Associate Professor Caroline Lohmann-Hancock BA, MA, DMSIAD, Dip AD, EdD, HEA

Caroline has worked with a range of groups to support equality, equity and inclusion in society, these include:

• Adults with specific learning needs
• Young offenders
• Individuals on Probation
• Those at risk of domestic abuse
• Adult learners
• School Managers

Qualifications

• Senior Fellow of HEA (SFHEA)
• Doctorate in Education (EdD) - Cardiff University, Wales, UK.
• Social and Cultural Theory (Distinction) (MA)
• Education (MA)
• Education (Hons) with QTS (1st Class Honours) (BA)
• E-Moderating Course (Masters 10 credit) University of Glamorgan
• Camu at y Gymraeg: Foundation Welsh: UWTSD (level 4 – 60 credits)
• Camu at y Gymraeg: Intermediate Welsh UWTSD (level 4 – 60 credits)
• NVQ 2 Advocacy
• DMSIAD (Member of the Society of Industrial Artists and Designers)
• Diploma Art and Design

Sociology:

• Focusing on sociology, education and exclusion focusing on poverty, identity and cultural and social representations in the media.
  • Sustainability and Social Inclusion
  • Individuals and Groups in Society
  • The Landscape of Social Inclusion (Sociological Theories)
  • Equality and Diversity: Power and Social (Re)production of Inequality

Education:

• Focusing on reproduction of inequality through education, lifelong learning and creativity.
• The Changing World of Education Learning Knowledge
• Education Historical and Contemporary Issues in Education
• Culture, Identity & Education
• Learning in an Inclusive Environment

Lifelong Learning:

• Individual and Community Development
• Research Methods:
• At undergraduate and postgraduate levels
• Understanding Research Methods
• Researching and Reflecting upon Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Dissertations and Study Skills:

• Undergraduate
• Academic Study Skills
• Dissertation Supervision
• Postgraduate
• Dissertation: Social Inclusion

PhD/MPhil

• Level 7 Dissertation Supervision
• Doctoral Level supervision

Programme Development/Validation:

I have been involved and led on many Programme Validations for the University and ensure that Quality Assurance issues are addressed.

Supervision PhD/MPhil:

11 PhD/MPhil students

• 5 lead supervisor
• 6 supervisor

I also deliver staff training for new Supervisors, Internal Examiners and Exam Chairs

In addition I also deliver a range of training sessions for PhD/Research Degree Students e.g. ‘Your PhD Viva’; Literature Views; and data collection.

PhD/MPhil Examining:

• 2 students - PhD Viva – Internal Examiner
• 5 students - MPhil/PhD Upgrades
• 4 students - MPhil/PhD Upgrades (Chair)
• 3 students - PhD Viva (Chair)

HEA Mentor

• HEA Mentor

External Peer Reviewer:

• Professional Development in Education, Routledge, Taylor and Francis
• Youth and Society Sage Publishers
• The Journal of Social Studies Research
• Book Reviewer for Open University Press, McGraw-Hill Education
• British Education Research Journal (BERJ)
• International Peer Reviewer for Grant Proposals for Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Canada
• British Educational Studies Associate (BESA)
• Book reviewer for Routledge, Taylor and Francis
• Information and Media Literacy (Informing Science Press)
• Teaching and Teacher Education category within Elsevier Publishing.
• Peer Reviewer for Book Proposals for Sage Publications
• BERA papers in Special Interest Groups including Creativity, Social Justice and Research Methodology

External Examining:

• FdA Teaching and Learning Support for Primary Teacher Assistants, Lancaster University (Blackburn)
• BA Social Care/FdA Social Care, Lancaster University (Blackburn)
• Foundation Degree in Social Care St Mary’s University College, Twickenham.
• Foundation Degree in Integrated Services St Mary’s University College, Twickenham.
• BA Education Studies Degree Durham University

Validation and Review Panels:

External Universities –Validator/Examiner/Assessor:

• BA Children and Youth - University of Northampton.
• BA Joint Honours Education Studies - University of Northampton.
• BA Children, Young People and Families - York St John University
• (Valuator) for BA (Hons) Early Years Childhood Studies and Education - University of Portsmouth

Internal Adviser/Validator and Review Panels UWTSD

• HND/C Electrical & Elctronic Engineering/HNC Power Systems Engineering/HNC Instrumentation Engineering (Pembrokeshire College)
• BSc Public Health
• BA (Hons) Theology Graduate Diploma Theology (Newbold University, Berkshire)
• MA Theology (Newbold University, Berkshire)
• Postgraduate Certificate Mission (Newbold University, Berkshire)
• BSc (Hons) Veterinary Nursing for Coleg Sir Gâr
• FdA Film & TV Portfolio
• MArts Sonic Arts (IUWTSD)

Member of working group developing the EdD programme

• Internal Reader: Primary PGCE (UWTSD)
• BA Counselling Skills and Interdisciplinary Studies (UWTSD)
• Major Review/Validation in English (UWTSD)
• PGCE Primary (UWTSD)
• BA Philosophy (UWTSD)
• BA Sonic Art (UWTSD)
• BSc Motion Capture (UWTSD)

Member of the Programme Validation, Monitoring and Review Processes Working Group (PVMRPWG) UWTSD

Linked programmes (UWTSD)

• BA (Single Honours) Philosophy
• BA (Single Honours) Ethical and Political Studies
• BA (Combined) Philosophy, Religion and Applied Psychology
• BA (Combined) Religion, Philosophy and Ethics
• BA (Combined) Religion, Theology and Ethics
• BA (Combined) Religion, Ethics and Applied Psychology
• BA (Combined) Religion, Theology and Philosophy
• BA (Combined) Theology, Religion and Applied Psychology
• BA (Combined) Theology, Philosophy and Ethics
• Graduate Diploma in Philosophy (UWTSD)
• MRes in Contemporary Philosophy (UWTSD)

Member of Panel of Enquiry

Member of the Validation and Audit Standing Panel (VASP) (UWTSD) for MA Management TCC.

• BA Professional Educational Studies (Primary): Trinity College

General Professional Experience:

• Member of the UWTSD Ethics Committee
• Member of yr Athrofa Ethics Committee
• Member of the Editorial Board for the UWTSD Postgraduate Student Researcher Journal
• Chair of the Faculty Ethics Committee
• Member of the Research Degrees Committee
• Mentor of HEA Applicants
• Member of the Editorial Board for the UWTSD Student Researcher
• Panel Member/Chair for Youth Offending Probation Service Carmarthenshire
• Mentor for ‘Women in Universities Mentoring Scheme’ WUMs
• Member of the Faculty of Education and Communities Ethics and Research Sub-Committee
• Member of Faculty Board (As Chair of Marketing Sub-Committee)
• Chair of Faculty of Education and Communities Marketing Sub-Committee
• Mentor for Staff Member undertaking PG Cert HE
• University Ethics Committee
• Marketing and Website coordinator for School of Social Justice and Inclusion
• Member of the Academic Appeals Boards for University of Wales: Trinity Saint David
• Recognition of Prior and Experiential Learning (RPEL) Board 
• Member of Research Degrees Admissions Committee University of Wales: Trinity Saint David
• Member of Research Degrees Summer School Group University of Wales: Trinity Saint David
• Member of Research Degrees Committee University of Wales: Trinity Saint David
• Member of Faculty Board (Faculty of Education and Training)
• Widening Access Coordinator for the School of Education Studies and Social Inclusion
• Language Scheme Working Group – Faculty of Education representative
• Member of the International Education and Collaborative Provision Committee
• Working with Adults with learning difficulties: Drama and Art workshops and adults with learning difficulties: as an aid to communication
• Early years practitioners the Welsh language (support)
• Development of a Master’s Programme in Inclusive Studies
• Research for Teaching and Learning Committee
• Developing co-constructivist teaching/learning with offenders on basic skills programmes linked to their probation orders.
• Adults with Learning Disabilities and Transition to paid or valued work. Attitudes and aspirations.
• Dyfed-Powys Probation Area: Assessing and designing the Basic Skills Innovations to support offenders with basic literacy and numeracy
• BSA. Supporting a Welsh Language Project: Welsh and the Under 5’s Curriculum
• BSA. Basic Skills Agency’s Scoping Exercise: Training Needs of Classroom Assistants and Voluntary Helpers within Literacy and Numeracy
• PLSU: Prison Education Service Project: Literacy Projects Wales
• Apel Co-ordinator for Schools of Education Studies and Early Years Education
• Course Coordinator for Masters Programmes within the School of Education Studies and Social Inclusion
• Literacy and Numeracy Needs within the Prison Population
• Responsible for International Studies within School
• Looking at educational issues relating to pupils with a family member, who is or, has been in prison
• Links between family background/support and students attitude to undergraduate education
• Links between Drama and English curriculum for school age children
• Senior Lecturer at University of Wales: Trinity Saint David
• Supply teacher in Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire
• Project Co-ordinator: Word in the Community 1995 UK Year of Literature and Writing
• Abernant CP Primary School, Carmarthenshire: Responsibility for Art Curriculum and ICT at KS1 & KS 2
• Freelance Graphic Designer and Project Co-ordinator
• Working for various organisations supporting Special Educational Needs
• Project co-ordinator and graphic-designer for a variety of organisations

Book Proposal Stage

• Planning Stage: Morgan, P, Lohmann-Hancock, C., & Welton, N., A Reader in Advocacy Studies, Seeking Publisher.

Conference Papers and Articles – Current being Developed:

• Lohmann-Hancock, C (2019) ‘Ethics Creep’ in the Social Sciences and Education: Ensuring Ethical Practice, Swansea: Nexus Conference – to be delivered July 2019
• Marshall, J & Lohmann-Hancock, C (2019) Late diagnosis of specific learning needs: managing identity and engagement in HE, Swansea: Nexus Conference – to be delivered July 2019
• Lohmann-Hancock, C, Welton, N & Morgan, P (2019) Developing a Pedagogical Model of ‘Individual Power and Control’ to Evaluate Pupils Engagement with Context Appropriate Education on Violence against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence, to be Submitted
• Lohmann-Hancock, C, & Welton, N (2019) Policy in to Practice: Wales Position on Children’s Rights and the implications for practice within Youth Justice within Wales, to be submitted.

Research Publications:

• Lohmann-Hancock, C & Welton, N (2020) ‘Reflections upon Education for Sustainability: Supporting Students’ knowledge, Understanding and Practice’, chapter in Campion, N. (2020) The Harmony Debates: Exploring a Practical philosophy for a Sustainable Future, Ceredigion, UK: The Sophia Press.
• Lohmann-Hancock, C & Morgan, P (2019) ‘The uncertainty of students from a widening access context undertaking an integrated master’s degree in social studies’, Practice: Contemporary Issues in Practitioner Education, pp. 1-15. 
• Jones, K, Angelle, P and Lohmann-Hancock, C (2019) ‘Local Implementation of National Policy:  Social Justice Perspectives from the USA, India, and Wales’ chapter in Torrance D (Ed) (2019) Cultures of Social Justice Leadership: An Intercultural Context of Schools, London/USA: Palgrave MacMillan.
• Lohmann-Hancock, C & Welton, N (2020) ‘Reflections upon Education for Sustainability: Supporting Students’ Knowledge, Understanding and Practice’ chapter in ‘ Academic Papers from the Lampeter Harmony Conference, Lampeter: Sophia Centre Press in partnership with UWTSD. (Peer Reviewed).
• Lohmann-Hancock (2017) Meritocracy and Social Mobility in HE, HEA Pedagogies of Social Mobility Summit Key Note Speaker, 13 June 2017.
• Lohmann-Hancock C & Welton N (2017) ‘Reflections upon Education for Sustainability: Supporting Student’s Knowledge, Understanding and Practice’, Harmony Conference Paper.
• Lohmann-Hancock C & Morgan, P (2017) ‘Exploring the Learning Journeys of Non-Traditional Students: Retention and Progression in a Challenging World’, BSA Annual Conference, Manchester, British Sociological Association.
• Welton, N, Lohmann-Hancock, C, & Morgan, P, (2016) ‘Power and Control in Relationships: Responding to the Needs of Pupils in Compulsory Education through Delivering Context Appropriate Education on Violence against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence,  BERA Annual Conference, Leeds
• Griffiths, H & Lohmann-Hancock, C (2016) ‘Much More than Just and English Class: The Journey to Inclusion and Empowerment of here Female Immigrants in Wales, BERA Annual Conference, Leeds
• Lohmann-Hancock, C & Morgan, P (2016) ‘The Uncertainty of Undertaking an Integrated Master’s Degree and its Potential Impact on a Student’s Identity and Anticipated Life Course Trajectory’ BSA Annual Conference, Birmingham, British Sociological Association.
• Lohmann-Hancock, C (2015) ‘Meritocracy and Social Mobility through Education: An Obtainable Aspiration or Political Myth’, BESA Annual Conference.
• Lohmann-Hancock, C, Welton, N & Morgan, P (2015) “We Need Educating!” The Role of Education in Empowering Young People and Educators about Violence against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence, Wiserd Annual
• Davies, SMB, Lohmann-Hancock, C & Welton, N, Sutton, L, McKnight, G, Fletcher- Miles, J, Jones, S, Williams, D  and Marshall, J (2014) Perceptions of Poverty: A Study of the Impact of Age on Opinions about Poverty, Carmarthen: Pennath.
• Lohmann-Hancock C & Booth J (2014) ‘Uncertain Futures within a Risk Society - Expectations, Aspirations and Future Employment: Student Perceptions of Education Studies Degrees’, University of Wales Journal of Education Autumn 2014.
• Lohmann-Hancock C (2014) ‘Enhancing the Curriculum: The Place of Drugs Awareness in Education Studies’, Peer Reviewed Conference Paper, presented at the Annual BESA Glasgow ‘The politics of education studies: pedagogy, curriculum, policy’.
• Welton N & Lohmann-Hancock C (2014) ‘Raising Awareness and Changing Attitudes with Young People about Violence against Women and Domestic Abuse’, Report Paper Wisard Cardiff.
• Welton N & Lohmann-Hancock C (2014) ‘Raising awareness and changing attitudes with Young People about violence against women and domestic abuse’. WISERD 2014 Annual Conference, Aberystwyth.
• Welton, N, Lohmann-Hancock, C & Cutmore, J (2014) An Evaluation Of The Spectrum Project: Report to Hafan Cymru, Carmarthen: UWTSD.
• Lohmann-Hancock C & Booth J (2012) Changing Futures - Expectations, Aspirations and Future Employment: Student Perceptions of Education Studies Degrees, Peer Reviewed Conference Paper, presented at  the 8th Annual Conference of the British Education Studies Association (BESA) ‘Changing Futures’, University of Hull.
• Lohmann-Hancock C & Davies S (2011) Enhancing Learning through Technology: Student Vidcasts to Enhance Student Learning and Employability: A Case Study, Peer Reviewed Conference Paper, UK HEA/JISC/ University of Hertfordshire’s Learning and Teaching Institute.
• Lohmann-Hancock C & Ryder N (2011) Using Vidcasts/Screencasts/Podcasts to Enhance Student Learning Opportunities, London: Enhancement Academy (Ongoing).
• Lohmann-Hancock C (2010) Enhancing Learning through Technology Using Vidcasts with Undergraduates, HEA
• Lohmann-Hancock, (2008) ‘The Development of Information and Computer Literacy in Offenders: Assumptions and Opportunities’, chapter in Issues in Information and Media literacy, California, USA: Informing Science Institute.