Dr Karen Kenny
Senior Educator Developer (Academic Personal Tutoring)
Room 1, Old Library
Email: karen.kenny@exeter.ac.uk
Phone: 7512
Overview
- Senior Fellow HEA
- Recognised Leader in Advising (RLA) UKAT
- Chair of UKAT Curriculum Management Group
- Committee Member UKAT Professional Development Committee
Interests
- Supporting underrepresented Students
- 'Space' in HE
- Supporting colleagues in their professional development
- Using technology effectively in education
Qualifications
- PhD - The Educational Experiences of Children in Care
- MSc - Educational Research
- MEd- Technology Creativity and Thinking
- V1 - Conducting Internal Quality Assurance of the Assessment Process
- A1 - Assessing Candidates using a range of methods
- Certificate in Education
Kenny K. (2023) The Educational Experiences of Children in Care – a new perspective on the education of Looked after Children in the UK. Adoption and Fostering. (47.1)
Keenan, C., Kenny, K., & Comley, S. (Under Review). The Power of Blended Redesign to Support Student Learning In Supporting Law Students (Vol. 1): Routledge.
Kenny K. (2021) Establishing a Digital Tutoring Hub to support students in a virtual space. Journal of Learning and Development in Higher Education.
Kenny, K., (2017) The Educational Experiences of Children in Care. A qualitative study of stories recalled across five decades of local authority care experiences. PhD Thesis, The University of Exeter.
Chappell, K., Walsh, C.S., Wren, H., Kenny, K., Schmoelz, A., Stouraitis, E.. (2017) Wise humanising creativity - Changing how we create in a virtual learning environment. International Journal of Game-Based Learning.
Martin, F.; Griffiths, H., Kenny, K., Felipe, M., Crossman, R. (2016) Young People on the Global Stage. The Intercultural Dimension, Research Report.
Scaltsas, T., Stenning, K., Alexopoulos, K., Chappell, K., Walsh, C.,Kenny, K., Wren, H., Craft, A., Dimaraki, E., Koulouris, P., Schmoelz, A., Weixelbaumer, T. (December 2014) D2.3.2 Co-Creativity Assessment Methodology, C2Learn Project Deliverable 2.3.2.
2023 UKAT Annual Conference- EDI SIG - Personal Tutoring as a catalyst for racial equality and an antidote to the degree awarding gap
2022 UKAT Annual Conference – Can We Talk About This? - Workshop
2021 UKAT Annual Conference – Establishing a Digital Tutoring Hub - Presentation
Serious Play Serious Outcomes - Workshop
2021 Association of Law Teachers Virtual Conference - Disrupting Time - Explorations in Planning Legal Education
2018 University of Exeter – Social Mobility Conference - Poster presentation – the Educational Experiences of Children in Care
2017 University of Exeter – GSE annual staff/PGR Educational research conference. Paper presentation – The Educational Experiences of Children in Care.
2016 University of Exeter Research Showcase – Poster submission “Voice behind Gates”.
Cardiff University - Innovative Research Methods with Children and Young People - Poster submission “Voice behind Gates”.
2016 University of Exeter – GSE annual Staff/PGR Educational research conference. Joint paper – Non-contextual Challenges in Ethnographic Research.
2015 University of Oxford - Oxford Ethnography Conference. Plenary session – Poly-fractured Places – Where is the place for children in care?
2015 University of Exeter – GSE annual staff/PGR Educational research conference. Paper presentation - Poly fractured places.
Joint Workshop facilitator – Collecting, Creating and Curating Research using Apps and Online Tools.
2014 INTO Building World Advantage – Back to Basics. Joint workshop facilitator – Using YouTube to enhance interactive learning in and out of the classroom.
2014 University of Exeter – GSE Annual Postgraduate Student Research Conference. Paper presentation – Do you know what ethics means?
2010 INTO – Enhancing the Student Experience through Technology. Workshop facilitator – “Ask the Audience” – Examining the use of technology in the classroom, focussing on interactive tools.