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Location - Bolton, Greater Manchester
Dr Amanda Costello has worked in education for 25 years and is a Registered Nurse Learning Disabilities, Fellow Chartered College of Education, Senior Lecturer and Researcher at the University of Bolton. Her experiences are in Forensic Nursing Adolescents and Adults, Community Nursing, Special Education Needs pedagogy and Education Leadership.
Amanda is Programme Lead for MSc Pathways Health and Social Care and Community and Public Health (top up), in the School of Nursing and Midwifery. Research interests include Intellectual disabilities/mental health, forensic nursing and autoethnography work, assessment literacy and cross faculty development research. Amanda has further worked on an NHS England funded project: Learners at risk of attrition. Additional interests include university wide research workshop delivery and facilitation and PhD supervision including internal and external examination.
Research Interests and Research Subject Specialisms:
Teaching, Learning, Assessment
Forensic Nursing
Attrition in Health Professions
Autoethnography
Teaching specialisms;
Health and Social Care, Sociology, History
Nursing and Midwifery
Masters Programmes and Nursing Top up
Professional and Educational Doctorate
Mentor Certificate PGCE
External Examiner Qualification
R2 Panel experience
Publications and Research:
Publications and Conference Papers and Presentations:
Festival of Education Women Leadership Presentation Sheffield Hallam University 2019
Charter College of Education: Paper Leadership Struggles in Special Education; 2019
NPQH DFE Conference for Leaders in Education: Presentation 2019
Aspiring Leaders Conference: Presentation Sheffield Hilton Hotel 2019
NPQSL DFE Conference: Presentation Manchester University & DFE 2019
Festival of Education Women Leadership Presentation London 2020
WomenEd UnConference Research Presentation Sheffield Hallam University 2019
WomenEd England UnConference Presentation Online 2020
Doctorate publication: SEND Leadership: Interpretive Phenomenology 2020
Routledge Chapter: My Changing Journey SEND: Autoethnography 2023
Nursing Journal: Literacy Review Learners at Risk of Attrition June 2023
HEE Conference Assessment Literacy Presentation 2023
TIRI Conference 2023 University of Bolton: Assessment Literacy
TIRI Conference 2023 University of Bolton: Learners at Risk of Attrition
The Centre for Pedagogy: University of Bolton: Experiential Learning and Assessment: Student Power and Voice, Webinar: Guest speaker
ICERI International Conference: Seville Spain, Learners at Risk of Attrition
ICERI International Conference: Seville Spain, Assessment Literacy 13th 16th November 2023
SEDA Blog Accepted October 2023 Assessment Literacy Focus
Affiliations:
Fellow Chartered College Education
Doctor of Education
NMC Registered
School of Nursing and Midwifery
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