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Biography
Since completion of her PhD Faith has taught Geography at the University of Northampton, being promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2007.
Faith was a founder member of the RGS-IBG Geographies of Children, Young People and Families Research Group. She is Book Reviews Editor for the international Children’s Geographies journal.
Teaching Interests
Programme Leader: BSc Geography.
Teaching on the following modules:
- Children’s Geographies
- Geography Field Module
- Career Planning and Employability
- Introducing Human Geographies
- Geographical Techniques
- Geography Dissertation
Research Interests
Faith’s research interests are in the areas of children’s geographies, geographies of disability and wellbeing, and learning and teaching in higher education.
Funded research projects include:
- 2015-2016 Student-led accessibility developments. (Funded by University of Northampton Innovation Fund.)
- 2007-2008 ‘Disabled’ staff and off-site activities: opportunities and challenges for students’ learning. (Funded by HEA GEES Subject Centre.)
- 2005-2006 The learning of others: students as ‘learning facilitators’. (Funded by HEA GEES Subject Centre.)
Research student supervision includes:
- Rebekah Ryder (2011-2014) Growing up sustainably? Young people and ‘sustainable’ urban development. PhD. (University studentship.)
- Matthew Callender (2007-2011) Experiences of young Polish migrants living in Northamptonshire. PhD. (University studentship.)
- Lee Dunkley (2008-2011) Sure Start and social capital: implications for community-building. MPhil. (Local authority studentship.)
- Michelle Pyer (2005-2009) The difference that difference makes: leisure, space and teenage wheelchair users. PhD.
Education/Academic qualification
PGCE, Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education, University of Northampton
2005 → 2006
PGCE, Postgraduate certificate in teaching in higher education (PCTHE), University of Northampton
2004 → 2005
PhD, The experiences of teenage girls growing up in rural Northamptonshire, University of Northampton
1998 → 2002
Bachelor, BSc Human and Physical Geography, University of Reading
1995 → 1998
Keywords
- G Geography (General)
- Children's Geographies
- Fieldwork
- Disability and wellbeing
- Human Geography
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 4 Quality Education -
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
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Projects
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Developing and embedding an inclusive curriculum across FAST
Davies-Vollum, S. (PI), Tucker, F. (CoI), Whewell, E. (CoI), Stepniak, A. (CoI) & Dean, V. (CoI)
1/08/24 → 30/06/25
Project: Internal Fund › Other funding
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Teenage wheelchair users experience multiple geographies of waiting
Pyer, M., Horton, J. & Tucker, F., 7 Jul 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: Children’s Geographies.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › peer-review
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Exploring in/accessibility of familiar urban environments using qualitative and immersive methods
Tucker, F., 22 Jul 2025, Teaching Fieldwork in Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences. France, D., Batty, L. & Swanton, D. (eds.). Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., p. 157-159 3 p. (Elgar Guides to Teaching).Research output: Contribution to Book/Report › Chapter › peer-review
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Supporting professional social networking using LinkedIn
Tucker, F., Sharma, K. & Price, H., 6 Nov 2025, (Accepted/In press) ’How to Embed Employability within Geography, Earth, and Environmental Sciences Programmes. Batty, L., Stokes, A., Dohaney, J., Edwards, M. & Hook, H. (eds.). 2 p.Research output: Contribution to Book/Report › Chapter › peer-review
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Undergraduate students' engagement with LinkedIn
Price, H. & Tucker, F., 16 Jun 2025.Research output: Contribution to Conference › Poster
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Undergraduate students’ use of LinkedIn
Sharma, K. & Tucker, F., 19 Jun 2024.Research output: Contribution to Conference › Poster
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Children's Geographies (second edition)
Kraftl, P., Horton, J. & Tucker, F., 23 Mar 2023, Oxford Bibliographies: Childhood Studies. Oxford University PressResearch output: Contribution to Book/Report › Entry for Dictionary/Encyclopedia › peer-review
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Fieldwork experiences of Global Ethnic Majority Students
Sharma, K., Waite, C. & Tucker, F., 22 Jun 2023.Research output: Contribution to Conference › Poster
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Fieldwork Futures: enhancing the undergraduate fieldtrip experiences of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences students with common mental health conditions.
Smith, J., Tucker, F. & Waite, C., 22 Jun 2023.Research output: Contribution to Conference › Poster
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Exploring Fieldwork Futures: Staff experiences of Geography, Earth and Environmental Science Fieldtrip provision before and during the COVID-19 pandemic
Tucker, F. (Author) & Waite, C. (Author)
3 Feb 2022Activity: Academic Talks or Presentations › Oral presentation › Research
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Geography fieldtrips and mental health
Tucker, F. (Author) & Horton, J. (Author)
13 Dec 2022Activity: Academic Talks or Presentations › Invited talk › Research
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Not just muddy and not always gleeful? Thinking about mental health, intersectionality and the physicality of fieldwork.
Tucker, F. (Invited speaker), Waite, C. (Speaker) & Horton, J. (Speaker)
10 Nov 2021Activity: Academic Talks or Presentations › Invited talk › Research
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What difference does it make? Some reflections on ‘disability’, bodily differences and childhood research
Tucker, F. (Author) & Pyer, M. (Author)
1 Sept 2007Activity: Academic Talks or Presentations › Oral presentation › Research
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Thesis
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Young girls in the countryside: growing up in South Northamptonshire
Tucker, F. (Author), Matthews, H. (Supervisor), 2002Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis