Kirpa Chandan
Kirpa is a Senior Lecturer and experienced Programme Leader in the discipline of Audiology. She is on the Academy for Healthcare Science (AHCS) Clinical Physiology register as an Audiologist and is also a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, UK.
Kirpa is Course Leader for our FdSc Hearing Aid Audiology programme. She is also lead for the continuous professional development course on Tinnitus in Adults: Theories, Assessment and Management.
Kirpa has worked at several universities across both the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, and also has experience working as a clinical Audiologist in the NHS. She is experienced at developing new audiology programmes and obtaining external accreditations. She has led modules on a range of both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, and has supervised student research projects.
- MPhil Audiology, The University of Manchester, UK, 2012
- MRes Psychological Research Methods: Cognitive Neuroscience, Aston University, UK, 2009
- BSc (Hons) Audiology with Professional Training, Aston University, UK, 2008
- Post Graduate Diploma Learning, Teaching and Assessment, Athlone Institute of Technology, ROI, 2019
- Deafness Research UK (DRUK) travel scholarship, 2011
- Scholarship from Aston University School of Life & Health Sciences, 2008
- Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) in the United Kingdom
- Academy for Healthcare Science (AHCS) Clinical Physiology register as an Audiologist
Key publications:
- Kirpa Chandan, Carmel Kealey, Patrick Timpson and Brian Murphy. Experience-Based Reflections on the Blended Learning Pedagogical Approach in Higher Education (2023). In L. Waller and S. Waller Higher Education - Reflections from the Field. DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.109471.
- Chandan, K., Kealey, C., Timpson, P. and Murphy, B. (2022). Blended learning model incorporating online learning for a competency-focused, work-based learning (WBL) programme – allied healthcare case-study, Higher Education, Skills and Work-Based Learning, Vol. 12 No. 4, pp. 791-806. https://doi.org/10.1108/HESWBL-03-2021-0058.
- McKay, C.M., Chandan, K., Akhoun, I., Siciliano, C., & Kluk, K. (2013). Can ECAP Measures Be Used for Totally Objective Programming of Cochlear Implants? Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 14, (6), pp 879-890.
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- European Association of Distance Teaching Universities (EADTU), Aarhus University, Denmark, 2018
- Irish Society of Hearing Aid Audiologists (ISHAA), Dublin, ROI, 2016
- Irish Academy of Audiology (IAA) Conference, Cork, ROI, 2015
- Conference on Implantable Auditory Prostheses (CIAP), California, USA, 2011
Email: Email:Kirpa Chandan
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