Ms Janine Crosbie
School of Health & Society
Current positions
Lecturer
Biography
My research career started in 1996 when I was employed as an Assistant Psychologist to carry out an evaluation of changes made to mental health services in Newcastle. From there I moved to the PSSRU in Manchester to evaluate the benefits of a medical assessment for older people prior to entry to residential care. In 2001 I joined the University of Salford as a lecture developing new modules for the new Psychology degrees which were first introduced in 2000. As I developed as a lecturer I took on more administrative roles, including Admission Tutor and Programme Leader. In 2006 I went part time after the birth of my son. By 2018 I wanted to expand my research and recognised that since my early research in health psychology that I was now interested in education research. I decided to start a Doctorate in Education which I completed in January 2026. My doctoral research has moved me into constructionist methodology from the positivist position I had taken in previously. My research is examining how lecturers and students perceive and experience assessment in higher education. I have used a photo-elicitation methodology with interviews and focus groups. The data has been analysed using reflexive thematic analysis. The findings show the multifaceted construction of assessment by lecturers and students. The thesis considers how these contrast with the underlying neoliberalisation of higher educatation.
Areas of Research
Higher Education
Wellbeing
Health Psychology
Constructionist methodology
Reflexive Thematic Analysis
Photo-elicitation