Dr Lesley Doyle
- Senior Lecturer (People, Place & Social Change)
telephone:
01413301805
email:
Lesley.Doyle@glasgow.ac.uk
Room N308, North Wing, Level 3F, St Andrew's Building, Glasgow, G3 6NH
Research interests
Research interests
My research interests revolve around education and work transitions through the lifecourse, particularly in relation to vocational education and training for young people, what influences transitions and their impact on learning and development.
Related interests are in the management of transitions in education and work, young people in the community, youth work, mixed methods approaches in research, and socio-cultural theory.
Grants
Grants
- DISCUSS – European Communities of Practice in Lifelong Learning with Mike Osborne and European colleagues
- PUMR: PASCAL Universities for a Modern Renaissance
- Kent County Council Youth Transformation project
- QAA Developing & supporting the curriculum enhancement theme curriculum for excellence and its impact on higher education 2012-2013
- Comparative study of Career Pathways and Planning for 14-19 year olds in England, Scotland and the USA Kent County Council and Skills Development Scotland (PASCAL Project) 2009-2010
- Qualifications Policy & New Products: Framework Agreement with Scottish Qualifications Authority Scottish Qualifications Authority 2009-2011
- Evaluation of Kent County Council’s Vocational Education & Training 14-19 Programme Kent County Council Sept 2007-June 2009 and 2012-2014
- Young People’s Interaction with Natural Heritage through Outdoor Learning Scottish Natural Heritage/Learning and Teaching Scotland Mar 2006-Jan 2007
- Cultural Impact strand in the ESRC seminar series to explore cross-regional perspectives on the transformative impact of higher education on disadvantaged groups and communities ESRC 2006
- LILARA (Learning in Local and Regional Authorities (project developing learning needs audits for local and regional authority and other stakeholder staff to help promote learning regions) EU Socrates Grundtvig funded 2005- 2007
- Comparison of Years 6, 7 and 8 SATs results in England Qualifications and Curriculum Authority
Supervision
Supervision
I welcome enquiries from prospective PhD students relating to:
Transitions and learning including
- between different stages of education
- from school to vocational education and training, to apprenticeships, and to work
- from school to HE, from HE to work
- early training to work and work to work/unemployment transitions
- from one life stage to another
- moving from one country to another and
- the management of these transitions
I also carry out and/or supervise research on:
- Delivery and impact of vocational education and training programmes for youth and young adults
- Youth and young adults in contemporary society
- The role of education in community development (especially UK, Tanzania, Botswana and Nigeria)
- Social inclusion issues for young people especially relating to training and work opportunities
Current students
- Joseph Gallagher: Towards better choices and improved practice: A study of the influences on students’ course and college choices in Ireland
- Cindy Corliss: Cyber bullying in Glasgow Schools
- Karen Torrance: The use and avoidance of Information and Communication Technologies by adult literacies learners
- Syafiqah Abdul Rahim: The Impact of Youth Policy on the Youth Movement in Malaysia: An exploration of youth participation in the policy making process
- Walter Omo Ikhumhen: Community-Economic development in Emerging Nations: Investigative Studies of Infrastructures, Dynamics and Strategies in Nigerai
Completed students
- Amina Kamando: Community/Government Provision of Secondary Education in Tanzania
- Douglas Sutherland: The transition of adult students to Higher Education: Communities, Practice and Participation
- Keneilwe Molosi: The Impact of the Remote Area Development Programme (RADP) on the Socio-Economic Development of the San: the case of the Khwee and Sehunong settlements
- Craik Nicoll, Jennifer
Determinants and impact of wellbeing during university - Sneed, Haley D
An Investigation of Young People’s Perspectives on the Effectiveness of Scottish Youth Work in Supporting Wellbeing in COVID-19 Times. - Yan, Danchen
Navigating Inequalities: Understanding the Motivations, Mobilities, and Changing Identities of International Students from Chinese Third-Tier Cities
Teaching
Teaching
- Youth Studies (Programme Leader)
- Young People, Learning and Development for MSc Youth Studies (Course leader)
- Introduction to Educational and Social Research (Masters core course; Course leader)
Additional information
Conference presentations
- Ikhumhen, W. O and Doyle (L) (2015) Underdevelopment in, and emigration from, Nigeria: trying to get to the root of the problem, Pascal International conference, Catania
- Doyle, L. and Eckert, T. (2015) Expansive Learning and Communities of Practice in Lifelong Learning: the DISCUSS project Pascal International conference, Catania
- Doyle, L. (2009) Can vocational learning improve academic learning? The experiences of 14-16 year olds taking vocational courses alongside GCSEs in England Scottish Education Research Association Conference, Perth
- Doyle, L. (2009) Collaborative Provision of 14-19 Education in the UK: Activity Theory as Method and Data Analysis Tool, Theory and Evidence in European Educational Research, European Conference on Educational Research University of Vienna September 2009
- Doyle L. (2007) Continuity, Transfer and the Learning Environment in Danish schools: a comparison of pedagogy and management in all-through and primary to secondary schools in Years 5 and 6 at the Transforming Transitions: International Research Conference, University of Strathclyde
- Doyle, L. (2007) The Affective Domain and Young People's Interaction with Natural Heritage through Outdoor Learning, Royal Geographical Society Conference, London
- Doyle, L. and Longworth, N. (2007) The ‘learning city’: local authority staff perceptions and their training needs in six European locations at the Ninth International Lifelong Learning in Europe Conference on Learning Regions - Learning Cities Rovaniemi, Finland
- Doyle, L. (2006) Learning in Local and Regional Authorities: the case of Stirling Council, Paper presented at the Third PASCAL International Conference, RMIT, Melbourne
- Doyle L. (2006) All change? Transitions in the lifecourse, choice and the pupil voice in the transition from primary to secondary school at the Annual Conference of the British Education Research Association, University of Warwick
- Doyle L. (2006) What’s happening under the bridge? Activity theory, effective learning environments and the ‘Third Space’ in School Transitions and Transfers in England and Denmark at the European Education Research Conference, Geneva
Book and journal reviewing
- Doyle, L. (2006) Review of Primary-Secondary Transition (2005) Boyd, B. London: Hodder Gibson. Scottish Educational Review, 38, 2, p239-240.
- KEDI Journal of Educational Policy
- British Education Research Journal
Academic and professional body membership
- British Educational Research Association
- Scottish Educational Research Association
- Community Learning and Development Council (Scotland)
Additional information
Interests include literature, walking, bird watching, animal welfare, sailing, keeping fit and music