Personal statement

Nick Sorensen is Interim Head of the School of Writing, Publishing and the Humanities, and former Assistant Dean of the Institute for Education at Bath Spa University. Prior to joining Bath Spa in 2008 he had extensive experience of working in secondary schools (which included 6 years as a headteacher) and as an educational consultant.

His interests centre around the education and professional development of teachers. As a researcher he contributed to the evaluation of the innovative Masters in Teaching and Learning and chaired the Diversity in Teacher Education project that mapped the increasingly complex system of school led teacher education. He contributed to the development of the Paper Nations creative writing project and was a member of its Governance Group.

Nick was the saxophonist in the transcultural music project Kusanganisa (the Shona word for mixture) alongside Chartwell Dutiro (mbira), Leandro Maia (guitar) and Chris Blanden (bass). The group gave a presentation at a Bath Spa Global Citizenship lecture in October 2017.

Kusanganisa also contributed to the Mistura Mundo Sul Generis International Music Festival in the Brazilian cities of Pelotas and Porto Alegre in November 2017, a visit funded by Dr Leandro Maia’s Bath Spa Pioneer Award.

Kusanganisa presentation (featured at 21:25)

Academic qualifications

  • BA (Hons) English and Drama University of Exeter
  • PGCE Goldsmiths College, London
  • MA in Education University of Sussex
  • PhD Bath Spa University.

Professional memberships

  • Senior Fellow HEA
  • AHRC Peer Review College (2016-2023)

Other external roles

  • Member of the Oversight Board for Paper Nations creative writing incubator.

Research and academic outputs

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