Kia Shackleton

Kia Shackleton

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    Kia is a doctoral researcher of Education, investigating Agents and Agency: Grounded Theorising of FE Educators’ Agency in Embodying ESD in a FE Context. Her research develops a grounded account of how educators in Further Education understand and enact Education for Sustainable Development within the material and institutional conditions of their practice, adopting constructivist grounded theory and situational analysis with posthumanist sensitivities.

    She serves as Faculty Representative for the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business at the University of Plymouth, representing 335 PhD and MRes researchers. Within this role, she has been involved in the design and delivery of the Faculty’s student led annual doctoral conferences, including Exploring SHAPE Disciplines: Collaboration, Innovation and Diversity in Arts Humanities and Business in 2024, SHAPE Research Impact for Now and the Future: Driving Sustainable Change in 2025, and Methods of Connection: Methodology as Meaning Making in 2026. Her work contributes to fostering interdisciplinary dialogue and critical engagement with research impact and methodological practice.

    She is a Trustee and Chair of the Youth Board for SEEd, contributing to strategic charity governance while amplifying youth voice within sustainability and environmental education.

    Formerly, she worked as a Climate Education Research Assistant under Allison Anderson, exploring the impact of climate education workshops on the values and attitudes of student and teacher participants at external sites of education, in partnership with The Box Plymouth. The team presented their findings at Evidence Week 2025 in Parliament.

    She is an English Lecturer at City College Plymouth, delivering a range of literacy oriented qualifications in the post sixteen sector.

    She holds a PGCE in Post Compulsory Education from the University of Plymouth, following graduation from the University of Reading with a first class BA in German Studies and English Language, where she was also awarded the Peter Thurlow Memorial Prize in 2022.

    Professional memberships

    Member of SET and UCU

    Roles on external bodies

    Postgraduate Research Representative for the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Busisness at the University of Plymouth.

    Trustee and Youth Board Chair for SEEd

    Teaching interests

    Post-compulsory education and ITE; Education for Sustainability; English Language and Linguistics

    Academic qualifications

    Education and teaching, Other postgraduate qualification (e.g. PGCE, Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma), Level 7 PGCE in Post-Compulsory Education, University of Plymouth

    Sept 2022 → Jun 2023

    Award Date: 22 Jun 2023

    Language and area studies, First Degree, 1st degree BA German with English Language and Linguistics, University of Reading

    Jan 2018 → Jun 2022

    Award Date: 22 Jun 2022

    External positions

    Lecturer, Plymouth City College

    Sept 2022 → …

    Research Interests

    • Further Education
    • Education for Sustainability
    • Agency
    • Educator Agency

    Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

    In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

    1. SDG 4 - Quality Education
      SDG 4 Quality Education
    2. SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
      SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
    3. SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
      SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
    4. SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals
      SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals

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