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Senior Lecturer in Education

I have worked in the field of education for over fifteen years and have a professional background in sexual health and youth work.

I started working in higher education in 2013 and have taught on a range of undergraduate units focusing on the lives and experiences of children, young people and families.

My research interests include youth transitions, inequality and the concept of fateful moments and critical turning points. My recent research publications focus on the lives and experiences of young people and constructions of risk.

I am the producer and host for the 'Working with Children and Young People podcast'. The podcast features special guests to explore different career options relating to working with children and young people. Listen on all major podcasting platforms.

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Qualifications

• PhD in Education, 91ÑÇÉ«APPÏÂÔØ of Hull, 2016
• Postgraduate Diploma in Research Training, 91ÑÇÉ«APPÏÂÔØ of Hull, 2014
• BA (Hons) Educational Studies, 91ÑÇÉ«APPÏÂÔØ of Hull, 2010

Research Interests

• Teenage pregnancy and motherhood
• Youth transitions
• Constructions of youth and risk
• Media representations of university students

External Roles

• (October 2022 – Present) External Examiner, Wrexham 91ÑÇÉ«APPÏÂÔØ, BA (Hons) Working with Children and Families

Publications

• Calver, K., Michael-Fox, B., Belas, O., Davies, S., Glazier, M. and Habimana, J. (2025) Representations of students and educational institutions in the Netflix series Adolescence: a roundtable discussion. Open Screens, 7(2), pp.1-19.
• Calver, K. and Michael-Fox, B. (2025) Young Female 91ÑÇÉ«APPÏÂÔØ Students and the Dark Economy of Higher Education in British Television Dramas Clique (2017) and Cheat (2019). Open Screens, 7(2), pp.1-21.
• Calver, K. and Michael-Fox, B. (2025) Representations of Students on Screen. Open Screens, 7(2), pp.1-17.
• Michael-Fox, B. and Calver, K. (2023) Dark comedies/dark universities: negotiating the neoliberal institution in British satirical comedies The History Man (1981), A Very Peculiar Practice (1986-1988) and Campus (2011). In: Harmes, M. and Scully, R. (ed.) Academia and Higher Learning in Popular Culture, London: Palgrave Macmillan, pp.197-214.
• Calver, K. and Michael-Fox, B. (2021) Under pressure: representations of student suicide in British documentary television. Mortality.
• Calver, K. and Michael-Fox, B. (2021) Constructing the university student in British documentary television. In: Brooks, R. and O’Shea, S. (ed.) Reimagining the Higher Education Student: Constructing and Contesting Identities. London: Routledge, pp.152-169.
• Calver, K. (2020) Transitions to motherhood: young women’s desire for respectability, responsibility and moral worth. Journal of Youth Studies, 23(8), 1071-1085.
• Calver, K. (2019) Sexuality and sexualisation. In W. Corsaro and J. Wearmouth, Bloomsbury Education and Childhood Studies. London: Bloomsbury
• Calver, K. (2019) Poverty. In W. Corsaro and J. Wearmouth, Bloomsbury Education and Childhood Studies. London: Bloomsbury
• Calver, K. (2019) Overview. In W. Corsaro and J. Wearmouth, Bloomsbury Education and Childhood Studies. London: Bloomsbury

Contact Details

E: kay.calver@beds.ac.uk