University of Exeter Business School

Dr Stavroula Bibila

Dr Stavroula Bibila

Senior Lecturer

 S.Bibila2@exeter.ac.uk

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 Streatham Court 

 

Streatham Court, University of Exeter, Rennes Drive, Exeter, EX4 4PU, UK

Overview

Stavroula started her teaching career as a Further Education and Adult Learning (ESOL) lecturer and she is an alumna of the University of Exeter (MSc Educational Research, 2011). Before making the transition into work-based learning and degree apprenticeships in 2018 she was an ESRC visiting researcher at the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP) and a research fellow at the University of Birmingham and the National School of Healthcare Science, where she examined curriculum and assessment strategies for postgraduate work-based learning programmes in the NHS. 

Qualifications

PhD, MSc, MA, BA (Hons), CertED

Senior Fellow of Advance HE

QTLS, ATS, SET Fellow. 

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Research

Research interests

  • Learning and Career Pathways 
  • Sociology of the Curriculum
  • Work-Based Learning  

Research grants

  • 2016 ESRC - Welsh Joint Education Committee Studentship
    Analysis of the Welsh Baccalaureate Advanced Diploma
  • 2015 ESRC
    Conceptions of Vocational Competence in Qualification Frameworks

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Publications

Journal articles

Bibila S (2020). The peculiarities and challenges of integrating generic forms of knowledge into the upper-secondary curriculum: a Bernsteinian analysis of ‘Communication’ and ‘Application of Number’ in the Welsh Baccalaureate. Curriculum Journal, 31(4), 626-647. Abstract.
Denny E, Weckesser A, Jones G, Bibila S, Daniels J, Bhattacharya S, PRE-EMPT team (2018). Women's experiences of medical treatment for endometriosis and its impact on PRE-EMPT trial participation: a qualitative study. Pilot Feasibility Stud, 4 Abstract.  Author URL.
Denny E, Quinlan-Jones E, Bibila S, Kilby M (2014). The experience of pregnant women with a diagnosis of fetal lower urinary tract obstruction (LUTO). Midwifery, 30(6), 636-642. Abstract.  Author URL.
Bibila S, Rabiee F (2014). Training the powerful: issues that emerged during the evaluation of a communication skills training programme for senior cancer care professionals. Eur J Cancer Care (Engl), 23(4), 531-544. Abstract.  Author URL.
Bibila S (2012). Knowledge of and attitudes to Occupational Health & Safety among tutors of a Vocational Training Institute (IIEK) in Greece: a pilot study. International Journal of Occupational Safety and Health, 2(1), 15-25. Abstract.
Bibila S (2010). Piloting a vocational e-course at a UK college: Developing strategies to support non-native english speaking learners to complete the essay-type questions of their assignments. Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 11(2), 23-39. Abstract.

Chapters

Nottingham P, Bibila S (2020). Implementing Practitioner Research Projects. In  (Ed) The Work-Based Learning Student Handbook, Red Globe Press. Abstract.
Bibila S, Nottingham P (2020). Planning Practitioner Projects. In  (Ed) The Work-Based Learning Student Handbook, Red Globe Press. Abstract.

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External Engagement and Impact

Committee/panel activities

Member of the Practitioner Advisory Group (PAG) to the Society of Education and Training (SET)

External Examiner, Work-Based Learning Programmes, University of Salford.


Conferences and invited presentations

Invited talks: 

2017 - European Forum of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (EfVET) 26th International annual conference, 25-28 October, Thessaloniki - Greece. (Invited as a moderator of the ‘Establishing bridges between vocational education and higher education’ panel). 

2016 - The European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP), 2nd Learning Policy Forum on Learning Outcomes, 13-14 October, Thessaloniki - Greece (Invited as an international expert on learning outcome-based curricula in higher technical and professional education).

2015 - The European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP) Workshop: The quality assurance of certification in IVET, 26-27 March, Thessaloniki - Greece. (Invited as a national expert on qualification frameworks and the permeability of education and training systems, Wales, UK)

2014 - The European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP) Conference: Stepping Up the Pace: The next stage of European tools for transparency, recognition and quality for learning and work, 27-28 November, Thessaloniki-Greece. (Invited as a rapporteur).

2014 - The European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP) Workshop: The role of VET in reducing early leaving from education and training, 3-4 June 2014, Thessaloniki - Greece. (Invited as a national expert on the permeability of education and training systems, Wales, UK).

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