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Dr Kieran Balloo

Dr Kieran Balloo
Name Kieran Balloo
Pronoun He/Him/His
Position Senior Lecturer (Pathways)
Section UniSQ College (Pathways)
Office A225
Location Springfield Campus
Phone +61 7 3470 4172
Extension 4172
Email
Qualifications BSc Surrey , MSc OpenUni UK , PhD Roehampton
Homepage https://research.usq.edu.au/researcher/80wx3/dr-kieran-balloo
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Biography

Dr Kieran Balloo is a Senior Lecturer (Pathways) and Team Leader (Academic) in UniSQ College, where he also leads the Widening Participation Research Program Team. His disciplinary background is in psychology and his research broadly explores issues surrounding student transitions, equity, and wellbeing. Prior to working at UniSQ, he held Research Fellow and Lecturer positions in Higher Education and Psychology at the University of Surrey and the University of Roehampton. He holds a Visiting Lectureship in the Surrey Institute of Education at the University of Surrey. Kieran has been awarded, as Principal or Co-Investigator, a total exceeding £300,000 in competitive grants. Adopting both quantitative and qualitative framings, the funders include the Economic and Social Research Council and the Wellcome Trust, and the grants mainly relate to research on assessment, mental distress, and wellbeing in higher education. He has taught at undergraduate, postgraduate, and foundation levels, and he invites expressions of interest from potential higher degree (Master of Research and PhD) applicants (see 'Supervision' section below for Kieran's research areas and example topics, as well as his research profile at https://research.usq.edu.au/researcher/80wx3/dr-kieran-balloo).

Research Career


  • Higher Education ( 390303 )
  • Other Education not elsewhere classified ( 399999 )
  • Education Systems ( 390300 )
  • Inclusive Education ( 390407 )
  • Other Education ( 399900 )
  • Education Assessment And Evaluation ( 390402 )
  • Specialist Studies In Education ( 390400 )
  • Sociology Of Education ( 390203 )
  • Education Policy ( 390200 )
  • Educational Psychology ( 520102 )
  • Applied And Developmental Psychology ( 520100 )
  • Curriculum And Pedagogy Theory And Development ( 390102 )
  • Curriculum And Pedagogy ( 390100 )

Academic Literacies
Assessment and Feedback
Higher Education
Student Equity
Student Mental Health and Wellbeing
Student Transitions
Teaching and Learning
Widening Participation
Mixed Methods
Q Methodology
Secondary Data Analysis


Member of the Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE)
Member of the National Association of Enabling Educators of Australia (NAEEA)
Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)


  • Centre for Health, Informatics and Economic Research (CHIER)

Teaching


TPP0175 Introduction to Psychology and Counselling
TPP0122 Study Management


13 Years


Team Leader (Academic)
Program Coordinator, Diploma of University Studies
Program Coordinator, Bachelor of General Studies

Supervision


  • Higher Education ( 390303 )
  • Other Education not elsewhere classified ( 399999 )
  • Education Systems ( 390300 )
  • Inclusive Education ( 390407 )
  • Other Education ( 399900 )
  • Education Assessment And Evaluation ( 390402 )
  • Specialist Studies In Education ( 390400 )
  • Sociology Of Education ( 390203 )
  • Education Policy ( 390200 )
  • Educational Psychology ( 520102 )
  • Applied And Developmental Psychology ( 520100 )
  • Curriculum And Pedagogy Theory And Development ( 390102 )
  • Curriculum And Pedagogy ( 390100 )