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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

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

Hoskins, K., Moreau, M-P. and McHugh, E. (2023) 'From PhD to ECR: Supervisory relationships, precarity and the temporal regimes of academia'. Access: critical perspectives on communication, cultural and policy studies, 11 (1). pp. 47 - 62.Open Access Link

Journal article

Moreau, M-P., Hoskins, K. and McHugh, E. (2023) 'Precarious Transitions Project: Final Report'. Place of publication: British Academy. Available at: https://figshare.com/articles/book/Precarious_Transitions_report_FINAL_20092022_pdf/22269874.Open Access Link

Report

Ince, C., Chappell, A. and McHugh, E. (2021) 'University Students from Military Families: The Same but Different'. Place of publication: Brunel University London. Available at: https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/22794.Open Access Link

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