Biography

Dr Rebecca Maccabe is an Assistant Professor in Professional Education and Associate Director of Experiential & Careers in Humanities and Social Sciences at Northeastern University London. She has a PhD in Educational Research and is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. She is heavily involved in integrating real-world learning into the classroom and giving students complex global problems to solve in a local context. She works across all disciplines, offering interdisciplinary electives to undergraduate students seeking real-world classroom experience. She fosters challenge-based learning in her pedagogical practice and regularly liaises with external partners to help bridge the gap between education and industry.

Qualifications

PhD Educational Research, Lancaster University (2023)
MA Educational Innovation, University of Warwick (2014)
PGCE, University of Warwick (2012)
BA Business Management, Northumbria University (2011)

Research

Maccabe, R., Fonseca, T.D. (2021) ‘Lightbulb moments in higher education: peer-to-peer support in engineering education’, Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 29(4), pp. 453-470.

Maccabe, R. (2021) ‘A whole-provider approach to widening participation: a phenomenographic case study exploring the perceptions and experiences of staff and students working in a widening participation role’, Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning, 23(1), pp.5-30.

Maccabe, R., Micallef, R., Carew, M. (2019) ‘Peer-assisted learning to support attainment in Pharmacy’, Compass: Journal of Learning and Teaching, 12(1).