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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

Kieran is a Senior Lecturer and Team Leader (Academic) in the USQ College. His disciplinary background is in psychology and his research broadly explores the impact of psychosocial factors on students' transitions into and through higher education. He is Co-Investigator and Project Coordinator of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) funded (£271,976) ‘Student Wellbeing & Life Outcomes Project’ (StudentWellLives.com; Twitter: @uniwelllives). Prior to working at USQ, 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 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).

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 Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA)
Member of the National Association of Enabling Educators of Australia (NAEEA)
Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)

Teaching


TPP7175 Introduction to Psychology and Counselling
TPP7122 Study Management


12 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 )