Karen Hudson

Head Of School

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Department: Social Work, Education and Community Wellbeing

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Key Publications

Exploring UK residents’ views on substantive education reform: adversarially co-produced narratives indicate fluidity in support, Hudson, K., Mulholland, K., Croft, E., Benton, P., Stark, G., Littlefair, D., Atkinson, J., Johnson, S., Reed, H., Johnson, E., Johnson, M. 6 Oct 2025, In: Political Research Exchange
What does transformation in Higher Education research culture look like? Evidence from action research within a diverse post-1992 department, Mulholland, K., Robson, I., Nichol, D., Counihan, C., Gray, W., Luke, C., Meller, S., Anderson, A., Heslop, K., Davies, J., Graham, P., Johnson, S., Hwang, S., Chan, W., Johnson, E., Hudson, K., Haighton, C., Littlefair, D., Defeyter, M., Kellehear, A., Atkinson, J., Johnson, M. 19 Sep 2025, In: Routledge Open Research
“Now I know I need to be very patient and open-minded to understand others”: Intercultural learning during an intensive study programme, Hudson, K., Luke, C. 12 Feb 2023, In: Journal of the European Teacher Education Network
Navigating Cultural Diversity to Engage Chinese Teachers in Best Practice Professional Development., Littlefair, D., Clifford Swan, J., Hudson, K. 31 Oct 2022, International Environments and Practices of Higher Education., Bingley, Emerald
What makes school/university partnerships effective? An investigation into the relationship between a teacher training school and a university in England, Clifford Swan, J., Hudson, K., Littlefair, D. May 2022, In: School-University Partnerships
Are trans-national Professional Development Programmes doomed to fail to influence student outcomes?, Hudson, K., Littlefair, D., Clifford Swan, J. 26 Oct 2020, In: JETEN
Kinship and Collegiality: An exploration of the underpinning characteristics of external partnerships at a University Education Department, Littlefair, D., Clifford Swan, J., Hudson, K. 11 Nov 2019, In: Qualitative Research Journal

Qualifications

Education MA (Hons) September 01 1994
Education BSc (Hons) September 01 1987
Information not provided General Teaching Council (GTC) 2004

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