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Congratulations to our UYSEG PhD students

Posted on 13 September 2019

Our University of York Science Education Group (UYSEG) student, Abdulmajeed Albahrani successfully defended his PhD thesis and met the requirements for the award of Doctor of Philosophy in Education.

The award was approved by the Standing Committee on Assessment on 30 August 2019. His research topic focused on 'The impact of using mobile technology on Omani science teachers’ reflective practices and their motivation towards teaching and planning lessons' . Abdulmajeed was supervised by Dr Jeremy Airey.

Recently defended PhD theses

Aparna Gummadi successfully defended her PhD thesis and met the requirements for the award of Doctor of Philosophy in Education. The award was approved by the Standing Committee on Assessment on 8 March 2019. Her research topic focused on 'A study of nutrition education in England'. Aparna was supervised by Dr Jeremy Airey.

Andrea Campbell-Mapplebeck successfully defended her PhD thesis and met the requirements for the award of Doctor of Philosophy in Education. The award was approved by the Standing Committee on Assessment on 19 October 2018. Her research topic focused on 'Divergent and convergent feedback: how science teachers conceptualise and practice oral feedback, and how students perceive it helps their training'. Andrea was supervised by Professor Judith Bennett and Dr Lynda Dunlop.