Katherine Wimpenny
Biographic Data
| ID | 151972 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Katherine Wimpenny |
| GIVEN NAMES | Katherine |
| FAMILY NAME | Wimpenny |
| SIGNATURE | WIMPENNY K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Coventry University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7338-782X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Collaborative online international learning as a postdigital connected, embodied, relational & (socio)material Third Space
In this paper, we share interim insights that emerged from Female Voices in the Third Space: Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in South–North Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL), a project co-funded by the British Academy/Leverhulme Trust. Drawing on data generated through interviews conducted with female participants across universities in four different continents, we reviewed the relevance and appropriateness of named values and…
Maps and Fabulations
Higher education has long been subject to feminist critique, contesting traditional practices, with calls for transformative pedagogies that empower marginalised students, address social injustices and promote gender equality. Despite this, most classrooms in Western European universities remain largely unchanged, with educators facing the difficulty of imagining and/or enacting decolonial futures within their curricula. However, some progress ha…
Empathic and Agentic Approaches to Community-Engaged Research Scholarship
Educational disparities, particularly in remote and rural areas of Southeast Asia remain a critical challenge, especially regarding access to equitable and inclusive quality education. In response, four universities from the UK, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Indonesia came together in the ACES project - A Community-Centred Educational Model for Developing Social Resilience, funded by the UKRI-ESRC under the Global Challenges Research Fund. By leveraging…
Students’ perceptions and experiences of translanguaging pedagogy in teaching English for academic purposes in China
Despite translanguaging pedagogy gaining increasing popularity among researchers, studies on students’ perceptions and experiences of translanguaging pedagogy in English for Academic Purposes (EAP) settings in China remain limited. This mixed methods research bridges this gap by shareing the findings of both questionnaires (1008) and follow-up interviews (34) from students enrolled on an EAP course at a Chinese university. Drawing on the concepts…
Students’ perceptions and experiences of teaching and learning in transnational higher education in China
Despite the rapid development of TNHE over the past decade, research studies on students’ perceptions and experiences of teaching and learning at TNHE programmes in China are very limited. Using both surveys (328) and follow-up interviews (40) from students at two Anglo-Sino programmes, this study explores students’ perceptions and experiences of teaching and learning in TNHE in China. Drawing on the five components of the intercultural dialogue …
Fostering a culture of qualitative research and scholarly publication in a leading university in the West Bank
Research practices in Arab universities, especially the use of qualitative methods, tend to fall behind international standards of excellence; hence, the relatively small number of qualitative journal articles published by Arab academics. Conducting research in Palestine is particularly problematic due to the continued Israeli occupation and its negative impact on Palestinian education. Certain cultural and historical factors pose further difficu…
Knowing, Being, Relating and Expressing Through Third Space Global South-North Coil
This paper examines digital inclusion and equity in international higher education with particular focus on Global South-North Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL). Practice examples, bringing together students and academics in Brazil, South Africa, and the UK, are used to consider how COIL is being integrated into higher education curricula to interrupt western hegemony and open up spaces in which “otherwise” ways of knowing, being…
Curriculum internationalization and the ‘decolonizing academic’
As decolonization of the curriculum in higher education (HE) gains traction, academics may question their positionality and role as actors in the field. The concept of decolonization is contentious, but primarily focuses on uncentering the Western filter through which the world is viewed both socially and academically. Just as Gavin Sanderson has argued, that internationalization of HE requires the internationalization of the academic self, so we…
Cultural Diversity in the Adoption of Open Education in the Mediterranean Basin
In this paper, we examine how open education is adopted in the Middle East region in the context of a European-funded project for capacity building in Higher Education. Basing our study on Hofstede's model, we examine how culture, in particularly collectivism and power distance influence the adoption of open education. In addition, we look at the relationship between internationalisation of tertiary education and open education. Based on indepth …
The role of assistive technology in renegotiating the inclusion of students with disabilities in higher education in North Africa
This article considers the impact of a two-year collaborative European Union-funded project. The ‘Sustainable Ways to Increase Higher Education Students’ Equal Access to Learning Environments’ (SWING) project, brought together four European higher education institutions, one institution in Egypt and two in Morocco. It aimed to promote equal access to university education, and future career opportunities, for students with disabilities in the Nort…
Meaning-making processes in music therapy clinical improvisation
Unpacking frames of reference to inform the design of virtual world learning in higher education
In the changing context of globalised higher education, a series of pedagogical shifts have occurred, and with them, a number of interactive learning approaches have emerged. This article reports on findings taken from a large-scale study that explored the socio-political impact of virtual world learning on higher education in the UK, specifically with regard to Second Life . Three dominant frames of reference emerged following analysis of data g…
Exploring and Implementing Participatory Action Synthesis
This article presents participatory action synthesis as a new approach to qualitative synthesis which may be used to facilitate the promotion and use of qualitative research for policy and practice. The authors begin by outlining different forms of qualitative research synthesis and then present participatory action synthesis, a collaborative approach to data analysis, synthesis, interpretation and knowledge construction, enabling individual data…
New Approaches to Qualitative Research
Preface 1. Introduction Maggi Savin-Baden and Claire Howell Major Part I: Stances 2. Positioning Positionality: The Reflexive Turn Glynis Cousin 3. Values and Virtues in Qualitative Research Bruce Macfarlane 4. Re-Locating Truths in the Qualitative Research Paradigm Lana Van Niekerk and Maggi Savin-Baden 5. Imagining Intersectionality and the Spaces in Between Rebecca Ropers-Huilman and Kelly T. Winters 6. Taking a Stance Madeleine Duncan and Rut…
Exploring and Implementing Participatory Action Research
This paper explores the research method of participatory action research, first by examining the roots of this approach and then analysing the shift to using more participatory approaches than in former years. It begins by considering the reasoning and theoretical underpinning for adopting this approach and provides an overview of the steps to be undertaken when implementing participatory action research. The latter section of the paper presents …
Exploring and Implementing Participatory Action Research
This paper explores the research method of participatory action research, first by examining the roots of this approach and then analysing the shift to using more participatory approaches than in former years. It begins by considering the reasoning and theoretical underpinning for adopting this approach and provides an overview of the steps to be undertaken when implementing participatory action research. The latter section of the paper presents …
Exploring and Implementing Participatory Action Synthesis
This article presents participatory action synthesis as a new approach to qualitative synthesis which may be used to facilitate the promotion and use of qualitative research for policy and practice. The authors begin by outlining different forms of qualitative research synthesis and then present participatory action synthesis, a collaborative approach to data analysis, synthesis, interpretation and knowledge construction, enabling individual data…
The role of assistive technology in renegotiating the inclusion of students with disabilities in higher education in North Africa
This article considers the impact of a two-year collaborative European Union-funded project. The ‘Sustainable Ways to Increase Higher Education Students’ Equal Access to Learning Environments’ (SWING) project, brought together four European higher education institutions, one institution in Egypt and two in Morocco. It aimed to promote equal access to university education, and future career opportunities, for students with disabilities in the Nort…
Meaning-making processes in music therapy clinical improvisation
Exploring and Implementing Participatory Action Research
This paper explores the research method of participatory action research, first by examining the roots of this approach and then analysing the shift to using more participatory approaches than in former years. It begins by considering the reasoning and theoretical underpinning for adopting this approach and provides an overview of the steps to be undertaken when implementing participatory action research. The latter section of the paper presents …
New Approaches to Qualitative Research
Preface 1. Introduction Maggi Savin-Baden and Claire Howell Major Part I: Stances 2. Positioning Positionality: The Reflexive Turn Glynis Cousin 3. Values and Virtues in Qualitative Research Bruce Macfarlane 4. Re-Locating Truths in the Qualitative Research Paradigm Lana Van Niekerk and Maggi Savin-Baden 5. Imagining Intersectionality and the Spaces in Between Rebecca Ropers-Huilman and Kelly T. Winters 6. Taking a Stance Madeleine Duncan and Rut…
Unpacking frames of reference to inform the design of virtual world learning in higher education
In the changing context of globalised higher education, a series of pedagogical shifts have occurred, and with them, a number of interactive learning approaches have emerged. This article reports on findings taken from a large-scale study that explored the socio-political impact of virtual world learning on higher education in the UK, specifically with regard to Second Life . Three dominant frames of reference emerged following analysis of data g…
Exploring and Implementing Participatory Action Synthesis
This article presents participatory action synthesis as a new approach to qualitative synthesis which may be used to facilitate the promotion and use of qualitative research for policy and practice. The authors begin by outlining different forms of qualitative research synthesis and then present participatory action synthesis, a collaborative approach to data analysis, synthesis, interpretation and knowledge construction, enabling individual data…
Meaning-making processes in music therapy clinical improvisation
The role of assistive technology in renegotiating the inclusion of students with disabilities in higher education in North Africa
This article considers the impact of a two-year collaborative European Union-funded project. The ‘Sustainable Ways to Increase Higher Education Students’ Equal Access to Learning Environments’ (SWING) project, brought together four European higher education institutions, one institution in Egypt and two in Morocco. It aimed to promote equal access to university education, and future career opportunities, for students with disabilities in the Nort…
Cultural Diversity in the Adoption of Open Education in the Mediterranean Basin
In this paper, we examine how open education is adopted in the Middle East region in the context of a European-funded project for capacity building in Higher Education. Basing our study on Hofstede's model, we examine how culture, in particularly collectivism and power distance influence the adoption of open education. In addition, we look at the relationship between internationalisation of tertiary education and open education. Based on indepth …
Knowing, Being, Relating and Expressing Through Third Space Global South-North Coil
This paper examines digital inclusion and equity in international higher education with particular focus on Global South-North Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL). Practice examples, bringing together students and academics in Brazil, South Africa, and the UK, are used to consider how COIL is being integrated into higher education curricula to interrupt western hegemony and open up spaces in which “otherwise” ways of knowing, being…
Curriculum internationalization and the ‘decolonizing academic’
As decolonization of the curriculum in higher education (HE) gains traction, academics may question their positionality and role as actors in the field. The concept of decolonization is contentious, but primarily focuses on uncentering the Western filter through which the world is viewed both socially and academically. Just as Gavin Sanderson has argued, that internationalization of HE requires the internationalization of the academic self, so we…
Students’ perceptions and experiences of teaching and learning in transnational higher education in China
Despite the rapid development of TNHE over the past decade, research studies on students’ perceptions and experiences of teaching and learning at TNHE programmes in China are very limited. Using both surveys (328) and follow-up interviews (40) from students at two Anglo-Sino programmes, this study explores students’ perceptions and experiences of teaching and learning in TNHE in China. Drawing on the five components of the intercultural dialogue …
Fostering a culture of qualitative research and scholarly publication in a leading university in the West Bank
Research practices in Arab universities, especially the use of qualitative methods, tend to fall behind international standards of excellence; hence, the relatively small number of qualitative journal articles published by Arab academics. Conducting research in Palestine is particularly problematic due to the continued Israeli occupation and its negative impact on Palestinian education. Certain cultural and historical factors pose further difficu…
Students’ perceptions and experiences of translanguaging pedagogy in teaching English for academic purposes in China
Despite translanguaging pedagogy gaining increasing popularity among researchers, studies on students’ perceptions and experiences of translanguaging pedagogy in English for Academic Purposes (EAP) settings in China remain limited. This mixed methods research bridges this gap by shareing the findings of both questionnaires (1008) and follow-up interviews (34) from students enrolled on an EAP course at a Chinese university. Drawing on the concepts…
Collaborative online international learning as a postdigital connected, embodied, relational & (socio)material Third Space
In this paper, we share interim insights that emerged from Female Voices in the Third Space: Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in South–North Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL), a project co-funded by the British Academy/Leverhulme Trust. Drawing on data generated through interviews conducted with female participants across universities in four different continents, we reviewed the relevance and appropriateness of named values and…
Maps and Fabulations
Higher education has long been subject to feminist critique, contesting traditional practices, with calls for transformative pedagogies that empower marginalised students, address social injustices and promote gender equality. Despite this, most classrooms in Western European universities remain largely unchanged, with educators facing the difficulty of imagining and/or enacting decolonial futures within their curricula. However, some progress ha…
Empathic and Agentic Approaches to Community-Engaged Research Scholarship
Educational disparities, particularly in remote and rural areas of Southeast Asia remain a critical challenge, especially regarding access to equitable and inclusive quality education. In response, four universities from the UK, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Indonesia came together in the ACES project - A Community-Centred Educational Model for Developing Social Resilience, funded by the UKRI-ESRC under the Global Challenges Research Fund. By leveraging…
Sociology (14 works) · Political science (12 works) · Pedagogy (11 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · Social science (6 works) · Global Education and Multiculturalism (5 works) · Curriculum (4 works) · Higher education (4 works) · Public relations (4 works)