Dr Ellen McHugh
Senior Lecturer in Education

Research area(s)

Ellen’s research focuses on educational inequalities in higher education with particular reference to students from under-represented and marginalised backgrounds. In particular, her work explores the inequalities that intersect in the educational spaces where people live, meet and study with a focus on student poverty and the lived experiences of students.

Research Interests

University students and their experiences;

Food poverty in educational spaces;

Children from Armed Forces families;

Mobility and belonging.

Grants

Project details

2024-2025, Chappell, A and McHugh, E. 'Service Children's Champion' role in supporting children from armed forces families funded by the Research and Development Office, Innovation Voucher.  This project is evaluating the role of the Service Children's Champion in North Yorkshire Council,  (Co-PIs: £4594.24) 

2023-2025, McHugh, E. and Wainwright, E. New spaces of free food provision: geographies of welfare, need and support among university students, British Academy/ Leverhulme, (PI: £10,000)

2023-2024, Hoskins, K., McHugh, E. and Wainwright, E.  Evaluation of the Unicorn Theatre’s Schools' Partnership Programme, Innovation Voucher, Brunel University London (Co-PIs: £5000)