Dr Alison Pearson

About me:

Alison completed a PhD in Education in 2022: her research investigated the experiences of long-serving secondary school teachers in order to explore what has challenged and sustained them through their teaching careers, including their views on teacher “resilience”. Prior to her PhD, Alison worked in the further education sector in a range of roles, including as teacher, tutor, manager and senior leader, particularly within land-based education. She has also worked as a self-employed consultant carrying out training, coaching, quality assessment and qualification writing, including both regional and national projects.

Alison is now working in two roles: as a Senior Lecturer in Postgraduate Education and as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow. Her teaching includes a range of modules concerned with Education, Leadership and Management and Research Methods. Her current research projects include "Care Under Pressure 3" , using a realist approach to investigate mental health and well-being interventions for hospital doctors. 

Her research interests primarily relate to wellbeing and leadership, including professional wellbeing within different vocational areas. She is also a passionate advocate of children with special educational needs and disabilities and their families, and works as a trustee for a national charity as well as participating in patient-participation work related to health and education.

Interests:

• Professional wellbeing
• Leadership
• Education
• Qualitative methodologies.

Qualifications:

• PhD in Education
• MSc Educational Research
• PGCE (Further, Adult and Higher Education)
• BSc (Hons) Agriculture.

ORCID: 0000-0003-4341-1267