Dr Sarah Mclaughlin
EDD, PG Cert, PGCE, MSc, BA (Hons)
Current positions
Lecturer
Bristol Medical School (THS)
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Biography
Sarah is a qualified teacher in post compulsory education and higher academic practice, who has taught sociology, educational theory and marketing in further and higher education. She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and her research areas include creative methods, education, social class, intersectionality and social justice.
Research interests
Working title: “Educating the Ritas - Social class, gender, and identity change:
A case study into the lived experiences of mature female students on an Access to Higher Education course, through a feminist standpoint epistemology”
Publications
Recent publications
23/04/2025Mature Students Returning to Education
Using Bourdieu’s concept of habitus to explore HE decision-making for working class women on an Access to HE course
How to...deconstruct the research paradigm: supporting the non-social scientist researching in medical education
Clinical Teacher
Using Bourdieu’s concept of habitus to explore higher education decision-making for working class women on an access to higher education course
Studies in the Education of Adults
Using Play-Doh to teach creative data collection
Medical Education
Thesis
Educating the Ritas
Supervisors
Award date
06/12/2022
Teaching
Sarah is the Co-Lead for the MSc. Health Professions Education, Foundations in Medical Education Programme Lead, Unit lead for Contemporary Issues, and lecturer in Theory and Practice of Teaching, Assessmet and Evaluation, Clinical Based Education and Research Methods.
