معرفی
Jill Duncan is an Assistant Professor in Education at Northumbria University's School of Communities and Education. She leads the Postgraduate Certificate in Primary Education (PGCE) and Level 7 modules, overseeing 50+ students. Affiliations include BERA and Fuse (Public Health Research Centre). She co-leads Initial Teacher Education (ITE) admissions and chairs the 'Medium Technology' group exploring tech impact on student learning. External roles include Aberdeen University's External Examiner (2025–2029) and Baltic Centre partnership collaborations.
Education:
- PhD (Northumbria University, 2024): Holistic provision in distance-based ITE
- MEd (Newcastle University, 2002): Boys' underachievement
- BA (Hons) Art & Design (Lancaster University, 1996)
Research Interests: Focuses on care ethics in HE, project-based learning, gallery education, and phenomenological analysis. Her work bridges pedagogy and professional development, informed by her school leadership and international projects in Sweden/China.
Research Trends: Recent work explores pandemic-era academic family dynamics, PhD methodology visualization, and tech's role in educational understanding. Themes of care, simulation-based learning, and cross-sector partnerships recur.
Grants/Advising: Leads interdisciplinary initiatives like the EU-UK-Swedish 'Medium Technology' project. Collaborates internationally on gallery practice and teacher CPD in Beijing. Supports academic practice certification for Northumbria colleagues.
Labs/Teams: Chairs 'Medium Technology' group (Northumbria/E-Qualitas/Swedish partners) and leads Baltic Centre educational partnerships.
