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Professor Samantha Broadhead is the Head of Research at Leeds Arts University. Having studied Visual Arts at Lancaster and Art History at Leeds Metropolitan (now Beckett) University her teaching experience is wide-ranging. She has worked on further education, undergraduate and postgraduate art and design courses. She has been appointed to the role of external examiner at the University of Salford, the University of Edinburgh and Lancaster University. In her current role, Broadhead is supporting academic staff in their own research practice while contributing towards the Universityâs research culture.
Her research interests are related to widening participation, in particular the experiences of mature students and Access to HE education. She is also interested in the scholarship related to the work of Basil Bernstein (1924-2000). This is a development of her previous research about phronesis (practical wisdom) that formed the basis of her doctoral study at the University of Sunderland.
Broadhead has also been involved with projects funded by the Learning and Skills Improvement Service and the Education and Training Foundation that aimed to improve Access students' experiences of transition from further education to higher education by the use of joint practice development.
Participatory action research as a means of developing practices within education has been another area of interest in Broadheadâs work. She is committed to promoting a democratic educational context for students, having published and presented both nationally and internationally in this area. She currently serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning and carries out review work for FACE (Forum for Access and Continuing Education).
Books
Broadhead, S., Davies, R. and Hudson, A. (2019) Perspectives on Access to Higher Education: Practice and Research. Emerald Publishing.
Broadhead, S. and Gregson, M. (2018) Practical Wisdom and Democratic Education â Phronesis, Art and Non-traditional Students. London: Macmillan Palgrave.
Book Sections
Broadhead. S. (2020) Non-traditional students and Practical Wisdom: a perspective from a practitioner-researcher. In: M. Gregson and P. Spedding, eds., Practice-Focused Research in Further Adult and Vocational Education: Shifting Horizons of Educational Practice, Theory and Research. Palgrave Macmillan.
Broadhead, S. (2020). What Eliza and Jake did next: Learning beyond access to HE art and design? Merrill, B.,Vieira, C.C., Galimberti, A. and Nizinska, A.(eds) Adult Education as a Resource for Resistance and Transformation: Voices, learning experiences, identities of student and adult educators. Coimbra, Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, University of Coimbra, Portugal, Centre for the Research on Adult Education and Community Intervention (CEAD), University of Algarve, Portugal, ESREA - European Society for Research on the Education of Adults. pp. 167-174. ISBN 978-86-80712-40-6.
Broadhead, S. (2019) Accessing postgraduate art and design, transitions and intersectionality. In: K. Hatton, ed., Inclusion and Intersectionality in Visual Arts Education. London: Trentham Books @ IOE Press.
Broadhead, S. (2018) Working class males in art and design higher education. In: Concepts of Value and Worth: National and International Perspectives on Widening Access and Participation. Forum for Adult and Continuing Education.
Broadhead, S. (2018) Friendship, discourse and belonging in the studio: the experiences of ânon-traditionalâ students in design higher education. In: B. Merrill, A. Galimberti, A. Nizinska, and J. GonzĂĄlez-Monteagudo, eds., Continuity and Discontinuity in Learning Careers: Potentials for a Learning Space in a Changing World. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers, pp. 35-48.
Broadhead, S. (2017) âI worry about the futureâ: enhancement, inclusion and participation of non-traditional students in art and design higher education. In: Widening Participation in the Context of Economic and Social Change. Forum for Adult and Continuing Education, pp. 91-108.
Broadhead, S. (2016) Designing experiences: friendship and practical wisdom in the art and design higher education. In: Closing the Gap: Bridges for Access and Lifelong Learning. Forum for Adult and Continuing Education, pp. 85-103.
Broadhead, S. (2015) Inclusion in the art and design curriculum: Revisiting Bernstein and âclassâ issues. In: K. Hatton, ed., Towards and Inclusive Arts Education. London: Trentham Books @IOE Press, pp. 138-152.
Broadhead, S. (2012) Working Together: Cross-Sector practice development in Art and Design as research-led teaching. In: A. Miller, J. Sharp and J. Strong, eds., What is research-led teaching? Multi-disciplinary perspectives. London: GuildHE, pp. 53-59.
Broadhead, S. (2008) Tensions between the construction of design knowledge in Art College and School: Implications for students from schools studying in the college context. In: K. Hatton ed., Design Pedagogy Research. Jeremy Mills Publishing Ltd, pp. 59-70.
Articles
Broadhead, S. (2021). Exploring adult learning and its impact on wider communities through arts-based methods: an evaluation of narrative inquiry through filmmaking. Dyskursy MĹodych AndragogĂłw/Adult Education Discourses, (22), 41-59. Retrieved from www.dma.wpps.uz.zgora.pl/index.php?journal=DMA&page=article&op=view&path[]=594.
Broadhead, S., Bale, I., Case, K., Hussain, M. and Woolley, D. (2020) âExploring the black, Asian and ethnic minority (BAME) student experience using a Community of Inquiry approachâ, Journal of Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning, 22(1), pp. 112-131.
Broadhead, S. (2020) âMature students matter: the impact of the research development fellowship in accessing and design educationâ, Education Sciences, 10(2).
Broadhead, S. (2019) âHorizontal discourses in adult art and design educationâ, Adult Education Discourses (Dyskursy MĹodych AndragogĂłw), 20.
Broadhead, S. (2019) âThe Artistsâ House: the recontextualised art practices of British postgraduate students in conversation with Italian amateur artistsâ, Journal of Art, Design and Communication in Higher Education, 18(1), pp. 51-65.
Broadhead, S. (2019) âMature students, transformation and transitionâ, Education + Training.
Broadhead, S. (2017) âAll I want to do is make things: class, men and art and design higher educationâ, Journal of Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning, 19 (2), pp. 47-62.
Broadhead, S. (2014) âInclusion, democracy and the pedagogised other in art and design Higher Educationâ, Enhancing Learning in the Social Sciences, 6(1), pp. 42-55.
Broadhead, S., and Garland, S. (2012) âThe art of surviving and thriving: How well are Access students prepared for their degrees in art and designâ, Networks, 17, pp. 1-7.
Broadhead, S. (2004) âThe challenges for teaching students with Psychopathic Personality Disorderâ, The Prison Service Journal, 151, pp. 41-47.
Conference Proceedings
Broadhead, S. (2021). âMature graduates and visual culture learning communities: Working through the covid-19 pandemicâ, Hongxia Shan and Cindy Hanson (eds.) Proceedings of Adult Education in Global Times, Vancouver, University of British Columbia: 92-97. ISBN: 978-0-920056-54-7.
Broadhead, S. (2020). âMature students matter in art and design educationâ, John P Egan (ed.) Proceedings of Adult Education in Global Times, Vancouver, University of British Columbia: pp. 75-81. ISBN 978-0-920056-53-0.
Broadhead, S. (2020) âMature students matter in art and design educationâ, In: Proceedings of Adult Education in Global Times: An International Research Conference. University of British Columbia, pp. 75-81. ISBN 9780920056530
Broadhead, S. (2019) The recontextualised art practices of British postgraduate students. In: B. Merrill, A. Nizinska, A. Galimberti, J. Eneau, E. Sanojca, and S. Bezzari eds., Exploring Learning Contexts: Implications For Access, Learning Careers and Identities, pp. 23-33. ESREA, University Rennes 2, France. 2-4 November 2017.
Archer, S. and Broadhead, S. (2019) Expanding communities of sustainable practice symposium proceedings 2018. Leeds: Leeds Arts University.
Broadhead, S. (2018) âI made the leapâ: Accessing postgraduate study with art and design. In: the Conference Proceedings of Widening Participation Conference: Is widening participation to higher education enough?, Milton Keynes, April 26-27 2018.
Archer, S., Broadhead, S. and Elzenbaumer, B., (2017) Expanding communities of sustainable practice: 15 October 2016: symposium proceedings. Leeds: Leeds Arts University.
Broadhead, S. (2017) From RDF to PhD: the impact of the Research Development Fellowship on my practice and the college research community. In: Edited proceedings from the Second Research and Scholarship in College Higher Education Conference. Scholarship Project, 28 June 2016, pp. 8-15.
Broadhead, S. (2016) Mature students in art and design higher education: how can we ensure parity of the student experience for part-time with that of full-time?. In: Open University Widening Participation Conference 2016 HE: Transforming Lives through Life-wide Learning?. Milton Keynes, 27-28 April 2016, pp. 105-109.
Broadhead, S. (2015) Drawing on Experience: Mature students and practical wisdom in art and design higher education. In: Conference Proceedings of the Standing Conference of University Teaching and Research in the Education of Adults (SCUTREA). July 2015, pp. 68-74.
Broadhead, S. and Garland, S. (2013) Mind the gap: An evaluation of joint development practice between Further and Higher Education tutors within English design education. In: Conference Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference for Design Education Researchers. Oslo, Norway, 14-17 May 2013, pp. 252-263.
Reviews
Broadhead, S. 2021. Film reviews for 2020 World Poll. Found at www.sensesofcinema.com/2021/world-poll/world-poll-2020-part-1/#12.
Broadhead, S. 2020. Film reviews for 2019 World Poll. Found at sensesofcinema.com/2020/world-poll/world-poll-2019-part-1.
Broadhead, S. (2019) âMagdalene Odundo: The Journey of Thingsâ, Corridor 8 [online], 26 March 2019.
Broadhead, S. (2019) âFilm reviews for 2018 World Pollâ, Senses of Cinema, 89.
Broadhead, S. (2018) âRemembering the Bauhaus in Playing by Eyeâ, Corridor8 [online], 28 December 2018.
Broadhead, S. (2018) Review of âWomen, Economic Development and Higher Education: Tools in the Reconstruction and transformation of Post-Apartheid South Africaâ, Journal of Gender and Education, 20 (5), pp. 683-684.
Apartheid South Africaâ, Journal of Gender and Education, 20 (5), pp. 683-684.
Broadhead, S. (2018) âSheila Gaffney and Linda Schwab: Me & Youâ, Corridor8 [online], 11 March 2018.
Broadhead, S. (2018) âFilm reviews for 2017 World Pollâ, Senses of Cinema, 85.
Broadhead, S. (2016) Review of âArt, education and gender: the shaping of female ambitionâ, Journal of Gender and Education, 29 (6), pp. 813-814.
Broadhead, S. (2016) Review of âEducational research: taking the plungeâ, InTuition, 23.
Broadhead, S. (2015) âFive years on: The impact of practitioner research in a small specialist institutionâ, InTuition, 22, p. 18.
Broadhead, S. (2015) âKelly Cumberland: Expanded Drawingsâ, Yorkshire Art Journal [online], 14 September 2015.
Broadhead, S. (2015) âSharon Harvey: Photographerâ, Yorkshire Art Journal [online], 9 March 2015.
Broadhead, S. (2015) âEmily Towler: Sculptorâ, Yorkshire Art Journal [online], 18 January 2015.
Broadhead, S. (2014) Review of Five: A gallery discussion of art works from a post-colonial point of view.
Broadhead, S. (2014) âPaula Chambers: A lost world of girlish femininityâ, Yorkshire Art Journal [online], 6 November 2014.
Broadhead, S. (2012) âBritish Educational Research Association (BERA) Conference 2021 â a tutorâs perspectiveâ, Inside Evidence Bulletin, 14, pp. 34-35.
Broadhead, S. (2012) âUsing action-research evidence to change art studio critiquesâ, Inside Evidence Bulletin, 13, pp. 29-30.
Broadhead, S. (2011) Garry Barker: In the Shadow of the Hand â Narrative Drawings.
Other Publications
Broadhead, S. (2018) âReview of Women, Economic Development and Higher Education: Tools in the Reconstruction and transformation of Post-Apartheid South Africaâ, Gender and Education, 30 (5), pp. 683-684.
Broadhead, S. (2016) âReview of Art, education and gender: the shaping of female ambitionâ, Gender and Education, 29 (6), pp. 813-814.
Broadhead, S. (2016) âReview of Educational research: taking the plungeâ, InTuition, 24, p. 33.
Broadhead, S. (2015) âFive years on: the impact of practitioner research in a small specialist institutionâ, InTuition, 22, p. 18.
Broadhead, S. (2012) âBritish Educational Research Association (BERA) Conference 2012 â a tutorâs perspectiveâ Inside Evidence Bulletin, 14, pp. 34-35.
Broadhead, S. (2012) âUsing action-research evidence to change art studio critiquesâ, Inside Evidence Bulletin, 13, pp. 29-30.
Exhibitions
Broadhead, S. and Norton, F. (2017) Ann OâDonnell Modernist jeweller. Blenheim Walk Gallery, Leeds Arts University. 12 May â 27 July 2017.
Video
Broadhead, S. and Hooper, S. (2015) Spare rib and subversive stitching: feminist strategies to documentary film-making.
Conferences, Talks & Presentations
Baines, M. and Broadhead, S. ââThe art of surviving and thrivingâ why do mature learners matter?: presenting a progression framework for mature learners in the artsâ, NEON Summer Symposium 2019. Lancaster University. 13 June â 14 June 2019.
Broadhead, S. ââOut of the Mouths of Babesâ: Mature students and horizontal discourse in the art and design studioâ, Troubling Narratives: Identity Matters. The Institute for Research in Citizenship and Applied Human Sciences, University of Huddersfield. 19 â 20 June 2014.