is the Director of the Brunel Educational Excellence Centre, Brunel University London, which supports learning and teaching enhancement for both staff and students. She is a member of the Executive Committee of the UK Council for Graduate Education, a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA). She has a Ph.D. in marketing and has held academic posts in marketing and management studies. Fiona has worked in academic staff development since 2003 and has research interests in academic leadership.

Dr Douglas Halliday :"

Lead advisor

Douglas Halliday is a Co-Director of Durham Energy Institute and the Director of the Multidisciplinary Centre for Doctoral Training in Energy, which trains doctoral candidates across science and social sciences. The Energy CDT provides a multidisciplinary training environment helping doctoral candidates to understand the breadth and complexity of the whole energy system. He helped organise the 2017 UK Council for Graduate Education International Conference on Developments in Doctoral Education and Training. Previously, he was Dean of Durham's Graduate School from 2005 to 2010 and a recipient of a 2009 THE Award for Outstanding Support for Early Career Researchers. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics, the Higher Education Academy and the Energy Institute.