Dr Mary Kitchener

Postgraduate

• Programme leader: Professional/Post Graduate Certificate in Education (Post Compulsory) in ACP provision.
• EXPLORE Taught (non-credit bearing).
• Postgraduate Certificate for Teaching in Higher Education.

Research interests 

Moving into teaching in Higher Education in 2016 was the catalyst for her doctoral thesis on professional academics/pracademics and achieving her EdD in 2021. Mary’s research investigated transitions from professional practice to an academic role and the findings were published in an edited collection by Dickinson & Griffiths in 2023. Mary’s publications include a peer-reviewed collection of fifty case studies for creating a gender-sensitive curriculum (Kitchener, 2022), and has work published by the British Educational Research Association, Staff and Educational Development Association, and the Society for Education and Training.  

Groups

• Member of the Accredited Provision Leaders Network (Advance HE).
• Member of SiPHe.

Grants 

• LSIS (2013) Supporting Excellence in Initial Teacher Education in Further Education and Skills.  From Lorry Driver to Maths teacher: Blended learning programme to deliver subject pedagogy in the STEM subjects for PGCE programmes in post-compulsory education.  (Unpublished report) Principal investigator and bid writer drawing in revenue of £60k in association with LSIS, OBU and Swindon college. 
• Kitchener, M. (2015) Five Minute Lesson Plan for Learning Facilitators. South West Peer Confederation.  Generated income of £500. 
• Brookes Teaching Excellence Fellowship Team Award ‘Writing outside the Box’ (2017-2019) Cross-collaborative project to enhance reflection in professional academic practice. 

Keynote speeches

• Keynote Speech at Oxford Brookes Associate College Partners Conference (2016).
• Keynote Speech at Activate Learning, Teaching and Learning Fair (July 4th 2017).
• Keynote Presentation PGCE (Post Compulsory) OBU Welcome Day October 2015, 2016 and 2017.

• Kitchener, M. (2014) Action Learning Sets.  Activate Learning Teaching and Learning Conference July 2014. 
• Kitchener, M and Lawlor, L. (2016) ‘How can we best promote FBV in teaching and learning?’ Poster Presentation.  Society of Education and Training Conference July 6th  2016
• Kitchener, M. (2017) Crossing Borders: Professional Neophyte Academics Engaging, Imaging and Aligning to the Landscape of Practice.  Presentation of Doctoral Proposal. Oxford Brookes University, EdD Colloquium.  ‘Doctoral Journeys’ 24th June 2017. 
• Kitchener, M. (2019) Crossing Borders: Professional Neophyte Academics Engaging, Imaging and Aligning to the Landscape of Practice.  Presentation of Doctoral Proposal. University of Worcester Learning and Teaching Conference.  October 2018. 
• Kitchener, M. (2019) Crossing Borders: Professional Neophyte Academics Engaging, Imaging and Aligning to the Landscape of Practice. Poster Presentation of Doctoral Proposal. Oxford Brookes University Learning and Teaching Conference.  13th June 2019. 
• Kitchener, M. (2019) Where Tez Ilyas, Matthew Lipman and John Dewey meet.  Facilitating conversations as a communal collaborative pedagogical device.  Workshop Brookes Learning and Teaching Conference 13th June 2019
• Kitchener, M., Potter, J., Kwok, K. (2019) Bringing the backstage conversations front of stage:  a whole organisational approach to inclusive teaching.  SEDA Autumn Conference 2019: New frontiers in educational and curriculum development.  15th November 2019.    
• Kitchener, M. (2020) From Industry to University: Tales of professional academics’ transition of field, habitus, and symbolic capital to Higher education in the UK and recommendations to meliorate academic induction processes. Paper Presentation, School of Education Annual Conference, Oxford Brookes University. 20th May 2020 (Online).
• Kitchener, M. (2020) Weaving conversational-expository methods into an EdD Thesis: From Industry to University: Tales of professional academics’ transition to Higher education in the UK.  Paper presentation, Kaleidoscope Conference, University of Cambridge. 28th May 2020 (Online).
• Kitchener, M. (2020) Facilitating EDI conversations with a little help from Tez Ilyas. Presentation at Advance HE Teaching and Learning Conference. 7th July 2020 (Online)
• Kitchener, M. (2021) Evaluation of the ‘Differences that make the Difference’ inclusive teaching guides. Exhibition Hall Presentation. Brookes Learning & Teaching Exhibition and Conference 2021: The Art of the Possible: Re-imagining Learning & Teaching in Covid-19 Shaped Times. 17th June 2021 (Online)
• Kitchener, M. (2021) Grab and Go Writing Retreats. Presentation. Advance HE Accredited Programme Leader Network (09/12/21) Online
• Kitchener, M. (2022) Handbook for creating a gender-sensitive curriculum: teaching and learning strategies.  Presentation. University of the Highlands and Islands International Women’s Day 2022 #breakthebias Conference. 8th March 2022 (Online).
• Kitchener, M. (2023) Creating a more gender sensitive curriculum. Brookes International Learning and Teaching Conference: Pedagogies of Possibility: tales of Transformation and HE Hope. (14/06/23)

Invited presentations 

• Kitchener, M. (2023) Don’t forget your briefcase. Professional in (to) HE Network. 26th April 2023 (Invited). 
• Kitchener, M. (2021) Experience of the Viva. Doctorate in Education Thesis Workshop (EdD) Oxford Brookes University. Saturday, 24th April 2021 (Online)
• Kitchener, M. (2021) Doctoral Journey. Doctorate in Education Welcome Day 2022. Oxford Brookes University. Saturday, 2nd October 2021 (Online). 
• Kitchener, M (2021) Online teaching.  Global Teaching Partnerships (Kazakhstan) Interview with Paul Jackson (Oxford Brookes Business School). Oxford Brookes University Business School’s British Council Creative Spark Higher Education Enterprise Programme,. Tuesday, 25th May 2021 (Online) 
• Kitchener, M. (2023) IDEAS: A design thinking approach to inclusive curriculum development Teachers' webinar. Oxford Brookes University. Thursday, 21st September 2023 (Online)

Academic Qualifications

• EdD 
• PGCE (Post-compulsory)
• MA (Education) 
• BSc (Hons) Psychology with Business Psychology
• CELTA

Other professional recognition

• Senior Fellow of Advance HE.
• Independent End Point Assessor for Advance HE.
• Reviewer for CATE awards in 22/23.
• Advance HE Aurora Mentor
• External examiner at the University of Suffolk for their accredited Advance HE provision.
• Research mentor at Oxford Brookes.
• Supervisor EdD at OBU (2022- onwards).
• Internal Examiner EdD thesis: Tuffnell, R. (2023) Exploring Year 9 students’ perceptions: Influences on decisions to study GCSE Art and Design. Oxford Brookes University. June. 2023. 

Awards

• ‘Outstanding Teaching and Learning (HE)’ Staff Recognition Award 2011-12, Swindon College.