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Dr Amanda Costello
Lead Nursing and Midwifery
Dr Amanda Costello has worked in education for 25 years and is a Registered Nurse Learning Disabilities, Fellow Chartered College of Education, Senior Lecturer and Researcher at the University of Bolton. Her experiences are in Forensic Nursing Adolescents and Adults, Community Nursing, Special Education Needs pedagogy and Education Leadership.

Amanda is Programme Lead for MSc Pathways Health and Social Care and Community and Public Health (top up), in the School of Nursing and Midwifery. Research interests include Intellectual disabilities/mental health, forensic nursing and autoethnography work, assessment literacy and cross faculty development research. Amanda has further worked on an NHS England funded project: Learners at risk of attrition. Additional interests include university wide research workshop delivery and facilitation and PhD supervision including internal and external examination.

Research Interests and Research Subject Specialisms:
Teaching, Learning, Assessment
Forensic Nursing
Attrition in Health Professions
Autoethnography

Teaching specialisms;
Health and Social Care, Sociology, History
Nursing and Midwifery
Masters Programmes and Nursing Top up
Professional and Educational Doctorate
Mentor Certificate PGCE
Internal Examiner
External Examiner Qualification
R2 Panel experience

Publications and Research:
Publications and Conference Papers and Presentations:
Festival of Education Women Leadership Presentation Sheffield Hallam University 2019
Charter College of Education: Paper Leadership Struggles in Special Education; 2019
NPQH DFE Conference for Leaders in Education: Presentation 2019
Aspiring Leaders Conference: Presentation Sheffield Hilton Hotel 2019
NPQSL DFE Conference: Presentation Manchester University & DFE 2019
Festival of Education Women Leadership Presentation London 2020
WomenEd UnConference Research Presentation Sheffield Hallam University 2019
WomenEd England UnConference Presentation Online 2020
Doctorate publication: SEND Leadership: Interpretive Phenomenology 2020
Routledge Chapter: My Changing Journey SEND: Autoethnography 2023
Nursing Journal: Literacy Review Learners at Risk of Attrition June 2023
HEE Conference Assessment Literacy Presentation 2023
TIRI Conference 2023 University of Bolton: Assessment Literacy
TIRI Conference 2023 University of Bolton: Learners at Risk of Attrition
The Centre for Pedagogy: University of Bolton: Experiential Learning and Assessment: Student Power and Voice, Webinar: Guest speaker
ICERI International Conference: Seville Spain, Learners at Risk of Attrition
ICERI International Conference: Seville Spain, Assessment Literacy 13th 16th November 2023
SEDA Blog Accepted October 2023 Assessment Literacy Focus: Published March 2024
RCN Conference: York, April 2024 Paper submitted and accepted Viper Attrition Research
APT Conference 2024 Kings College London Digital Technologies: Contributor June 2024
SIG 1 International Conference Barcelona, Assessment & Evaluation 2024, Assessment and Inclusivity in the Era of Digital Transformation: Paper submitted and delivered.
TIRI Conference University of Bolton Undergraduate Nurses Voices; Empowering the Learner September 2024
ICERI International Conference: Seville Spain, Learners at Risk of Attrition
ICERI International Conference: Seville Spain, Assessment Literacy 13th 16th November 2024
INTED International Conference, Valencia March 2025 Virtual, CRITICAL THINKING AND PROBLEM-SOLVING: INSIGHTS INTO THE PERCEIVED BELIEFS OF STAFF AND STUDENTS ABOUT ASSESSMENT LITERACY AND THE MOTIVATED NEED FOR DIGITAL LITERACY A. Costello, S. Telfer, N. Nahar, I. Stalker Event: INTED2025 Track: Digital Transformation of Education Session: Digital Transformation Session type: VIRTUAL
Adakpa, I., & Costello, A. Factors Contributing to Attrition–a Qualitative Study of Undergraduate Nursing Students. Available at SSRN 4771558.https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4771558
Taylor & Francis: Assessment Literacy Paper March 2025 in progress
Elsevier Book: Navigating Attrition in Nursing Contract in progress November 2024

Affiliations:
Fellow Chartered College Education
Doctor of Education
NMC Registered


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University of Bolton: Bolton, Manchester, GB

Senior Lecturer (Faculty of Health and Wellbeing)
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Sheffield Hallam University: Sheffield, GB

Senior Lecturer Doctorate in Education (Faculty of Health and Wellbeing)
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Works (17)

CRITICAL THINKING AND PROBLEM-SOLVING: INSIGHTS INTO THE PERCEIVED BELIEFS OF STAFF AND STUDENTS ABOUT ASSESSMENT LITERACY AND THE MOTIVATED NEED FOR DIGITAL LITERACY

2025-03 | Conference paper
DOI: 10.21125/inted.2025.0094
Contributors: Amanda Costello; Sarah Telfer; Nurun Nahar; Iain Stalker
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CRITICAL THINKING AND PROBLEM-SOLVING: INSIGHTS INTO THE PERCEIVED BELIEFS OF STAFF AND STUDENTS ABOUT ASSESSMENT LITERACY AND THE MOTIVATED NEED FOR DIGITAL LITERACY A. Costello, S. Telfer, N. Nahar, I. Stalker Event: INTED2025 Track: Digital Transformation of Education Session: Digital Transformation Session type: VIRTUAL

INTEND International Conference Valencia Virtual
2025-03-03 | Conference paper
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ICERI Conference Seville November 2024

2024-11-11 | Dictionary entry
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Stories of Special School Headteachers and their Experience of Headship

2020-01 | Dissertation or Thesis
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Advanced HEE Conference June 2023 Assessment Literacy in Practice

Dr Amanda Costello, Assistant TIRI Professor Nurun Nahar
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Advisor Emerald Editorial Board

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Assessment Literacy: AN EXPLORATION OF PERCEIVED BELIEFS ABOUT ASSESSMENT LITERACY PRACTICES IN HE

Journal article
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Attrition Research Literature Review

Learners at Risk of Attrition Literature Review
Journal article
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Evocative Autoethnographies: Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities, Stories of Resilience and Recover

Emerald in progress
Book
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ICERI International Conference November 2023: Learner at Risk of Attrition NHS England Funded Research

Learners at Risk of Attrition
Journal article
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My Changing Journey: New Ethnographies: Routledge Publisher

https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003408963-6
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Podcast Pedagogy Lego Play in Education

Lecture
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RCN Conference> Viper Attrition Research NHS England Project

Dr Amanda Costello, Itodo Adakpa
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SEDA Blog Pedagogy Lego

https://thesedablog.wordpress.com/2024/03/18/lego-as-a-phenomena-assessment-literacy-in-practice
Interactive resource
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Symposium: Assessment Literacy Assessment and Inclusivity in the Era of Digital Transformation SIG International Conference

Dr Amanda Costello, Dr Iain Stalker, Assistant TIRI Professor Nurun Nahar, Dr Sarah Telfer
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TIRI Conference September 2023 - Assessment for Learning - Lego as a phenomena

Dr Amanda Costello, Dr Iain Stalker, Assistant TIRI Professor Nurun Nahar, Dr Sarah Telfer
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TIRI Conference September 2023: Attrition Research - Early insights

Dr Amanda Costello, Itodo Adakpa
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