Alison Varey

Alison Varey is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Computing, Edinburgh Napier University, with a focus on computing education, student identity, and transitions from further to higher education. She contributes to research on graduate apprenticeships, sociability in online communities, and participatory research methods like photovoice.

• Research Areas: Student transitions, identity formation, work-integrated learning, digital skills gaps
• Projects: Associate Student Project (ASP), Graduate Apprenticeship studies
• Collaborators: Debbie Meharg, Ella Taylor-Smith, Sandra Cairncross, Sally Smith

Her recent work examines hybrid professional identities and motivational factors in apprenticeships. She has secured funding from Skills Development Scotland and the Scottish Funding Council. Key publications include studies on student identity formation via photovoice and work-study balance in graduate apprenticeships.

Advising: Supervised the thesis "A journey that motivates": Discovering the associate student experience (2015-2022).