People

Dr Sagaradevi Barratt

Senior Lecturer
School of Health and Social Care
Dr Sagaradevi Barratt
  • Email

  • Telephone

    +44 (0) 1206 873832

  • Location

    2S2.5.26, Colchester Campus

  • Academic support hours

    Wednesday 12-1pm

Profile

Biography

I am a Senior Lecturer in the School of Health and Social Care and Programme Director for the MSc in Medical and Clinical Education (MaCE). I am interested in research on mental health, marginalised social groups, education, contemplative education and the enactivist approach. I have experience with using a wide variety of qualitative methods and approaches including phenomenology, narrative, photovoice and grounded theory.

Qualifications

  • BSc, MRes, PhD in International Development

  • School of International Development, University of East Anglia.

Research and professional activities

Research interests

Mental health

Open to supervise

Qualitative research methods

Open to supervise

Education

Open to supervise

Phenomenology

Enactivist approaches

Current research

Contemplative pedagogy

Mindfulness

Children in care and care leavers

Critical pedagogy

Well-being in higher education

Conferences and presentations

Contemplative Education and the Development of Ethics

European Summer Research Institute, Pomaia, Italy, 8/8/2024

Letting go of knowing, opening to love

European Summer Research Institute, Pomaia, Italy, 6/8/2024

Enaction, relevance realisation and the development of wisdom-informed approaches to contemplative education

Mind and Life Europe Friends Talk, 27/6/2024

Contemplative Pedagogy Workshop

Winchester, United Kingdom, 5/6/2024

Contemplative Education and the Conversational Nature of Reality

European Summer Research Institute, Pomaia,, Italy, 23/8/2022

Contemplative pedagogy and the quest for meaning and transformation in higher education

Invited presentation, Symposium on Pedagogies of Mindfulness, Vienna, Vienna, Austria, 25/1/2018

Transforming students, changing the world: The role of contemplative pedagogy in creating and supporting the change makers of the future

Higher Education Authority Conference, Manchester, United Kingdom, 5/7/2017

Exploring the potential of contemplative pedagogy in higher education

Invited presentation, Mindfulness in Education, Eichstätt, Germany, 25/7/2016

Barratt, C. Telling students to be compassionate isn't enough: exploring the role of mindfulness, contemplation and compassion in higher education. Warwick Medical School, Warwick Medical School Mindfulness Society Seminar Series. 14th January 2016.

Coventry, United Kingdom, 2016

Barratt, C. and L. Andrews. Evaluating the Impact of Developing as a Compassionate Practitioner: an Innovative Course for Health Professionals. Royal College of Nursing Education Forum National Conference and Exhibition, Telford. March 15th 2016

Telford, United Kingdom, 2016

Barratt, C. What does Contemplative Pedagogy mean for us as Teachers? Contemplation in the classroom: An exploration of contemplative pedagogy in higher & further education 12th-14th June 2015, Emerson College, UK.

Forest Row, United Kingdom, 2015

Barrattc, C. Mental health and houses in multiple occupation: the challenge of finding practical solutions Chartered Institute of Environmental Health, Housing and Health Conference. London. April 2013.

London, United Kingdom, 2013

Barratt, C., Green, G. and E. Speed Understanding the relationship between housing and mental health through the experience of bedsit residents in a seaside town. How is the Housing System Coping? Housing Studies Association Conference, University of York. April 2012.

York, United Kingdom, 2012

Barratt, C., Green, G. and E. Speed Exploring the relationship between mental health and housing amongst residents of bedsit accommodation in a seaside town. Joint Empirical Social Sciences Seminar Series, University of Essex. 14th December 2011.

Colchester, United Kingdom, 2011

Teaching and supervision

Current teaching responsibilities

  • Clinical Research 1 (HS763)

  • Clinical Research 2 (HS773)

  • Data Collection, Analysis and Interpretation (HS908)

  • Learning, Teaching and Assessment (HS950)

  • Learning Organisations and Quality Enhancement (HS951)

  • Course Design and Development (HS952)

Previous supervision

Hollie Claire Hadwen
Hollie Claire Hadwen
Thesis title: Supporting the Pastoral Needs of Undergraduate Diagnostic Radiography Students: A Phenomenological Exploration of the Educator's Experience
Degree subject: Health Care Education
Degree type: Professional Doctorate
Awarded date: 28/10/2024
Dimitra Theodoropoulou
Dimitra Theodoropoulou
Thesis title: Demystifying Art Therapy with Children and Young People in a UK Mental Health Charity: How Art Therapists Make the Tacit Tangible in Conceptualising Change.
Degree subject: Health Care Education
Degree type: Professional Doctorate
Awarded date: 13/8/2024
Sarah Ashley Pirmohamed
Sarah Ashley Pirmohamed
Thesis title: “If I Wasn't as Sensitive as I Am, Maybe I'D Just Take It for Granted” – Exploring Parenting Experiences in New Mothers with Sensory Processing Sensitivity (Sps)
Degree subject: Clinical Psychology (D Clin Psych)
Degree type: Professional Doctorate
Awarded date: 9/1/2024
Sadjia Nesrine Nasseur
Sadjia Nesrine Nasseur
Thesis title: Mindfulness and Black Asian and Minority Ethnic (Bame) Muslims: Exploring the Intersection of Culture, Religion and Mental Health
Degree subject: Clinical Psychology (D Clin Psych)
Degree type: Professional Doctorate
Awarded date: 1/11/2023
Phoebe Grace Wheeler
Phoebe Grace Wheeler
Thesis title: Multiple Modes of Being: Exploring the Complex Role of a Foster Carer
Degree subject: Clinical Psychology (D Clin Psych)
Degree type: Professional Doctorate
Awarded date: 9/11/2022
Tugce Dolen
Tugce Dolen
Thesis title: '‘It’S Like Someone Dying But They’Re Still Alive’: Exploring Women’S Experiences of Having a Partner Imprisoned for a Violent Crime in the UK
Degree subject: Clinical Psychology (D Clin Psych)
Degree type: Professional Doctorate
Awarded date: 9/11/2022
Rebecca Sally Tweedy
Rebecca Sally Tweedy
Thesis title: The Impact of a Mindfulness Based Intervention Group on Stress, Burnout and Coping in a UK Police Force: A Controlled Study.
Degree subject: Clinical Psychology (D Clin Psych)
Degree type: Professional Doctorate
Awarded date: 2/12/2020
Nancie Prud'Homme
Nancie Prud'Homme
Thesis title: A Grounded Theory Study of Mindfulness Training with Police Officers
Degree subject: Clinical Psychology (D Clin Psych)
Degree type: Professional Doctorate
Awarded date: 9/11/2020
Nathan Michael Parnell
Nathan Michael Parnell
Thesis title: Barriers and Facilitators to Screening, Assessment and Mental Health Care of Looked After Children
Degree subject: Clinical Psychology (D Clin Psych)
Degree type: Professional Doctorate
Awarded date: 9/11/2020
Louise Avis Wright
Louise Avis Wright
Thesis title: An Evaluation of a School-Based Intervention to Reduce Risk Behaviour in Adolescents
Degree subject: Applied Psychology
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 27/4/2020
Stacy Earl
Stacy Earl
Thesis title: An Exploration of How Mental Health Service Users' Construct Meaning From the Work Capability Assessment Process - Using Foucauldian Discourse Analysis
Degree subject: Clinical Psychology (D Clin Psych)
Degree type: Professional Doctorate
Awarded date: 31/3/2016

Publications

Journal articles (18)

Barratt, C., The Contemplative and Critical in Community. The Journal of Contemplative Inquiry. 6 (1)

Appleton, P., Hung, I. and Barratt, C., (2021). Internal conversations, self-reliance and social support in emerging adults transitioning from out-of-home care: An interpretative phenomenological study. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 26 (3), 882-893

Barratt, C., Appleton, P. and Pearson, M., (2020). Exploring internal conversations to understand the experience of young adults transitioning out of care. Journal of Youth Studies. 23 (7), 869-885

Barratt, C., (2018). Developing resilience: the role of nurses, healthcare teams and organisations.. Nursing Standard. 33 (7), 43-49

Barratt, C., (2017). Exploring how mindfulness and self-compassion can enhance compassionate care. Nursing Standard. 31 (21), 55-63

Barratt, C. and Green, G., (2017). Making a House in Multiple Occupation a Home: Using Visual Ethnography to Explore Issues of Identity and Well-Being in the Experience of Creating a Home Amongst HMO Tenants. Sociological Research Online. 22 (1), 1-18

Cox, P., Barratt, C., Blumenfeld, F., Rahemtulla, Z., Taggart, D. and Turton, J., (2017). Reducing recurrent care proceedings: initial evidence from new interventions. Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law. 39 (3), 332-349

Green, G., Barratt, C. and Wiltshire, M., (2016). Control and care: landlords and the governance of vulnerable tenants in houses in multiple occupation. Housing Studies. 31 (3), 269-286

Barratt, C., (2016). Exploring the potential of contemplative pedagogy in health professional education. Focus on Health Professional Education. 17 (2), 20-31

Barratt, C., (2016). Exploring the potential of contemplative pedagogy in health professional education. Focus on Health Professional Education: A Multi-Professional Journal. 17 (2), 20-31

Barratt, C., Seeley, J. and Allison, EH., (2015). Lacking the Means or the Motivation? Exploring the Experience of Community-Based Resource Management Among Fisherfolk on Lake Victoria, Uganda. The European Journal of Development Research. 27 (2), 257-272

Barratt, C., Green, G. and Speed, E., (2015). Mental health and houses in multiple occupation. Journal of Public Mental Health. 14 (2), 107-117

Barratt, C. and Allison, EH., (2014). Vulnerable people, vulnerable resources? Exploring the relationship between people's vulnerability and the sustainability of community-managed natural resources. Development Studies Research. 1 (1), 16-27

Pearson, G., Barratt, C., Seeley, J., Ssetaala, A., Nabbagala, G. and Asiki, G., (2013). Making a livelihood at the fish-landing site: exploring the pursuit of economic independence amongst Ugandan women. Journal of Eastern African Studies. 7 (4), 751-765

Barratt, C., Mbonye, M. and Seeley, J., (2012). Between town and country: shifting identity and migrant youth in Uganda. The Journal of Modern African Studies. 50 (2), 201-223

Barratt, C., Kitcher, C. and Stewart, J., (2012). Beyond safety to wellbeing: How local authorities can mitigate the mental health risks of living in houses in multiple occupation. Journal of Environmental Health Research. 12 (1), 39-51

Barratt, C., Mbonye, M. and Seeley, J., (2012). Between town and country: shifting identity and migrant youth in Uganda. The Journal of Modern African Studies. 50 (02), 201-223

Westway, E., Barratt, C. and Seeley, J., (2009). Educational attainment and literacy in Ugandan fishing communities: Access for All?. Maritime Studies. 8 (2), 73-97

Book chapters (3)

Barratt, C., (2018). Contemplative Pedagogy. In: Mindful Evolution: Conference proceedings Eichstätt 2016 & Thessaloniki 2017. Editors: Bottger, H., Jensen, K. and Jensen, T., . Klinkhardt

Barratt, C. and Tess, W., (2018). Nursing and Mindfulness. In: Coping and Thriving in Nursing An Essential Guide to Practice. Editors: Martin, P., . SAGE. 1526461501. 9781526461506

Couch, R., Barratt, C., Dhesi, S., Stewart, J. and Page, A., (2016). Research and Evidence Based Environmental Health. In: Clay?s Handbook of Environmental Health (21st Edition). Editors: Battersby, S., . Routledge. 102- 127. 9780415716710

Other (1)

Barratt, C., Coping with depression in academic life

Grants and funding

2020

Uncertainty, Anxiety and Mindfulness Invited Speaker

HEALTH EDUCATION ENGLAND

2019

Contemplative Pedagogy Workshop

University of Winchester

2016

Internal conversations, social networks, and mental health in young adult care leavers in Suffolk

University of Essex

2015

Qualitative Evaluation of Good Lives Innovation Pilot

Essex County Council

Contact

barrattc@essex.ac.uk
+44 (0) 1206 873832

Location:

2S2.5.26, Colchester Campus

Academic support hours:

Wednesday 12-1pm