Professor Sheila Trahar
B.A.(C.N.A.A.), MSc, Dip.Counselling(Bristol), Ph.D., BA, PhD
Current positions
HEA Fellowship Scheme as Assessor/ Mentor
Human ResourcesEmeritus Professor
School of Education
Contact
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Research interests
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England-Africa Partnerships - Partnership for Strengthening Education & Social Science PhD Programmes
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Developing a Widening Participation Strategy for Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) Postgraduate Students
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University of Bristol Teaching and Learning Fellowship Continuing Professional Development Needs of New Academic Staff
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Supervision and Careers Practitioners in Higher Education
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University of Bristol Teaching and Learning AwardUsing Student Self-assessment - an evaluation
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Southern Africa Rurality in Higher Education (SARiHE).
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
The 30 month collaborative SARiHE project will address the knowledge gap that exists regarding the transition from rural school and home contexts to university learning in Southern Africa. The overall…Managing organisational unit
School of EducationDates
01/10/2016 to 30/09/2019
Tackling disabling practices: co-production and change
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of EducationDates
01/04/2015 to 31/03/2018
IRIS - Fostering Academic International Relations in Israeli Colleges to promote education, research and innovation
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of EducationDates
15/10/2012 to 15/10/2015
Internationalisation and Equality and Diversity: Merging identities - a case studyof policy and practice
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of EducationDates
01/11/2009 to 01/05/2010
Thesis supervisions
The Implementation of Teacher Evaluation for Professional Development in Primary Education in Taiwan
Supervisors
Participants' experience of service-learning in a self-financing post-secondary education institution in Hong Kong
Supervisors
How do full-time lecturers in higher education view their career development, in relation to studying part-time for a doctoral degree and participating in research publication, while having to balance between work and family life?
Supervisors
A study of the elements affecting within-class grouping in catering for learner diversity in Hong Kong secondary economics lessons
Supervisors
Parting the veils of silence
Supervisors
Open the box
Supervisors
There's no place like Home
Supervisors
Publications
Recent publications
01/09/2021Reclaiming the future?
Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
Rural Transitions to Higher Education in South Africa
Rural Transitions to Higher Education in South Africa
‘You have to change, the curriculum stays the same’
Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education
Rurality and access to higher education
Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education
Snow White, a Mirror and Whiteness
Innovations in Narrative and Metaphor
Thesis
Roads less travelled : stories of learning and teaching in a multicultural higher education environment
Supervisors
Award date
01/01/2006
