All Outputs (6)

'Addressing Barriers in the Student Pipeline to Improve Access to Research Careers: A Widening Participation Case Study at the University of Salford' (2024)
Journal Article

There is great inequality between the individuals who are successful in their pursuit of research and academic careers and those who are not. In this article, we explore a recent widening participation (WP) intervention at the University of Salford i... Read More about 'Addressing Barriers in the Student Pipeline to Improve Access to Research Careers: A Widening Participation Case Study at the University of Salford'.

An Act of Love: Three Experiences of Self- Decolonization in the Academic Community of the United Kingdom (2024)
Journal Article
Poliah, K., Suwa Gbolagun, V., Ka Keung, J. Y., Helm, H., & Gilbert, D. J. (2024). An Act of Love: Three Experiences of Self- Decolonization in the Academic Community of the United Kingdom. #Journal not on list, 03, 88-103. https://doi.org/10.35074/FJ.2024.40.20.007

This narrative essay presents testimonies that uncover the fragmented identity of members of minoritized ethnic groups in the academic context of the United Kingdom. It discusses outcomes of a project which, as part of an Equality, Diversity, and Inc... Read More about An Act of Love: Three Experiences of Self- Decolonization in the Academic Community of the United Kingdom.

‘“Make them roll in their graves”: South African Writing, Decolonisation, and the English Literature A-Level’ (2024)
Journal Article

This article analyses the activities and early outcomes of an ongoing co-designed and co-delivered research impact project entitled ‘Decolonising the English Literature A-Level’. It draws on examples from three case studies, classroom experiences, an... Read More about ‘“Make them roll in their graves”: South African Writing, Decolonisation, and the English Literature A-Level’.

‘Gender, Disability, and Visual Forms in Hans Christian Andersen’s “Thumbelina” (1835)’ (2023)
Journal Article

This article explores representations of femininity and disability in Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale “Thumbelina” (1835) and select examples of his paper art. In this article, I argue that, on one level, the fairy tale and Andersen’s own paper... Read More about ‘Gender, Disability, and Visual Forms in Hans Christian Andersen’s “Thumbelina” (1835)’.

“My Dear Mute Foundling with Those Telling Eyes of Yours”: female agency, visual forms, and the disabled gaze in “The Little Mermaid” (2023)
Journal Article

The article explores the disabled female gaze through the titular character in Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale “The Little Mermaid” (1837), arguing that sight is a strategy of empowerment that challenges the able-bodied male gaze. Andersen’s fai... Read More about “My Dear Mute Foundling with Those Telling Eyes of Yours”: female agency, visual forms, and the disabled gaze in “The Little Mermaid”.

Stretched nerves and suffering minds : the isolating effects of female madness in Villette (2021)
Journal Article

This article analyses the symbiotic relationship between Lucy Snowe’s madness and isolation in Charlotte Brontë’s Villette (1853). I argue that madness enhances isolation, and isolation enhances madness, through an exploration of Lucy’s solitude. In... Read More about Stretched nerves and suffering minds : the isolating effects of female madness in Villette.