Helen Hewertson
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Helen Hewertson is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy who has taught at various levels and to learners with various abilities and ages. She is currently teaching on the Foundation entry programme in the School, and is module leader for several modules. Helen does guest lectures for Sociology as well as Film and Media. She is also the Chair of the Pedagogic Research Forum and is passionate about educational research.
Helen's interests and teaching experience are varied. She teaches study skills, critical thinking, research methods and digital literacy for the foundation year. She has been asked to guest lecture on anime, gender in sci-fi, stereotypes and representation in the media. Helen has also taught sessions for sociology on participatory action research and media representation. She has published around research-informed teaching, curriculum development, educational technology, and intersectional imposter syndrome.
Helen is on the steering group of the British Conference for Undergraduate Research (BCUR) and is a founding member. She also chairs the Pedagogic Research Forum (PRF) and is involved with the annual UCLan learning and teaching conference.
- MRes in Child Computer Interaction, University of Central Lancashire, 2015
- MSc in Applied Psychology, Liverpool Hope University, 2007
- BSc (Hons) Biology and Psychology, Liverpool Hope University 2002
- Academic literacy
- Anime
- Critical pedagogy
- Curriculum development
- Educational equity
- Educational technology
- Intersectionality
- Representation in media
- Research-informed teaching
- Education psychology
- Social psychology
- Media psychology
- Imposter syndrome
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
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- Education research group
- Lancashire Research Centre for Digital Life
- Dillon, M. and Hewertson, H. (2013) The UCLan Research Academy: Supporting students with their capstone research projects
- Re-energising undergraduate research methods pedagogy in education
- Liverpool Hope University 18th June 2013
- Hewertson, H. (2012) Companion Animals: Interactions and relationships
- International Society for Anthrozoology Conference; Arts and Sciences of Human-Animal Interactions
- Murray Edwards College, Cambridge, UK. 11 - 13 July 2012
- Mahoney, P. Hewertson, H. Gotaas, J (2010) The Magic Pens project
- ALT-C; "Into something rich and strange" - making sense of the sea-change, 7th September 2010
- Hampton-Reeves, S. Mashiter, C. Hewertson. H (2009) Using and Abusing the Internet to Access Research: Reflections on a Study of Student Research Behaviour
- International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation- ICERI2009 16th -18th November 2009
- Hewertson, H. What makes a really good learner? What do students believe? Improving Student Learning – For the 21st Century Learner; The 17th Improving Student Learning Symposium, Imperial College London, UK, 7 –9 September 2009
Telephone:+44 (0) 1772 89 2865
Email: Email:Helen Hewertson
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