About
A brief description of who you are and what you do.
This section will only display on your public profile if you’ve added content.
You can update this in Pure (opens in a new tab). Select ‘Edit profile’. Under the heading and then ‘Curriculum and research description’, select ‘Add profile information’. In the dropdown menu, select - ‘About’.
Write about yourself in the third person. Aim for 100 to 150 words covering the main points about who you are and what you currently do. Clear, simple language is best. You can include specialist or technical terms.
You’ll be able to add details about your research, publications, career and academic history to other sections of your staff profile.
Research
Your current research, published research topics, projects and groups.
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You can update the information for this section in Pure (opens in a new tab).
Research groups
Any research groups you belong to will automatically appear on your profile. Speak to your line manager if these are incorrect. Please do not raise a ticket in Ask HR.
Research interests
Add up to 5 research interests. The first 3 will appear in your staff profile next to your name. The full list will appear on your research page. Keep these brief and focus on the keywords people may use when searching for your work. Use a different line for each one.
In Pure (opens in a new tab), select ‘Edit profile’. Under the heading 'Curriculum and research description', select 'Add profile information'. In the dropdown menu, select 'Research interests: use separate lines'.
Current research
Update this in Pure (opens in a new tab). Select ‘Edit profile’ and then ‘Curriculum and research description - Current research’.
Describe your current research in 100 to 200 words. Write in the third person. Include broad key terms to help people discover your work, for example, “sustainability” or “fashion textiles”.
Research projects
Research Council funded projects will automatically appear here. The active project name is taken from the finance system.
Publications
Public outputs that list you as an author will appear here, once they’re validated by the ePrints Team. If you’re missing any outputs that you’ve added to Pure, they may be waiting for validation.
Supervision
Current PhD Students
Contact your Faculty Operating Service team to update PhD students you supervise and any you’ve previously supervised. Making this information available will help potential PhD applicants to find you.
Teaching
A short description of your teaching interests and responsibilities.
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You can update your teaching description in Pure (opens in a new tab). Select ‘Edit profile’. Under the heading and then ‘Curriculum and research description’ , select ‘Add profile information’. In the dropdown menu, select – ‘Teaching Interests’. Describe your teaching interests and your current responsibilities. Aim for 200 words maximum.
Courses and modules
Contact the Curriculum and Quality Assurance (CQA) team for your faculty to update this section.
External roles and responsibilities
These are the public-facing activities you’d like people to know about.
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You can update your external roles and responsibilities in Pure (opens in a new tab). Select ‘+ Add content’ and then ‘Activity’, your ‘Personal’ tab and then ‘Activities’. Choose which activities you want to show on your public profile.
You can hide activities from your public profile. Set the visibility as 'Backend' to only show this information within Pure, or 'Confidential' to make it visible only to you.
Biography
Director of Strategy and Admissions / Intellectual Disabilities Module Lead / Personal, Clinical and Research Tutor
“The person is not the problem, the problem is the problem.” — White (1988)
Dr Melanie Hodgkinson is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist and Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA), working full time on the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology programme. She qualified as a Clinical Psychologist in 2011 after training at the University of Hertfordshire, and has since developed extensive expertise in Systemic practice, completing additional postgraduate training at the Tavistock Centre.
Melanie has over 18 years of experience working with adults with intellectual disabilities and autism, across both the NHS and the third sector, alongside her academic role on the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology since 2014.
As Director of Strategy and Admissions, Melanie provides strategic leadership on programme development, selection processes, and widening access initiatives. She also serves as the Intellectual Disabilities Module Lead, Accessibility Lead, Personal and Clinical Tutor, and Research Supervisor.
Melanie’s research interests centre on qualitative methodologies and the value of lived experience within research. She is deeply committed to co-production, ensuring that the voices of those with lived experience are meaningfully represented throughout the research process. Her key areas of interest include autism, intellectual disabilities, suicide bereavement, and Doctorate in Clinical Psychology selection processes.
Nationally, Melanie is the Chair of the Admissions Subgroup for the British Psychological Society’s Group of Trainers in Clinical Psychology, where she leads national projects on DClinPsych recruitment and widening access, collaborating with multiple stakeholders across the UK.
She also serves on the BPS Faculty for People with Intellectual Disabilities, where she leads on education, training, and research initiatives aimed at strengthening the clinical psychology workforce’s knowledge, skills, and confidence in working with, for, and about people with intellectual disabilities. Through this work, Melanie promotes research that is inclusive, co-produced, and meaningfully informed by the voices and experiences of people with intellectual disabilities.
You can update your biography section in Pure (opens in a new tab). Select your ‘Personal’ tab then ‘Edit profile’. Under the heading, and ‘Curriculum and research description’, select ‘Add profile information’. In the dropdown menu, select - ‘Biography’. Aim for no more than 400 words.
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Prizes
You can update this section in Pure (opens in a new tab). Select ‘+Add content’ and then ‘Prize’. using the ‘Prizes’ section.
You can choose to hide prizes from your public profile. Set the visibility as ‘Backend’ to only show this information within Pure, or ‘Confidential’ to make it visible only to you.