Ms Jo Hutchinson

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Job title: Principal Research Fellow

Email: j.hutchinson@derby.ac.uk
Personal website: www.derby.ac.uk/icegs/staff-and-associates/icegs-staff/jo-hutchinson-deputy-head-of-icegs-research
Phone No: 01332 591367
Room: E224

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Department: International Centre for Guidance Studies

Faculty: Education, Health and Sciences

School: School of Education

Subject Area: Education

I am a Principal Research Fellow at the International Centre for Guidance Studies (iCeGS).  iCeGS is a research centre which explores issues associated with career transitions for all ages through a range of research, policy analysis, literature review and professional engagement. I am a social science researcher who has managed numerous research, evaluation, strategy development and consultation projects throughout my research career. Recent projects inlcude:

  • A benchmarking study of good practice in STEM career related learning for the Gatsby Charitable Foundation.
  • A study of boys and girls perceptions of career for Chwarae Teg
  • A research project examining the role of school leadership in the support for STEM career related learning in schools for the National STEM Centre
  • A reivew of the equality and diversity implications of careers support in schools for young people aged 9 - 16 years for the Equality and Human Rights Commission
  • Research papers for the UK Commission for Employment and Skills on the role of information technology within the careers support market
  • Qualitative, in-depth research on teenaged mothers in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire, and on young people who are NEET in Derby and Derbyshire for the East Midlands Improvement and Efficiency Partnership
  • Survey and case study work in schools for the STEM Careers Awareness Timelines project for DFE with CEI at Warwick University and Isinglass

Teaching responsibilities

  • Research Supervision module in the Academic Practice in Research programme
  • Research ethics module in the Master of Research programme

Professional interests

Career and career related learning, social capital, economic development, evaluation and other research methodologies and research ethics.

Research interests

Research interests are closely aligned to professional interests, with a particular emphasis on young people, participation and equality and diversity.

Membership of professional bodies and advisory committees

  • Chair, University Research Ethics Committee
  • Member, University Research and Research Degrees Committee
  • Fellow, Higher Education Academy.

Media experience

Books and journal articles

Undergraduate qualifications

  • BA (Hons) Geography, University of Manchester

Postgraduate qualifications

  • MA Town and Regional Planning, Sheffield University
  • Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education, University of Derby

Research posts

InstitutionProjectDates
Leeds Metropolitan UniversityPolicy Research Institute
SQW LtdSkills and lifelong learning team
De Montfort UniversityLeicester Business School

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