Dr Joyceline Alla-Mensah

  • Lecturer in Education (School of Education)

Biography

I am a Lecturer in Education at the School of Education, University of Glasgow. Prior to joining the University of Glasgow in June 2024, I was a Lecturer in Education at the University of Lincoln. Before that, I was a researcher at the Open University and the co-lead of the Youth and Transitions hub of the Centre for the Study of Global Development.

I obtained a Ph.D. in Education from the University of Nottingham, an MSc in Development Studies from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a BA in Political Science and Sociology from the University of Ghana. 

Publications

Prior publications

ORCiD

Powell, Lesley, Cooper, Adam, Brown, Trent, McGrath, Simon, Joyceline Alla-Mensah, Eric Addae-Kyeremeh, (2024) The potential role of ICT in facilitating learning for livelihoods among informal apprentices in the automotive trade in Ghana (source-work-id: 101509)(uri: https://oro.open.ac.uk/101509/)(isbn: 9781032626475); source: The Open University (ORO - Open Research Online)

Margaret Ebubedike, Saraswati Dawadi, Joyceline Alla-Mensah, Kwaibwe, Henry N., Kamunvi, Eric-Robert, Cingtho, Diana, Mwesi Habagaya, Yosia, Kyaidhi, Lilian, Ngobi, Prossy, (2024) Report on stakeholders' consultative engagement on trafficking in persons in Uganda (source-work-id: 96053)(uri: https://oro.open.ac.uk/96053/); source: The Open University (ORO - Open Research Online)

Rebecca Jones, Bbaale, Leilah, Koula Charitonos, Joyceline Alla-Mensah, Hewitt, Jenny, Matova, Quraish, Daira Marylyn, Fanta, Ireen, Munyandinda, Blessing, Miskat Mariata, Pross, Ninsiima, (2023) Knowledge, resources and access to sexual and reproductive health and rights: The views and experiences of young refugees living in Kyangwali refugee settlement, Western Uganda (source-work-id: 92984); source: The Open University (ORO - Open Research Online)

Joyceline Alla-Mensah, (2021) [Book review] Open(ing) Education: Theory and Practice Critical Studies in Teaching and Learning (CriSTaL) (source-work-id: 82167)(doi: 10.14426/cristal.v9i2.508); source: The Open University (ORO - Open Research Online)

(2019) Academic Conferences as Learning Sites: A Multinational Comparison of Doctoral Students’ Perspectives and Institutional Policy International Journal of Doctoral Studies (doi: 10.28945/4383)(issn: 1556-8881)(issn: 1556-8873); source: Joyceline Alla-Mensah

(2019) Human migration and TVET ; source: Joyceline Alla-Mensah

(2019) Migrants in the Labor Market: Implications for TVET Handbook of Vocational Education and Training (doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-49789-1_114-1)(isbn: 9783319497891)(isbn: 9783319497891); source: Joyceline Alla-Mensah

(2018) An Exploration of the Potential Role of Vocational Education in Facilitating the Integration of Forced Migrants into Society European Conference on Educational Research (ECER), Vocational Education and Training Network (VETNET). (doi: 10.5281/ZENODO.1319718); source: Joyceline Alla-Mensah

(2018) Skills for decent work, life and sustainable development Vocational Education and the Sustainable Development Goals Austrian Foundation for Development Research (OFSE) ; source: Joyceline Alla-Mensah

Grants

  • 2024 - date - Co-Investigator. Mentoring, Writing and Networking (MEWANE) Programme for Early Career Researchers in West and Central Africa. Funder: British Academy

 

  • 2021-2022 - Principal Investigator.  Theorising learning in informal apprenticeship: the role of dialogue (£2500). Funder: Education Futures Research Group, Open University

 

  • 2021-2022 - Co-Investigator. Developing contextually sensitive Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) for out-of-school adolescents in refugee settings in Uganda (£10,000). Funder: Open University Impact Accelerator Grant

 

  • 2018 - A capability approach to the wellbeing of informal apprentices in Ghana (£1,500). Principal Investigator. Funder: British Association of International and Comparative Education (BAICE) student fieldwork grant. 

 

  • 2017-2018 - Co-Investigator.  Graduate collaborative multinational (Australia, England, Scotland & the United States) study of doctoral researchers’ motivation for, engagement with and perceptions of international networking for personal and professional development ($5000). Funder: Universitas 21

Professional activities & recognition

Selected international presentations

  • 2023: Keynote Speaker at National Vocational Education and Training conference (Windhoek, Namibia)
  • 2022: Guest speaker at Belt and Road International Conference on TVET (Beijing, China)