Dr Barry Avery
Faculties, deparments and locations
- Faculty of Business and Social Sciences
- Department of Accounting, Finance and Informatics
- Kingston Business School
- Kingston Hill
Director of Learning and Teaching, Kingston Business School
- Email:
- b.avery@kingston.ac.uk
About
I am an associate professor in the Accounting, Finance and Informatics department with the role of Director of Learning and Teaching, having taught in Kingston Business School for the last 21 years. Alongside my academic work, I perform the occasional IT consultancy project and have worked for companies such as Unilever and Thomson Reuters, as an Information Architect and developer.
I recently completed my PhD at Lancaster University, which examines the use of Technology Enhanced Learning with Assessment. I was recently awarded a University Teaching Fellowship and this will feed-forward into my work on learning gain.
Qualifications
- PhD Technology Enhanced Learning
- PGDip Database Systems
- PGCE Education
- BSc (Hons) Computer Science
- Senior Fellow Higher Education Academy
- CMBE
Domains
I teach a variety of technical subjects at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels including informations systems, building digital system, database systems, and web technologies.
Courses taught
I research in the area of Technology Enhanced Learning, with a specific focus on assessment practices.
Publications
The transition to Higher Education for non-traditional, commuter students - a synthesis of recent literature to enhance understanding of their needs
Southall, J., Wason, H. and Avery, B., 2016, Student Engagement and Experience Journal (5), 1
Emergency preparedness as public pedagogy: the absent–presence of race in ‘Preparing for Emergencies’
Preston, John, Avery, Barry, Chakrabarty, Namita and Edmonds, Casey, 2011, International Journal of Lifelong Education (30), 6, pp 749-762
Case study 3.5 : developing solutions to re-engage students with low attainment
Avery, Barry, Lees, Becky and Russell, Daniel (2025). In: Roushan, Gelareh, (eds.), Polkinghorne, Martyn, (eds.) and Patel, Uma, (eds.), Teaching and Learning with Innovative Technologies in Higher Education : Real-World Case Studies. New York, U.S.: Routledge, pp 109-114
Pivoting a Business Schools teaching online
Avery, Barry and Wason, Hilary (2022). In: Jamil, M.G., (eds.) and Morley, D.A., (eds.), Agile learning environments amid disruption : evaluating academic innovations in higher education during COVID-19. Palgrave Macmillan
Empowering students through co-creation, continuity and continuous assessment
Avery, Barry, Lees, Rebecca and Russell, Daniel (2020). In: Mawani, Sharmina, (eds.) and Mukadam, Anjoom A., (eds.), Student empowerment in higher education : reflecting on teaching practice and learner engagement. Berlin, Germany: Logos Verlag, pp 439-452
Supporting sustainable policy and practices for online learning education
Casanova, Diogo, Price, Linda and Avery, Barry (2018). In: Azeiteiro, Ulisses M., (eds.), Leal Filho, Walter, (eds.) and Aires, Luisa, (eds.), Climate literacy and innovations in climate change education: distance learning for sustainable development. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing, pp 323-339
A doctoral community of practice: a spatial entity across social media
Davis, Jane, Prescott, Debbie, Avery, Barry and Oberg, Hans (2017). In: McDonald, Jacquie, (eds.) and Cater-Steel, Aileen, (eds.), Implementing communities of practice in higher education : dreamers and schemers. Singapore: Springer Singapore, pp 305-324
Embedding Web 2.0 strategies in learning and teaching
Benson, Vladlena and Avery, Barry (2009). In: Lytras, Miltiadis D., (eds.), Damiani, Ernesto, (eds.) and Ordonez de Pablos, Patricia, (eds.), Web 2.0: the business model. New York, U.S.: Springer US, pp 237-248
Developing wireless communications for interactive classroom use in business and computing
Martland, David and Avery, Barry (2004). In: Ferdig, Richard, (eds.), Crawford, Caroline, (eds.), Carlsen, Roger, (eds.), Davis, Niki, (eds.), Price, Jerry, (eds.), Weber, Roberta, (eds.) and Willis, Dee Anna, (eds.), Chesapeake, VA, U.S.: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), pp 1787-1792
Using gamification to engage final year Accounting students
Wilson, Summer and Avery, Barry(2023). In: LTSE 2023 : Learning, Teaching, Student Experience, 22-23 May 2023 :Newport, U.K.
Business not as usual : adapting a business school to hybrid learning in response to the pandemic
Avery, Barry, Lees, Becky and Roberts, Ian(2021). In: Learning, Teaching and Student Experience Conference 2021, 29 - 30 Jun 2021 :Held online
Commuter students : are you local?
Avery, Barry, Lees, Rebecca and Russell, Daniel(2019). In: Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE) Annual Research Conference 2019 : Creativity, Criticality and Conformity in Higher Education, 11 - 13 Dec 2019 :Newport, U.K.
Engaging and empowering students through inter- and intra-module continuity
Lees, Rebecca, Avery, Barry and Russell, Daniel(2019). In: Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE) Annual Research Conference 2019 : Creativity, Criticality and Conformity in Higher Education, 11 - 13 Dec 2019 :Newport, U.K.
Using co-construction and continuous assessment to empower and engage first year students
Avery, Barry, Lees, Rebecca and Russell, Daniel(2019). In: Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE) Annual Research Conference 2019 : Creativity, Criticality and Conformity in Higher Education, 11 - 13 Dec 2019 :Newport, U.K.
Empowering students through co-creation, continuity and continuous assessment
Avery, Barry, Lees, Rebecca and Russell, Daniel(2019). In: Kingston University's Annual Festival of Learning 2019, 25 Jun 2019 :Kingston, U.K.
Putting technology in the frame : multiple lenses on evidenced based practice in a university wide roll out
Price, Linda, Downward, Stuart, Lawrence, David, Avery, Barry, Preston, Anne, Dias Fonseca, Tania, Vyas, Nora, Lock, Nick, Alsop, Graham, Orwell, Suzan, Beardsmore, James and Casanova, Diogo(2017). In: HEA Annual Conference 2017 - Generation TEF : Teaching in the spotlight, 04 - 06 Jul 2017 :Manchester, U.K.
Commuting, working, attending and performing: the changing route to academic attainment and progression during the first year
Avery, Barry, Russell, Daniel and Wason, Hilary(2016). In: Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE) Annual Research Conference 2016: Exploring Freedom and Control in Global Higher Education, 07-09 Dec 2016 :Newport, U.K.
Meeting the challenge of Business School accreditation with pedagogic research
Anderson, Deborah, Avery, Barry, Lees, Rebecca, Russell, Dan, Southall, Jane and Wason, Hilary(2016). In: Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE) Annual Research Conference 2016: Exploring Freedom and Control in Global Higher Education, 07-09 Dec 2016 :Newport, U.K.
Analysing a research group 'start-up' through the communities of practice lens
Anderson, Deborah, Lees, Rebecca, Avery, Barry and Russell, Daniel(2016). In: British Educational Research Association (BERA) Annual Conference 2016, 13-15 Sep 2016 :Leeds, U.K.
Using mathematics and IT in harmony: a learning approach
Russell, Daniel and Avery, Barry(2016). In: British Educational Research Association (BERA) Annual Conference 2016, 13-15 Sep 2016 :Leeds, U.K.
Social capital : a framework for innovative marketing pedagogy?
Anderson, Deborah, Avery, Barry and Lees, Rebecca(2016). In: 45th European Marketing Academy (EMAC) Annual Conference: Marketing in the Age of Data, 24-27 May 2016 :Oslo, Norway
Addressing problems faced by 'commuter' students in higher education
Anderson, Deborah, Avery, Barry and Southall, Jane(2016). In: British Educational Research Association (BERA) Annual Conference 2016, 13-15 Sep 2016 :Leeds, U.K.
Developing social capital : a close-up look at pedagogic practices.
Anderson, Deborah, Avery, Barry and Lees, Rebecca(2016). In: Higher Education Close Up 8 (HECU8): Locating Social Justice in Close-Up Reserach in Higher Education, 18-20 Jul 2016 :Lancaster, U.K.
Social capital: a framework for innovative learning and teaching?
Avery, Barry, Anderson, Deborah and Passera, Mark(2015). In: Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE) Annual Research Conference 2015, 9-11 Dec 2015 :Newport, U.K.
Addressing transition to university by using collaboration in assessment
Russell, Daniel J., Avery, Barry, Southall, Jane and Wason, Hilary(2015). In: Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE) Annual Research Conference 2015, 9-11 Dec 2015 :Newport, U.K.
Enhancing engagement through collaboration in assessment
Russell, Daniel J and Avery, Barry(2015). In: 5th Assessment in Higher Education Conference (AHEC), 24-25 Jun 2015 :Birmingham, U.K.
Improving learning through engagement: students as collaborators in assessment
Russell, Daniel and Avery, Barry(2015). In: 14th European Conference on Research Methodology (ECRM) for Business and Management Studies, 11-12 Jun 2015 :Valletta, Malta
Reviewing the literature using the Thematic Analysis Grid.
Anderson, Deborah, Lees, Becky and Avery, Barry(2015). In: 14th European Conference on Research Methodology (ECRM) for Business and Management Studies, 11-12 Jun 2015 :Valletta, Malta
Student conceptions of employability : a phenomenographic study
Lees, Rebecca, Anderson, Deborah and Avery, Barry(2015). In: 14th European Conference on Research Methodology (ECRM) for Business and Management Studies, 11-12 Jun 2015 :Valletta, Malta
Student conceptions of employability: a phenomenographic study
Lees, Rebecca, Anderson, Deborah and Avery, Barry(2015). In: Festival of Learning 2015, 12-16 Jan 2015 :Kingston Upon Thames, U.K.
The Thematic Analysis Grid: a strategy for successful literature review writing.
Anderson, Deborah, Lees, Becky and Avery, Barry(2015). In: Festival of Learning 2015, 12-16 Jan 2015 :Kingston Upon Thames, U.K.
Haskell: language for business systems
Steinitz, Dominic, Reade, Chris, Russell, Dan, Molyneux, Phil and Avery, Barry(2001). In: 3rd Scottish Functional Programming Workshop, 22 - 24 Aug 2001 :Stirling, U.K.