Victoria Rafferty

Victoria Rafferty is a Lecturer at the Faculty of Business, Law and Tourism at the University of Sunderland. Her work centers on Higher Education, focusing on Learning Development, Curriculum Design, and Academic Advising. She has published extensively on feedback strategies, collaborative research communities, and workforce development, including studies on the four-day working week and digital curriculum transformation.

• Research Trends: Her publications emphasize collaborative writing, student placement experiences, and formative feedback in higher education. Notably, her 2020 doctoral thesis explored learning dialogues in one-to-one tutorials.
• Collaborative Work: Dr. Rafferty co-authored studies with peers like Aaron Taylor, Karen Welton, and Paul Chin, contributing to journals such as Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education and Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice.
• Conferences: She presented at events including the Collaboration in Higher Education Symposium (2022) and the Digital Learning and Teaching Conference (2021).