Prof Carol Costley

Professor

Carol Costley

  • School Faculty of Health, Social Care and Education

  • Department Education

  • Location London

Research activities

Methodologies and curriculum design in work basedlearning (WBL) in higher education to professional doctorate level. Professionaldoctorate quality, pedagogies and the development of WBL as a field of study,especially trans-disciplinarity, equity, ethics and practitioner-researcherissues.

Research profile is at https://www.mdx.ac.uk/about-us/our-people/staff-directory/profile/costley-carol

 


Current Teaching

Carol mainly teaches on the postgraduate research degrees of PhD Work Based Learning, PhD Work Based Learning by Public Works, Doctor of Professional Studies and Doctor of Professional Studies by Public Works Doctoral & Post-Grad Programmes | Middlesex University London (mdx.ac.uk). All her teaching involves a practice-based approach to learning and teaching. her approach to teaching is informed by pedagogical research that is designed to enhance learning in work situations and develop work environmrnt through worker as researcher approaches to curriculum design.


Biography

Carol Costley has worked as a Professor of Work and Learningin the research area that explores how experienced people learn at work. has been in this field of study for over 25 years and engaged in Europeanresearch projects and as a teacher of adults studying part time in full timework. She is well published in the area of work based learning https://www.mdx.ac.uk/news/2020/11/work-based-learning-research-bibliometric-carol-costleyand specialises in doctoral education that is designed for people at workundertaking part time awards in higher education from certificate to doctorates. ProfCarol Costley : Middlesex University Research Repository (mdx.ac.uk)

Publications

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