Rebecca Marsden

Profile

I work part-time with the REAP (Researching Equity, Access and Participation) team in Educational Research.  My current work includes evaluation of the Barrow Engineering Project.  Previous work includes research for the Students' Careers and Alumni Experiences project, the evaluation of the Bright Links Engineering e-mentoring scheme, the evaluation of Aimhigher Cumbria's STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) activities, and the evaluation of robotics activities provided by Cumbria STEM Centre Ltd for Aimhigher Cumbria. Prior to joining REAP, I worked as a Teaching Fellow in the Computing Department at Lancaster University. I have also worked as a professional librarian.  I am a part-time student on the Doctoral Programme in Educational Research and my provisional thesis title is "The representation of Higher Education in some UK newspapers during key episodes in 2010".

• Bright Links evaluation

  15/05/2012 → 30/12/2012
  REAP evaluated the Bright Links Engineering e-mentoring scheme which is a 3 year scheme run by the Royal Academy of Engineering in partnership with Brightside. The scheme is intended to inspire and su ... Read more»

• Students Careers and Alumni Experiences

  01/01/2012 → 31/01/2013
  The University's alumni are a relatively untapped fund of knowledge about how to use to best effect one's university experiences, academic and extra-curricular, to gain good first jobs and better ones ... Read more»

• Designing an inclusive curriculum in higher education

  01/09/2009 →
  The project was funded by the Higher Education Academy (HEA) and it aimed to gather and disseminate information about examples of good practice of inclusive curriculum design. ... Read more»

• Barrow Engineering Project evaluation

  01/09/2008 →
  REAP are evaluating the Barrow Engineering Project, a curriculum enrichment project funded by the Royal Academy of Engineering that seeks to raise the profile of engineering among young people in Barr ... Read more»

• Up2uni

  06/04/2008 → 05/12/2008
  Up2uni was a staff development programme designed to support practitioners advising prospective students about higher education. On behalf of the programme developers from Manchester Metropolitan Uni ... Read more»

• Evaluation Capacity Building for HEI widening participation teams

  01/04/2007 → 31/12/2009
  This HEFCE funded project provided evaluation capacity building for HEI widening participation teams (WPTs) in the form of a development initiative involving regional capacity building workshops, inte ... Read more»

• Aimhigher Cumbria Evaluation

  01/08/2006 → 31/07/2011
  REAP worked on a consultancy basis with Aimhigher Cumbria to support evaluation of partnership, area and thematic Aimhigher activities. Evaluation projects included Aimhigher Cumbria and the Carlisle ... Read more»