Biography

My academic expertise is related to gender and specifically looking at British Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi women. I also have expertise within the field of child's voice and bereavement. My professional background is within the field of Special Educational Needs and SEBD in particular and I have worked as a teacher and a SENCO and as an Independent Inclusion Consultant prior to joining the University of Portsmouth.

Research interests

 BAME women

Education, gender and achievement

Bereavement and Loss

Special Educational Needs (specifically Social Emotional Behavioural Difficulties / Sensory Dysfunction)

Inclusion and Diversity

Global/Social Justice

Research outputs

2025

An examination of the correlation and compromises of Ofsted, The National Curriculum, and Physical Education in British Schools

Malhi, T., Hamilton, S., Mikuska, E.

23 Feb 2025, In: Journal of Applied Technical and Educational Sciences. 14, 4, p. 1-23, 23p.

Research output: Article

Decolonising the aftermath of death in UK contexts: theoretical approaches, institutional ‘constraints’, and everyday experiences

Hamilton, S., Keenan, J., Pusey, L., Ribben Mccarthy, J., Stedmon, J., Taylor, F.

18 Feb 2025, In: Mortality: Promoting the Interdisciplinary Study of Death and Dying, 23p.

Research output: Article

‘If I break your leg, you won’t ask me to fix it for you’: innovative explorations in ‘decolonising’ UK bereavement services

Hamilton, S., Ribbens McCarthy, J., Stedmon, J., Pusey, L.

7 Feb 2025, In: Mortality: Promoting the Interdisciplinary Study of Death and Dying, 21p.

Research output: Article

2024

Complex worlds, complex people: auto-ethnographic conversations on decolonising the aftermath of death

Golding, B., Hamilton, S., Ribbens McCarthy, j.

28 Nov 2024,

Research output: Chapter (peer-reviewed)

2023

Digital tools for personal tutoring for first-year undergraduate students: harnessing digital potential and fast-tracking relationships

Pinnell, J., Hamilton, S.

29 Nov 2023, In: International Journal of Social Sciences and Educational Studies. 10, 4, p. 62-79, 17p., 5

Research output: Article

Selection and recruitment of pre-registration occupational therapy students in the United Kingdom: Exploring entry criteria across education providers

Hamilton, S., Mcginley, S. L., Bradley, A.

11 Jan 2023, In: The British Journal of Occupational Therapy

Research output: Article

2022

Izzat and forced marriage in the constructing of cultural and religious identities in the UK

Hamilton, S.

15 Sep 2022,

Research output: Chapter (peer-reviewed)

Bereavement: impact on learner identity, mental health and wellbeing

Hamilton, S.

22 Jun 2022,

Research output: Chapter (peer-reviewed)

Meeting pastoral needs

Hamilton, S., Pinnell, J.

18 May 2022, In: HERDSA Connect, 1p.

Research output: Article

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