Dr David Littlefair

Associate Professor

Department: Social Work, Education and Community Wellbeing

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Key Publications

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Born Free: How to create a School, Littlefair, D., Barker, L., Million, C., Khatib, M. 20 Jun 2023, In: Journal of the European Teacher Education Network
Experiences of men in the minority: understanding men’s sense of belonging studying primary education, nursing and social work in higher education, Grimshaw, L., Jackson, S., Littlefair, D., Melling, A. 19 Oct 2023, In: Journal of Further and Higher Education
How can academics remove barriers for the most excluded? A call for advocacy from lived experience in the UK and Ireland, Efemini, C., Forster, N., Gallagher, M., Hardill, I., Heslop, K., Littlefair, D., Marsden, N., Meller, S., Toyne, A., O’Tuama, S., Johnson, M. 16 Nov 2023, In: Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning
Document Analysis, Rapley, T., Ardron, K., Littlefair, D., Mulholland, K., Jenkings, K. 1 Nov 2022, International Encyclopedia of Education, Elsevier
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
Teaching and Learning with Technology – Analysis of the impact of technology on Higher Education., Nichol, D., Littlefair, D. 1 Nov 2021, Virtual and Classroom Learning in Higher Education: A Guide to Effective Online Teaching. , UAE, Bentham Science Publications, Singapore
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
Youth Sport: A Frontier in Education, Littlefair, D., Nichol, D. 23 Oct 2019, In: Frontiers in Education

PGR Supervision

Sophie Johnson Start Date: 01/10/2023
Fiona Nicholls Start Date: 01/10/2023

Qualifications

Education PhD October 25 2021
Education MA (Hons) September 08 1994
Physics BSc (Hons) September 01 1986
Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy PFHEA 2018
Senior Fellow (SFHEA) Higher Education Academy (HEA) 2015

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