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Dr. Kelly Coate

Personal Profile

Lecturer in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

Vice Dean (Graduate Studies) in the College of Arts, Social Sciences and Celtic Studies

Kelly’s research interests are focused on changes within higher education systems, particularly around such issues as teaching and learning, policy, internationalization and gender. She previously worked at the Institute of Education, University of London, as a researcher and lecturer, where she taught on the MBA in Higher Education Management programme and on the research training programme in the doctoral school. Her PhD, from the Institute of Education, was on the history of women’s studies as an academic subject area in the UK, and she has an MA in Gender Studies from Middlesex University and a BA degree from Northwestern University in the USA. She joined CELT in February 2007.

Contact Details

Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT)
Arts Millennium Building AM115
NUI Galway
Tel: 353 (0)91 495717
Email: kelly.coatenuigalway.ie

Teaching

Course Leader of the Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

Course Leader of the Postgraduate Diploma/MA in Academic Practice

Selected Publications

Coate, K. (2011) Writing in the dark: reflections on becoming a feminist. In Davis, K. and Evans, M. (Eds) Transatlantic Conversations: Feminism as Travelling Theory. London: Ashgate.

Coate, K. and Tooher, M. (2010) The Galway Symposium on Design for Learning: Curriculum and Assessment in Higher Education (Review Essay) Teaching in Higher Education 15(3): 347-354.

Coate, K. (2010) (Special Forum Editor) Critical Thinking: Symposium on the Future of Universities. Arts and Humanities in Higher Education 9(1).

Frølich, N., Coate, K., Mignot-Gerard, S. and Knill, C. (2010) Einheit von Forschung und Lehre: Implications for State Funding of Universities. Higher Education Policy 23: 195-211.

Coate, K. (2009) Exploring the Unknown: Levinas and International Students in English Higher Education. Journal of Education Policy. 24(3): 271-282.

Coate, K. and Mac Labhrainn, I. (2009) Irish higher education and the knowledge economy. In Huisman, J. (Ed) International Perspectives on the Governance of Higher Education. London: Routledge.

Coate, K. (2009) Curriculum. In Tight, M., K.H. Mok, J. Huisman and C. Morphew (Eds) The Routledge International Handbook of Higher Education. London: Routledge.

Khoo, S., Healy, C. and Coate, K. (2007) Development Education and the Development of Research at Third Level in Ireland. Policy and Practice.5:5-19.

Coate, K. (2006) Imagining Women in the Curriculum: the transgressive impossibility of women’s studies. Studies in Higher Education. 31(4): 407-421.

Barnett, R. and Coate, K. (2005) Engaging the Curriculum in Higher Education. Maidenhead: Open University Press and McGraw Hill Education.

Leonard, D., Becker, R., and Coate, K. (2005) ’To prove myself at the highest level’: the benefits of doctoral study. Higher Education Research and Development 24(2): 135-149.

Wende, van der M., Coate, K. et al (2005) International Comparative Analysis. In Huisman, J. and van der Wende, M. (Eds) On Cooperation and Competition II: Institutional Responses to Internationalisation, Europeanisation and Globalisation. Bonn: Lemmens.

Scott, M. and Coate, K. (2003) Rethinking Feedback: Asymmetry in Disguise? in Björk, L. et al (Eds) Teaching Academic Writing Across Europe. The Netherlands: Kluwer.

Coate, K., Barnett, R., and Williams, G. (2001) Relationships between Teaching and Research in Higher Education in England. Higher Education Quarterly 55(2): 158-174

Coate, K. (1999) Feminist Knowledge and the Ivory Tower: A Case Study. Gender and Education 11(2): 141-160 .

Editorial Responsibilities

Gender and Education, International Advisory Board Member.

Journal of Education Policy, Editorial Board Member.

Arts and Humanities in Higher Education, Associate Editor.

Teaching in Higher Education, Editorial Board Member.

Professional Association Membership

Member of the Governing Council of the Society for Research into Higher Education (January 2010-present)
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK) (2007-present)
Member of the British Education Research Association
Member of the Consortium of Higher Education Researchers

Doctoral Students

Aurélie Boulos (Galway Fellowship recipient) on Creativity in Higher Education.

Sinead Hahessy on Transformative Learning Experiences in Postgraduate Nursing Studies Programmes.

Hiro Takagi (based at the Institute of Education, London; co-supervised with Dr Moses Oketch) on the internationalisation of the HE curriculum.

Completed Doctoral Students

Kuo, Yu-Ching (2010) 'Learner, Customer or Ambassador? Identity Constructions of Overseas Students in the Age of Entrepreneurialism'. Unpublished PhD Thesis, Institute of Education, London (co-supervised with Prof P.J. Burke).

Junemann, Carolina (2010) 'Questioning Non-Completion in Higher Education: A study within the Argentine system'. Unpublished PhD Thesis, Institute of Education, London (co-supervised with Prof Stephen Ball).

Kamenou, Andri (2009) 'Universities and Culture: A Case Study of the University of Cyprus'. Unpublished PhD Thesis, Institute of Education, London (co-supervised with Prof Ron Barnett).

Keane, Elaine (2010) 'Widening-Participation and Traditional-Entry Students at an Irish University: Strategies to "Make the Most" of Higher Education'. Unpublished PhD Thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway. (co-supervised with Prof K Sullivan).

Porter, Christine (2006) 'Cultures of Learning: a case study examining the relationship between international student achievement and student background on two postgraduate programmes in Business and Management'. Unpublished EdD Thesis, Institute of Education, London.

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