Helen Walkington

Professor Helen Walkington is a leading academic in Higher Education Pedagogy at Oxford Brookes University's School of Law and Social Sciences. She specializes in mentoring undergraduate research, educational inequality, and geography curriculum innovation. Her roles include teaching Geography modules (BA/BSc), advising on national education policies, and co-chairing the Society for Research in Higher Education’s Academic Practice Network.

Education qualifications: BSc, MSc, PhD (Geography), PGCE (Education), alongside prestigious fellowships (FRGS, NTF, PFHEA). Research focuses on bridging teaching and research, with key projects like the Nuffield Foundation-funded EPQ inequality study and initiatives like Get Published!.

Her work emphasizes student wellbeing through authentic research participation. Awards include National Teaching Fellow (2009) and Principal Fellow HEA (2012). She edits GEOverse and advises global education bodies. Current projects explore levelling-up access via the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ).

• Grants: £142,614 Nuffield Foundation (2023–2025) for EPQ Inequality Study
• Students: Supervised 7 PhD/MSc graduates and 3 current doctoral candidates
• Labs/Teams: Founder of British Conference of Undergraduate Research (BCUR), steering member of INLT