ProfMuirne Spooner

Professor Spooner has a research focus on feedback literacy, student agency, and cultural transitions in learning. Her scholarly output includes peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, and over 50 conference presentations at major national and international educational meetings.  

Her research interests include feedback literacy, feedback-seeking behaviour, self-regulated learning (SRL), transitions in transnational education, assessment design, and interprofessional and community-engaged learning. Methodologically, her work draws on qualitative and mixed methods approaches, including narrative inquiry, thematic analysis, and critical case study research. She has supervised multiple MSc students to completion in her role as a faculty supervisor for University of Warwick/iheed. She currently supervises six doctoral students and one MD candidate. Muirne is also actively engaged in two EU-funded education research grants, focusing on interprofessional learning in community settings and equitable, outcomes-based approaches to admissions