Lecturer in Applied Social Studies

I joined the University as a lecturer in July 2015 having been involved in teaching research methods since 2012. I have a keen interest in enabling students to access existing data, a rich but underused source of information.

I have experience of teaching in a variety of educational settings in particular working with pupils marginalised and excluded from mainstream schooling. This was the focus of my doctoral research which sought to explore the educational experiences of those who attend alternative provision settings (schooling from pupils excluded from mainstream) and the impact of these experiences on their future development.

In addition to my work at the University I am also a locally elected councillor.

Qualifications

• PDoc Leadership in Children’s and Young People’s Services – University of Bedfordshire
• PGCE, Secondary Mathematics – University of Bedfordshire
• BA Hons, Education and Mathematics – Homerton College, University of Cambridge

Teaching Expertise

• Research methods
• Inclusion and exclusion in education

Research Interests

• School exclusion
• Alternative provision

Publications

• Malcolm, A. (2016) ‘Alternative provision as an educational option: Understanding the experiences of excluded young people’. uobrep.openrepository.com/uobrep/handle/10547/608337
• Malcolm, A. (2017) ‘Exclusions and alternative provision: piecing together the picture’. dx.doi.org/10.1080/13632752.2017.1366099

Contact Details

E: andrew.malcolm@beds.ac.uk