Dr Tina Patel
School of Health & Society
Current positions
Senior Lecturer
Biography
In academia, I completed my first degree (awarded 1999) in Criminal Justice at Liverpool John Moores University. Having been awarded funding from a fully competitive scheme, I then spent 3½ years at the University of Sheffield studying for the qualification of PhD, in a study looking at race, identity and child adoption policy (awarded 2004). I was then was then appointed as a Research Fellow (for a project funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, at Nottingham Trent University, looking at school exclusion and successful youth transitions within African-Caribbean communities (completed 2004). In September 2004, I returned to Liverpool John Moores University to take up a post as a Lecturer in Criminology and Sociology. I joined the University of Salford in September 2008, as a Lecturer in Criminology (with a specialism in violence). In August 2014, I was promoted to the position of Senior Lecturer.
Away from academia, I have several volunteering roles which allow me to contribute to the community: I am a School Governor, a Safeguarding Lead for an International Martial Arts Club (Cheshire Region), and an English language support worker for newly arrived members of the Hong Kong community currently living in Cheshire.
Areas of Research
'Race', Racism and Discrimination
Ethnicity
Crime and Justice
Victims and Victimisation
Accessible teaching - learning in higher education
Post-colonialism and decolonising efforts
Areas of Supervision
'Race', Racism and Discrimination
Ethnicity
Crime and Justice
Victims and Victimisation
Accessible teaching - learning in higher education
Post-colonialism and decolonising efforts
I was awarded status of Senior Fellow. Higher Education Academy in July 2013.
Qualifications
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Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education.
2003 - 2004 -
Research Skills, Research Training Programme
2001 - 2002 -
Sociology
2000 - 2004 -
Criminal Justice: Class 2.1 (Hons)
1996 - 1999