Research Awards - 2016

The following five proposals were the winners of the 2016 SRHE Research Awards and the final reports from these projects will appear below:

Camille Kandiko Howson, King’s College, London

Kelly Coate, King’s College, London Camille Kandiko Howson, King’s College, London
	Senior Professional Leaders in Higher Education: The Role of Prestige

Margaret Hamilton, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia

Cate Gribble, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia

Sally Smith, Edinburgh Napier University

Margaret Hamilton, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia, Cate Gribble also RMIT, and Sally Smith, Edinburgh Napier University
	Developing entrepreneurial capabilities for the global labour market: A cross national study of IT students in the UK and Australia

Michael Keenan, Nottingham Trent University

Michael Keenan, Nottingham Trent University
	Exploring LGBTQ diversity in Higher Education: Extending research into LGBTQ student experience

Ian Kinchin, University of Surrey, Namrata Rao, Liverpool Hope University, and Anesa Hosein, University of Surrey
	Migrant Academics and Professional Learning Gains: Perspectives of the Native Academics

Julie Shaughnessy, University of Roehampton

Nick Pratt, Plymouth University and Julie Shaughnessy, University of Roehampton
	Supervision of professional doctoral students: investigating pedagogy for supporting critical voice and theorisation

Naomi Winstone, University of Surrey
	How are cultures of feedback practice shaped by accountability and quality assurance agendas?

The following three proposals were 2016 Scoping Award winners and the final reports from these projects are available below:

Liz Bennett, University of Huddersfield
	Students' emotional response to feedback on their progress using learning analytics dashboards

Sarah Lewthwaite, University of Southampton

Sarah Lewthwaite, University of Southampton
	The pedagogy of social science research methods textbooks: a scoping study

Anne Tierney, Edinburgh Napier University

Anne Tierney, Edinburgh Napier University
	Exploring brokerage activities between Life Science research and teaching communities in UK Higher Education Institutions

Research Awards - 2015

The following five proposals were the winners of the 2015 SRHE Research Awards and the final reports from these projects will appear below:

Kirsty Finn, Lancaster University
	Everyday student mobilities: Exploring the relationship between wellbeing, inclusion and sustainability

Bruce MacFarlane, University of Southampton Damon Burg, University of Southampton
	Knowledge creation in higher education studies: an intergenerational analysis

Sue Shepherd, University of Kent
	Appointing for Diversity: Can Old Universities Learn from the Experience of the New?

Karen Smith, University of Hertfordshire Scott Fernie, Loughborough University Nick Pilcher, Edinburgh Napier University
	What role does (or should) higher education research play in higher education policy? An exploratory study

Stuart Tannock, UCL IoE
	The Fragmentation of Equality in the Internationalised University

The following three proposals were 2015 Scoping Award winners and the final reports from these projects are available below:

Ceryn Evans, Cardiff University
	Higher education and civil society: Exploring participation in civil society amongst graduates and non-graduates.

Linda Evans, Leeds
	The origins and history of university professors and professorship in the UK Report Available Shortly

Ourania Filippakou, Brunel University Catherine Montgomery, University of Bath
	Exploring the Paradigms of Higher Education Research: Emerging Research Discourses in China and the UK

Research Awards - 2014

Research Awards - 2013

Research Awards - 2012

Research Awards - 2011

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Research Awards - 2016

The following five proposals were the winners of the 2016 SRHE Research Awards and the final reports from these projects will appear below:

The following three proposals were 2016 Scoping Award winners and the final reports from these projects are available below:

Research Awards - 2015

The following five proposals were the winners of the 2015 SRHE Research Awards and the final reports from these projects will appear below:

The following three proposals were 2015 Scoping Award winners and the final reports from these projects are available below:

Research Awards - 2014

The following three proposals were the winners of the 2014 SRHE Research Awards and the final reports from these projects will appear below:

The following four proposals were 2014 Scoping Award winners and the final reports from these projects are available below:

Research Awards - 2013

The following three proposals were the winners of the 2013 SRHE Research Awards:

The following proposals were 2013 Scoping Award winners

Research Awards - 2012

The following four proposals were the winners of the 2012 SRHE Research Awards:

The following two proposals were 2012 Scoping Award winners

Research Awards - 2011

Below are the completed reports from the 2011 SRHE Award scheme, the first year these awards were made available.


Jim Pugh accepting for Dr. Katy Vigurs		Dr. Richard Watermeyer		Janice Malcolm accepting on behalf of Dr. Joanna Williams

Dr Joanna Williams (University of Kent) Dr David Roberts (University of Kent)
	Academic Integrity: Exploring Tensions between Perception and Practice in the Contemporary University

Dr. Richard Watermeyer (University of Bath)
	Towards a cartography of impact: Analysing the process of ‘impact’ peer-review in the REF

Dr Madeleine Laming (Murdoch University, Australia) Dr Pamela Martin-Lynch (Murdoch University) Aileen Morris (The University of Lincoln)
	Mature-aged men’s experiences of higher education: Australia and England compared

Dr. Alicia Prowse (Manchester Metropolitan University) Valeria Ruiz Vargas
	Potential of the Human Capabilities Approach (HCA) for strategy development in the Higher Education curriculum

Dr. Alex Baratta (University of Manchester) Dr Paul Smith (University of Manchester) Dr Lydia Reid (Durham University)
	Academic identity and religious identity: cognitive dissonance in students’ higher education learning and assessment

Dr. Cate Gribble (Deakin University, Australia)
	Exploring ‘employability’ in different cultural contexts


Dr Neil Harrison & Assoc. Prof. Richard Waller		Prof. Carolyn Jackson		Prof. John Taylor

Dr Neil Harrison & Assoc. Prof. Richard Waller (University of the West of England)
	AIMS: Assessing Impact and Measuring Success in widening participation initiatives

Prof. Carolyn Jackson (Lancaster University) & Dr. Vanita Sundaram (University of York)
	Are ‘lad cultures’ a problem in Higher Education? Exploring the perspectives and responses of HEI staff

Prof. John Taylor (Lancaster University)
	Universities at War: The Impact of the First World War on UK Higher Education

Dr Petros Lameras (Coventry University)
	Essential Features of Serious Games Design: A Critical Review and Game Pedagogic Planner

Prof. Moira Lewitt & Dr. Beth Cross (University of the West of Scotland)
	Interprofessional education to support collaborative practice: an interdisciplinary approach

Dr Tamson Pietsch and Dr Meng-Hsuan Chou (Brunel University)
	Organising scholarly networks: perspectives from history and public policy

Dr Anna Robinson-Pant (University of East Anglia)
	The role of recruitment agents in the internationalisation of higher education
	Education agents or educational agents? Bridging the gap between recruitment and education

Dr Heike Behle (University of Warwick)
	The transferability of (under-)graduate knowledge gained in UK higher education institutions (HEIs) within the European Higher Education Area

Professor Linda Evans - with Dr Matthew Homer (University of Leeds)
	Academic journal editors’ professionalism: perceptions of power, proficiency and personal agendas

Dr Anna Jones & Professor David Smith (Glasgow Caledonian University)
	Leading university teaching: exploring the uses of higher education research

Dr Janice Malcolm (University of Kent) and Professor Miriam Zukas (Birkbeck, University of London)
	Discipline and workplace learning in practice: an exploratory study of academic work

Dr David Lewis (University of Leeds)
	Enhancing employability and building bridges: Evaluation of public engagement opportunities within undergraduate STEM curricula

Dr Saranne Weller & Dr Camille Kandiko (King's College, London)
	Students as co-developers of learning and teaching: Redefining expertise and student voice through student participation in professional development

Dr Terri Kim from Brunel University and co-investigator Professor Rachel Brooks from the University of Surrey.
	Internationalisation, Mobile Academics, and Knowledge Creation in Universities: a Comparative Analysis

Dr. Fumi Kitagawa from the Manchester Business School at the University of Manchester and Claire Lightowler from The Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services (IRISS)
	Incentivising Knowledge Exchange: A comparison of vision, strategies, policy and practice in English and Scottish Higher Education.

Professor Carole Leathwood from the Institute for Policy Studies in Education (IPSE) at London Metropolitan University and Dr. Barbara Read from the University of Roehampton
	Assessing the impact of developments in research policy for research on higher education

Dr Daniel Weinbren from the Open University
	A lovely way of spending time, growing and learning. Higher education and nurturing of informal learning communities project

Dr Howard Stevenson now at the University of Nottingham (formerly University of Lincoln) and Dr Justine Mercer from the University of Warwick
	Challenging times: an analysis of current developments and future prospects for industrial relations in the UK higher education sector.

Dr Natasha Mauthner from the University of Aberdeen
	Open access data sharing policies: Implications for academic roles, practices and identities