Mrs Linda Wilkinson

My primary focus is on social science and educational research relating to higher education policy and practice.

I have engaged with a broad range of projects relating to ‘teaching excellence’ and ‘value for money’, transformative learning and teaching strategies, pedagogy, inclusive curriculum design, enhancing the student experience and collaborative approaches to widening participation.

In 2016, I began an EdD (Professional Doctorate in Education). My thesis interrogates higher education policy, focusing on the limitations of the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) in England. It considers the wider context of recent policy interventions and considers how these may erode the traditional concept of higher education as a collective public good.

I have a specific interest in fair access and widening participation, reflecting a long-held commitment to social justice in education and to challenging inequalities. My work is grounded in critical theory and qualitative research methods, with a specific interest in narrative inquiry and portraiture methodology.