Freya Ernsting
Lecturer
My profile
Biography
Freya Ernsting is a Lecturer within the Faculty of Business and Law at Manchester Metropolitan University exploring the inequities within Higher Education, and how they contribute towards a gap in degree award. Freya has recently been awarded the Newer Researcher Prize from the Society for Research into Higher Education to undertake a project considering the impact of both further and higher education tutor imaginings of BTEC learners upon student learner identities within higher education.
In addition, Freya is a current doctoral student at the University of Strathclyde. Freya’s PhD examines cyborgian identities and the use of smartphones amongst young adults, investigating how the formulation of identity might have been impacted by smartphone use.
Prizes and awards
British Accounting & Finance Association: Accounting Education SIG Annual Conference 2021 - Best Emerging Paper - H. Holmes, F. Ernsting (2021). Closing the Award Gap: An Evidence-Based Approach. British Accounting & Finance Association, 19/5/2021.
Grants
2022, Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA), Collaborative Enhancement Project, ‘Investigating the Elimination of Differential Outcomes’, In collaboration with the University of Central Lancashire, Liverpool John Moores University, and the University of Salford, £6310.
2021, Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE), Prize for Newer Researchers, ‘Considering the Impact of Further and Higher Education Tutor Imaginings of BTEC Learners upon Student Learner Identities’, £3000.
Conference organisation
12th Annual Postgraduate Research Conference: Roots and Reach, Manchester Metropolitan University, 4th March 2020
7th Annual Postgraduate Arts & Humanities Centre Symposium: How This Bear’s Getting Over the Mountain, Manchester Metropolitan University, 17th May 2019
Membership of professional associations
British Accounting and Finance Association
Society for Research into Higher Education
Teaching
Previous
- Social Networking and Digital Media (Level 5, 2019-20)
Current
Undergraduate
- Personal and Professional Development
- Governance, Ethics and Law
Postgraduate
- Masters Level Learning
- Critical Reading, Writing and Literature Research
- Philosophical and Methodological Approaches to Research
- Dissertation Supervision
Research outputs
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Reports
Ernsting, F. (2022) Considering the impact of Further and Higher Education tutor imaginings of BTEC learners upon student learner identities. Society for Research into Higher Education.
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Internet publications
Holmes, H., Ernsting, F. (2020) Mind the Gap: Addressing Award and Progression Gaps in Business Schools. https://charteredabs.org/mind-the-gap-addressing-award-and-progression-gaps-in-business-schools/.
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Journal articles
Ugiagbe-Green, I., Ernsting, F. (2022) 'The wicked problem of B(A)ME degree award gaps and systemic racism in our universities.' Frontiers in Sociology, 7pp. 971923-971923.
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Conference papers
Ernsting, F. (2024) 'Why are we still here? Challenging the barriers in sharing and acting upon practice in supporting the success of racially minoritised students.' In Advance HE Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Conference 2024: The future is now: Building EDI practice for the changing world of HE. Liverpool, 6/3/2024 - 7/3/2024.
Ernsting, F. (2023) 'Navigating Further and Higher Education with BTEC Qualifications.' In Chartered Association of Business Schools Learning, Teaching and Student Experience Conference. Wales, 22/5/2023 - 23/5/2023.
Ernsting, F. (2023) 'Eliminating Differential Outcomes for Students from Underrepresented Groups as a Collective.' In QAA Member Network Conference. TheStudio, Birmingham, 20/4/2023 - 20/4/2023.
Ernsting, F. (2022) 'Considering the Impact of Further and Higher Education Tutor Imaginings of BTEC Learners upon Student Learner Identities.' In 2022 SRHE International Research Conference: Mobilities in Higher Education. Society for Research into Higher Education, 5/12/2022 - 9/12/2022.
Ernsting, F., Lalor, K., Khan, A. (2022) 'Gathering student insights during the pandemic of pre-covid-19 experience of campus spaces.' In Advance HE Surveys & Insights Symposium 2022: Innovative Insight. Manchester, 28/4/2022 - 28/4/2022.
Ernsting, F., Holmes, H. (2022) 'The importance of contextualising differential outcomes in student data.' In Advance HE Equality Diversity and Inclusion Conference 2022: Inclusive Institutions in Action. Advance HE Equality Diversity and Inclusion Conference 2022: Inclusive Institutions in Action, 16/3/2022 - 17/3/2022.
Holmes, H., Ernsting, F., Khan, A. (2021) 'The importance of evidence, co-ordination & collaboration in eliminating the award gap.' In UTA Learning and Teaching Festival. Manchester Metropolitan University, 14/6/2021 - 18/6/2021.
Holmes, H., Ernsting, F. (2021) 'Closing the Award Gap: An Evidence-Based Approach.' In British Accounting & Finance Association: Accounting Education SIG Annual Conference 2021. British Accounting & Finance Association, 19/5/2021 - 21/5/2021.
Ernsting, F. (2020) 'Walking with Cyborgs: The rise of unassuming cyborg bodies.' In Natural Bodies: An Exploration of the New Humanities. University of Worcester, 11/5/2020 -
Ernsting, F. (2020) 'Reconsidering Cyborg Theory Beyond Haraway: Does the cyborg have a future?.' In 12th Annual Postgraduate Research Conference: Roots and Reach. Manchester Metropolitan University, 4/3/2020 -
Ernsting, F. (2019) 'Re-Negotiating Lash’s (1999) Reflexive Modernity: A cycle of adjustment to technological artefacts.' In Shifting Notions of Modernity in Modern and Contemporary Scholarship. University of Birmingham, 5/6/2019 -
Ernsting, F. (2019) 'Getting to Grip(e)s with Grounded Theory Method: The constant comparison within the research journey.' In 7th Annual Postgraduate Arts & Humanities Centre: How This Bear’s Getting Over the Mountain. Manchester Metropolitan University, 17/5/2019 -
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Presentations
Ernsting, F., Holmes, H. (2023) Investigating the elimination of differential outcomes: Launching HEawardgap Repository Workshop. [Presentation] Online,6/9/2023.