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Dr Ellen McHugh
Senior Lecturer in Education

Gaskell Building 230

Summary

Ellen McHugh is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Education. Ellen joined Brunel University London in 2017 and teaches on the undergraduate education programme. She is a member of the Human Geography: Space, Place and Society research group and Fellow of Advance Higher Education. Ellen studied Geography and Archaeology at the University of Manchester and completed an MA in Tourism, Environment and Development at King’s College London. In 2007, Ellen was awarded a studentship from the University of Reading to undertake a PhD in Geography.

Ellen’s research since joining the Department of Education has focused on higher education and student experience. She has worked on a number of research projects including students from a widening participation background; social housing and resident engagement; commuter students; the growth of tuition centres; students from military families; and doctoral students negotiating the shift to an academic position. Ellen also has particular expertise with hard-to-reach groups.

In 2023, Ellen and her colleague Dr Emma Wainwright were awarded a British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grant to look at free food provision for university students.

Prior to academia, Ellen worked in the Embassy of Ireland with the Emigrant Services Advisory Committee (ESAC), established in 1984 to advise the Irish Government on issues of concern to the Irish community in Britain. Ellen also worked as a Marketing Executive for Tourism Ireland, the body established under the Good Friday Agreement to market the island of Ireland overseas.

Qualifications

PhD, Geography, University of Reading

MA, Tourism, Environment and Development, King's College London

BA (Hons) Geography and Archaeology, University of Manchester

Responsibility

Internal

Assessment Block Leader for ED1805 Education and Research 1 and ED2803 Education and Research 2

Supervisory and personal tutoring responsibilities across the Department of Education.

External

External Examiner, BA Children, Young People and Society, York St John University (2021-ongoing)

Newest selected publications

Moreau, M-P., Hoskins, K. and McHugh, E. (2024) 'Intersectional solidarities and inter-individual affinities: enactments of equity and privilege through doctoral supervision relationships'. International Studies in Sociology of Education, 0 (ahead of print). pp. 1 - 22. ISSN: 0962-0214 Open Access Link

Journal article

Wainwright, E., Hoskins, K., McHugh, E. and Bhuyan, M. (2024) 'Analysis of Unicorn Theatre’s School Partnership Programme Evaluation'.Open Access Link

Report

Wainwright, E., McHugh, E. and Chappell, A. (2024) 'Journeying through in-between times and spaces: commuter students’ everyday practices of and strategies for university access and engagement', in Kraftl, P., Chen, Y., Holloway, S. and Kučerová, SR. (eds.) Handbook on Geographies of Education. Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing.Open Access Link

Book chapter

Wainwright, E., Barker, J., Chappell, A. and McHugh, E. (2023) '‘On the high street’ tuition for primary-aged children in London: Critiquing discourses of accessibility, attainment and assistance.'. Education 3-13: the professional journal for primary education, 0 (ahead of print). pp. 1 - 13. ISSN: 0300-4279 Open Access Link

Journal article
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