Dr Catherine Hayes

Qualified in Podiatric Medicine (1992), Dr Catherine Hayes is a Reader in Pedagogic Practice in the Faculty of Health Sciences and Wellbeing at the University of Sunderland. She undertakes pedagogic research, evaluation and supervises doctoral and masters students as well as leading MSc dissertation modules for the Health Team. She also is also module leader for Teaching, Learning and Leadership and Professional Practice for Professional Doctorate students. Catherine is a Founding Fellow of the Faculty of Podiatric Medicine (Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow), Fellow of the College of Podiatry and General Practice (London) and a Chartered Scientist. As a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, she also has an active interest in transdisciplinary education between science and art, at an onto-epistemological level. Impact of work Catherine has authored and edited publications extensively and is currently leading a national collaborative project on a monograph titled 'Beyond Disciplinarity in Social Science' reflecting her capacity to work and mentor within an array of academic and professional disciplines. Alongside this monograph, Catherine has recently been invited to write 'Foundations of Philosophy in Social Sciences' for Sage, which will be published in 2021. She has taught the philosophical underpinnings of research design and methodology for the last ten years across several university programmes and has worked in developing and publishing new approaches in the use of autoethnography as a method of critical introspection for doctoral candidates. Plans for the future Catherine has disseminated and published her pedagogic research widely. As well as her faculty facing role as Reader, Catherine is committed to the potential for collaborative working across all faculties at the University of Sunderland. She plans to continue working strategically on faculty and institutional pedagogic projects, including curriculum development and pedagogic research mentorship. Catherine will also continue work, as part of her external engagement with the Faculty of Podiatric Medicine for the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in Glasgow, the Royal Society of Arts and the UK Faculty of Public Health. Catherine is also Convenor of the Researching, Advancing and Inspiring Student Engagement (RAISE) Network's Postgraduate and Professional Practice Special Interest Group (SIG) which she hosts at the University of Sunderland; the aim of which is to build capacity within and between traditionally disparate signature pedagogies.