Elizabeth Chant

Dr Anne Chant

Head of Professional Learning and Development

School of Social Work, Education and Teacher Education

Section Lead for Educational Studies and Course Director

I am currently the Section Lead for Educational Studies in the School of Humanities and Educational Studies. I oversee the Undergraduate suite of courses and the MA Education and its routes as well as doctoral pathways in this section of the school. I am also the course director for the Postgraduate Diploma in Career Development which is my own background and area of research interest.

I have been teaching at CCCU since 2006, beginning in the Centre for Career and Personal Development and then joining the broader suite of courses including the BA Counselling, Coaching and Mentoring. 

My PhD thesis explored the relationship between career and personal identity. I have published two books on career learning and development and continue to use narrative and creative approaches to explore lived experiences of learning and the place of work in lived lives.

Research Projects

  • Why apprentices drop out: Factors influencing the completion of apprenticeships in the Local London Region and how drop out rates might be reduced. Researcher(s): Dr Anne Chant. [Project report]

Research Supervisor

  • 'An exploration of the experiences and perceptions of a group of Algerian Female students; a price worth paying?'. Researcher(s): Miss Moukha Dehilis. Supervisor(s): Dr Anne Chant, Dr Christian Beighton. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • A phenomenological investigation into student experience of academic misconduct processes in higher education institutions in the UK. Researcher(s): Ms Chloe Courtenay. Supervisor(s): Dr Kevin Balchin, Dr Anne Chant. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • A qualitative exploration of how school leaders inspire teachers. Researcher(s): Mr Mark Green. Supervisor(s): Dr Ian Durrant, Dr Anne Chant. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • Doctoral Research Project. Researcher(s): Mrs Fay Chambers. Supervisor(s): Dr Sarah Christie, Dr Anne Chant. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • Doctoral Research Project. Researcher(s): Mrs Kate Cable. Supervisor(s): Dr Anne Chant, Dr Christian Beighton. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • Exploring Male and Female Teachers' Experiences of Working Flexibly in Secondary Schools in England.. Researcher(s): Mrs Hannah Duncan. Supervisor(s): Dr Marios Kostas, Dr Anne Chant. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • Exploring the narratives of Black Female Leaders in Education. Researcher(s): Mrs Sarah Giokabari. Supervisor(s): Dr Anne Chant, Dr Christopher Anderson. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • Integrating psychoanalytic thinking and non-essentialist interculturality through auto-ethnography as a process of research and a 'lived emotional experience' in an endeavour to overcome 'violence'.. Researcher(s): Miss Kat Gasiorowska. Supervisor(s): Dr Anne Chant, Dr Christopher Anderson. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • Learning for Investment, Investing for Empowerment: The Personal Narratives of Algerian Female EFL Learners' Informal Language Learning Experiences. Researcher(s): Mrs Lemya Tourche. Supervisor(s): Dr Anne Chant, Dr Kevin Balchin. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • Screen Time vs. Green Time: Exploring the Profound Cognitive, Emotional, and Environmental Effects of Indoor vs. Outdoor Learning on Early Childhood Development and the Essential Foundations of Sustainability Education. Researcher(s): Mrs Faiza Zubair. Supervisor(s): Dr Marios Kostas, Dr Anne Chant. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • Tensions within autistic people and the relationship their autism has with the formation of their personal and cultural identity as an autistic person. Researcher(s): Mr Joel Umpleby-Wesson. Supervisor(s): Dr John-Paul Riordan, Dr Anne Chant. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • The complexity of multiple identities from cultural perspectives. Researcher(s): Mrs Olubukola Akilapa. Supervisor(s): Dr Anne Chant, Dr Judy Durrant. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • The motivations of teacher-podcasters.. Researcher(s): Mr Kieran Mackle. Supervisor(s): Dr John-Paul Riordan, Dr Anne Chant. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • Who am I? An exploration of racial identity and self within a multicultural world.. Researcher(s): Mr Thomas Vitulli. Supervisor(s): Dr Anne Chant, Dr Christopher Anderson. [Postgraduate Research Project]

I am chair of the NICE Foundation (Network for Innovation in Career Guidance and Counselling in Europe) and a fellow of NICEC (National Institute for Career Education and Counselling)

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