Ms Jill Clark - Staff - Newcastle University -
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Published on: 7/7/2006
Last Visited: 11/11/2007
Ms Jill ClarkSenior Research Associate
Email: jill.clark@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: 0191 222 5637 Fax: 0191 222 7534
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Jill is the Deputy Director of the Research Centre for Learning and Teaching.
My current position of SRA within the School and RCfLaT is a unique post in the University which is essentially dominated by activities which are research-focused rather than teaching-focused, with a strong emphasis on Research Management and Leadership, and research development and support.
Background
Jill Clark joined the School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences in November 1996, having worked within the Newcastle Centre for Family Studies during the previous four years.Although now working in the field of educational research, Jill has a strong background in Social Sciences research.She studied Behavioural Sciences (majoring in psychology) at Huddersfield Polytechnic and then completed her postgraduate degree in Criminology at Cambridge University.
Jill now works as a Senior Research Associate, within the Research Centre for Learning and Teaching and is a research active member of academic staff.Her post involves collaboration with many members of the Education section and Centre who are active in various aspects of education research.Within this role, there is considerable emphasis on research development and strategy.
Roles and Responsibilities
Jill has supervisory responsibility for research and development including staff and programmes of work on several projects including:
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Jill has taken considerable responsibility for the writing and development of successful research bids alongside members of less experienced, and/or ‘new' lecturing staff
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• Jill has also represented the University externally on the UCET (The Universities Council for the Education of Teachers) Research Committee (2002-2004).• Invited member of the BERA National Working Party on Research Staff Issues (RSI) (2007-)• Jill is a member of BERA - the British Educational Research Association.• Jill is an Associate member of The Newcastle Centre for Social & Business Informatics, and a member of the Housing and Society Research Group, both based within the University.
Research Interests
Jill's personal research interests focus very much on those issues and factors which could be called 'out of school' but which inevitably may affect the performance, attitudes, behaviour and learning of young people in school.Jill is also interested in learning which takes place in a variety of contexts, such as prisons and in the community.
She has worked on many research projects in the School, some of which focused on disaffected and disadvantaged young women and included an evaluation of a local truancy programme.She has been involved with projects which focused on housing and schooling and social inclusion and educational policy.More recently, she was involved in a team which focused on provision for particular marginalised groups, informed by a review of the literature in this field for DETR's 2000/1 Beacon Councils scheme.
Jill has had work published on a study of the re-education of young offenders, which explored the relationship between education, the arts and the criminal justice system.
Jill has in the past led an evaluation of a community education project in inner-city Newcastle, and has been involved in several research projects examiming the impact of various community (mostly SRB) initiatives in the Sunderland area.
Other Expertise
Jill has a particular strength and expertise the design, application, analysis and writing in qualitative methodologies, including in-depth interviewing, focus group discussions and participant observation.
Current Work
Jill was recently the Principal Investigator on a three-year evaluation project of a Sure Start Programme.She was also joint Principal Investigator (with David Moseley) on an LSDA funded research project looking at Thinking and Communication Skills in prisons in England and Wales.
Jill is also part of research teams which are exploring Learning to Learn in schools, the impact of Thinking Skills Projects in Scottish schools and is a member of the editorial team of the newly-launched Learning and Teaching Update series.
Future Research
Jill is keen to develop further research in the area of prison education and learning.She is keen to also develop the methodology of participatory research, with the emphsasis on full involvement of children and young people.
Research Roles
Jill is Deputy Director of the Research Centre for Learning and Teaching.Roles include:the development and submission of research proposals (working with, and on behalf of staff in the School) to local and national agencies, funding councils, Government bodies, etc. such as The Leverhulme Trust, Nuffield Foundation, ESRC, QCA, DfES, etc.the formulation of research design and methodology, both qualitative and quantitativethe day to day administration and management of research projects, including research staff and budgets - as both PI and manager on many funded research projectsthe application of qualitative research methods such as participant observation, in-depth semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions.Jill has interviewed a wide range of people, including children, local Government officers, magistrates, young offenders, probation officers (both at junior level and senior level), police officers, teachers, etc.the analysis of this qualitative dataanalysis, writing up and report preparation of the research findings
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Project Leaders: Jill Clark
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Project Leaders: Jill Clark
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Project Leaders: David Moseley, Jill Clark
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Project Leaders: Jill Clark
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Project Leaders: Jill Clark and Ian Hall
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Project Leaders: Jill Clark, Elaine Hall
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Project Leaders: Jill Clark and Alan Dyson
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Clark, J. Perspectives of Enhanced Thinking Skills in Prisons in the United Kingdom: A Qualitative Case Study.British Journal of Forensic Practice 2006, 8(1), 12-23. Clark, J. Participatory research with children and young people: philosophy, possibilities and perils.Action Research Expeditions 2004, 4(November), 1-18. Hall, E. and Clark, J. Ghosts at the Feast: The role of research centres in supporting innovative practice in local authorities.
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Clark, J, Hall, I. and Moseley, D. Educational, vocational and ‘thinking skills' provision in HM Prisons: Results from a national survey.
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Clark, J, Dyson, A. and Millward, A. 'Housing and Schooling: a case study in joined-up problems'.
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