Emma Peasland
- Position
- LITE Head of Research
- [email protected]
- Location
- Leeds Institute for Teaching Excellence
Emma leads the LITE Research Team, who undertake research related to our strategic themes and support our fellows, supports the development of the Incubator and Strategic Lead roles in LITE and leads the strategic research stream on Educational Gain. Emma joined LITE in April 2021 as a Research Assistant before moving into a Research and Impact Officer role and latterly LITE Head of Research. Emma has experience in supporting LITE research and fellowships in diverse topics and areas, and throughout the research lifecycle, as well as undertaking evaluations and research related to institution-wide initiatives.
Emma has a background in science education having taught biology and geography fieldwork to university and school-aged students at the Field Studies Council for seven years prior to studying for her PhD in Bioscience Education at the University of Hull. In her PhD, Emma used a mixture of qualitative and quantitative methods to investigate the employability-enhancing benefits of environmental fieldwork in higher education. She followed this with a postdoctoral researcher role in the Energy and Environment Institute at Hull in which she created an action plan for industry and higher education collaboration to underpin degree programmes that maximise graduate employability for bioeconomy careers.
Emma has particular interests in pedagogies that develop transferable skills and graduate employability via students’ disciplinary learning and facilitating students’ recognition of their employability thereby preparing them for a diverse range of careers.