Senior Lecturer in Education

I have worked in the field of education for over fifteen years and have a professional background in sexual health and youth work.

I started working in higher education in 2013 and have taught on a range of undergraduate units focusing on the lives and experiences of children, young people and families.

My research interests include youth transitions, inequality and the concept of fateful moments and critical turning points. My recent research publications focus on the lives and experiences of young people and constructions of risk.

I host the Working with Children and Young People podcast which is available on all major podcasting platforms. The podcast explores different careers relating to children and young people and offers top tips for achieving your desired career.

Other References

• LinkedIn

Qualifications

• PhD in Education, University of Hull, 2016
• Postgraduate Diploma in Research Training, University of Hull, 2014
• BA (Hons) Educational Studies, University of Hull, 2010

Research Interests

• Teenage pregnancy and motherhood
• Youth transitions
• Constructions of youth and risk
• Media representations of university students

External Roles

(October 2022 – Present) External Examiner, University of South Wales, FdA Youth and Social Care

(October 2022 – Present) External Examiner, Glyndŵr University, BA (Hons) Working with Children and Families

(August 2021 – Present) External Examiner, UCEN Manchester externally validated by Sheffield Hallam University, FdA Childhood and Youth Studies and BA (Hons) Childhood and Youth Studies (Top Up)

Publications

• Michael-Fox, B. and Calver, K. (2023) Dark comedies/dark universities: negotiating the neoliberal institution in British satirical comedies The History Man (1981), A Very Peculiar Practice (1986-1988) and Campus (2011). In: Harmes, M. and Scully, R. (ed.) Academia and Higher Learning in Popular Culture, London: Palgrave Macmillan, pp.197-214.
• Calver, K. and Michael-Fox, B. (2021) Under pressure: representations of student suicide in British documentary television. Mortality. doi.org/10.1080/13576275.2021.1987658
• Calver, K. and Michael-Fox, B. (2021) Constructing the university student in British documentary television. In: Brooks, R. and O’Shea, S. (ed.) Reimagining the Higher Education Student: Constructing and Contesting Identities. London: Routledge, pp.152-169. View on Routledge
• Calver, K. (2020) Transitions to motherhood: young women’s desire for respectability, responsibility and moral worth. Journal of Youth Studies, 23(8), 1071-1085.
• Calver, K. (2019) Sexuality and sexualisation. In W. Corsaro and J. Wearmouth, Bloomsbury Education and Childhood Studies. London: Bloomsbury
• Calver, K. (2019) Poverty. In W. Corsaro and J. Wearmouth, Bloomsbury Education and Childhood Studies. London: Bloomsbury
• Calver, K. (2019) Overview. In W. Corsaro and J. Wearmouth, Bloomsbury Education and Childhood Studies. London: Bloomsbury

Contact Details

E: kay.calver@beds.ac.uk