Dr Victoria Kinsella-Hadjinestoros

Associate Professor of Arts, Creativity and Education and Director of CSPACE.

School of Education and Social Work

Email:: Victoria.Kinsella@bcu.ac.uk

Dr. Victoria Kinsella holds the position of Associate Professor in Arts, Creativity and Education and Director of CSPACE. She has served as both principal and co-investigator on a substantial number of research projects, encompassing diverse settings such as schools, prisons, galleries, and arts centres. Her work notably focuses on music education, creativities, the arts and engaging with young people at risk of educational exclusion including those with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND), as well as individuals facing Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties (PMLD). For further details about these projects please follow this link Research projects.

Victoria's research has gained recognition both nationally and internationally and she has presented widely on project outcomes including on national radio, podcasts, academic conferences and presentations to cultural organisations. Her work has been published in leading academic journals and book publications, including British Journal of Music Education. She supervises PhD, EdDoc and Masters students, as well as teaching on a wide range of university programmes and a variety of Masters education modules.

She presently fulfils the role of convenor for the BERA Creativities Special Interest Group and holds positions as a strategic board member within various arts and culture organisations in Birmingham. Victoria also carries the distinction of being titled as a Senior Fellow within the Higher Education Academy.

Current Activity

External Research Projects (Ongoing as PI)

AHRC Music and Disability (2022-2024): Deconstructing the barriers to full participation (PI)
Birmingham Arts School Evaluation (2022-2025) Funded by Esmee Fairburn (PI)
Creative Collaboratives (2021-2024) Funded by Arts Council (PI)
UpRising!Music and disability (2020 – 2023) Funded by Youth Music(PI)

External Research Projects (Ongoing as Co-I)

Musicmaze. (2012 – ongoing) Funded by Birmingham Contemporary Music Group (Co-I)
Primary and Secondary Music Teacher Survey (2023 -ongoing). Funded by Services for Education, Birmingham
Listen Imagine Compose Primary (2019 – 2024) funded by Paul Hamlyn (Co-I)

Externally Funded Projects (Completed)

Inspiring Sounds (2019- 2023) Funded by Birmingham Music Service (Co-PI)
UPN Research (2022-2022) Arts Council England (Co-investigator)
Go Compose (2018-2020) Funded by Sound and Music (Co-investigator)
Exchanging Notes (2014-2019) Funded by Youth Music (Co-investigator)
Sounds of Intent (2018) Funded by Trinity College London (Co-investigator)
OHMI Teaching Pilot. (2016- 2018) Funded by The OHMI Trust and The Arts Council (Co-investigator)
Survey of Music Provision (2018) Funded by Birmingham Music Service. (Co-investigator)
Just Play (2018) Funded by Croydon Music Hub (Co-investigator)
Wider Opportunities Research. (2017-2018) Funded by Music Mark (Co-investigator)
UCET scholarship. (2016) Developing educational resilience in Youth from Underserved Communities through engagement in community based Arts education. Collaboration with Tufts University, Boston. (Principle Investigator)
Saatchi Gallery Art Prize for Schools Evaluation. (2016) Funded by Deutsche bank (Principle investigator)
Imagine Compose. (2014-2016) Funded by Birmingham Contemporary Music Group (Researcher)
Listen Imagine Compose. (2015) Funded by Esmée Fairburn
Stringcredibles. (2014-2015) Funded by the Arts Council (Researcher)
Koestler Arts Gateway Mentoring Evaluation. (2014) Funded by the Koestler trust (Researcher)
Resolution. (2012 – 2014) Funded by The Wellcome Trust (Co-investigator)

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