DrZeta Williams-Brown

Professor of Inclusive Education

Faculty of Arts, Business, and Social Sciences

  • Professor of Inclusive Education
    Faculty of Arts, Business, and Social Sciences
  • 01902 323155 (Work)
  • University of Wolverhampton, Centre for Research in Education and Social Transformation, Gorway Road, Walsall, West Midlands, WS1 3BD, ENGLAND

TEACHING INTERESTS

Zeta has over a decade’s experience supervising postgraduate research students to completion.  She has eight completions and she currently supervising 8 doctoral students.  Her sustained record of successful teaching and student support includes working on the Professional Doctorate (EdD) in Education since completion of her doctorate. She was module leader for ‘Implementing Educational Enquiry’ (2016-2024) and was module leader for ‘Representation of Childhood and Youth’ Masters module in 2023.

 

She is a specialist in Q-methodology and supports other researchers using this methodology, including leading a Q-methodology Special Interest Group since 2022 with members from four UK universities. She is Chief External Examiner (2024 onwards) and MA in Education examiner (2022-2025) for Newman University. She has also carried out external examiner roles at the University of Hertfordshire, Edgehill University and has completed validation work at London Metropolitan University and Keele University.  For several years she has been a KUDOS reviewer for the univeristies Higher Education Academy award and is a member of the university-wide evaluation group.

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    An examination of SEND leadership in a Multi Academy Trust (MAT)
    2 Sep 2019
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    An exploration: The lived in experiences of two year olds in state funded daycare
    2 Sep 2019
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Following the journey of a child with dyslexia exploring their indicative development pre-diagnosis
    2 Sep 2019
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Teaching Assistants’ perspectives on Continuous Professional Development in one secondary school.
    2 Sep 2019
  • DOCTORAL EXAMINATION
    ‘Cohort culture and the student voice in creative and media subjects in UK higher Education’.
    1 Jun 2018
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    What makes a well teacher? Recommendations for teacher well-being policy and practice.
    4 Sep 2017
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Children’s voices and their perceptions of Men in their childcare settings
    5 Sep 2016
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    “I can’t get no… sat-is-fac-tion”: Exploring the complex views of students’ about ‘student satisfaction’ as a measure of quality in higher education – A Q-methodology Study.
    1 Sep 2016
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    One transition: three journeys
    1 Sep 2016 - 1 Mar 2020
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    The impasse of early years policy: Understanding and promoting resilience in early education: The long road to recovery
    1 Sep 2016
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    • How is practice changed in early year’s settings when developing open listening climates through pedagogical research?
    7 Sep 2015
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    How do teachers see their role changing in the future to exploit digital teaching and learning opportunities in an increasing digital education environment?
    1 Sep 2014
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    ‘Not a proper mathematician, like those with a maths degree’: non-specialists negotiating identities as a beginning teacher of mathematics.
    3 Sep 2012
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Nurses' views on compassionate care: a Q method study
    3 Sep 2012