Kate Black

Experience

• 2022–present
  Professor / Head of Education, Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
• 2014–2022
  Associate Professor , Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
• 2010–2014
  Senior Lecturer, University of Chester, UK

Education

• 2013 
  Lancaster University, UK, PhD Education
• 2008 
  University of Chester, UK, MBA (Distinction)
• 2000 
  Aberystwyth University , PGCE (Secondary)
• 1995 
  Bangor University, MSc. Ecology
• 1994 
  University of Reading, BSc Physical Geography (First Class)

Publications

• 2023
  Warhurst, R. and Black, K. (2023), Learning to manage as learning to fail: the lessons of running, Management Learning
• 2023
  Mathieson, S., Black, K., Allin, L., Penlington, R, Orme, L., Anderson, E., Hooper. H and McInnes, L., (2023), New academics’ experiences of induction to teaching: A Cultural Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) approach, International Journal of Academic Development
• 2022
  Black, K. and Warhurst, R. (2021), Lost and Found: parkrun, work and identity, Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health
• 2022
  Guoxin, M., Black, K., Blenkinsopp, J., Charlton, H., Hookham, C., Fong Pok, W., Sia, B-C. and Alkarabsheh, O. (2021), Higher education under threat: China, Malaysia, and the UK respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education
• 2021
  Black, K. and Warhurst, R., Introduction: Professionalising Education in HR and OS. In Black and Warhurst (Eds.), HRM/D and OS: An Educators Toolkit. New York: Routledge,
• 2021
  Black, K. and Warhurst, R. (Eds.), HRM/D and OS: An Educators Toolkit. Routledge,
• 2021
  Black, K. and Warhurst, R., Conclusions. In Black and Warhurst (Eds.), HRM/D and OS: An Educators Toolkit. New York: Routledge,
• 2019
  Warhurst, R. and Black, K., Career transition as identity learning: an autoethnographic understanding of HRD’, Human Resource Development International, 22(1), 25-43
• 2019
  Mathieson, S., Allin, L., Penlington, R, Black, K., Orme, L., Anderson, E., Hooper. H and McInnes, L., New Academics’ experiences of induction to teaching: An activity theory approach’, Educational Developments 20(4)
• 2019
  Warhurst, R. and Black, K., ‘Meaning in Mentoring: More Than Meets the Eye/“I”, Human Resource Development Review, 18(3):349-375
• 2018
  Warhurst, R., Black, K., and Corlett, S., Introduction: HRD – In search of identity. In Black et al; (Eds.) Identity as a Foundation for HRD. New York: Routledge (pp.1-18),
• 2018
  Black, K. and Warhurst, R., Methods for researching identity in HRD. In Black et al. (Eds.) Identity as a Foundation for HRD. New York: Routledge (pp.115-128),
• 2018
  Warhurst, R., Black, K., and Corlett, S., Conclusions: Identity as a Foundation for HRD. In Black et al; (Eds.) Identity as a Foundation for HRD. New York: Routledge (pp.253-262),
• 2018
  Black, K. and Warhurst, R., Seeing the unseen: visualising organisational culture in the classroom, Management Teaching Review, 4(3):258-270
• 2018
  Black, K., Warhurst, R. and Corlett, S., Identity as a Foundation for HRD. New York: Routledge,
• 2017
  Brown, J., Wäppling, A., Woodruffe-Burton, H., and Black, K., ‘The orbit of consumer credit choices’, Journal of Financial Services Marketing, 22(2), 85-96
• 2017
  Warhurst, R. and Black, K., ‘What do managers know? Wisdom and manager identity in later career, Management Learning, 48(4), 416-430.
• 2016
  Black, K. and Warhurst, R., ‘Drop a pebble in the water: The challenges of change through technology-mediated learning’., Management Teaching Review, 1(4), 263-270
• 2015
  Warhurst, R. and Black, K., ‘The use of photo- elicitation interviewing in qualitative HRD research. In Tosey, P. and Saunders, M. eds. Handbook of Research Methods on HRD, Edward-Elgar (pp.127-140),
• 2015
  Black, K. and Warhurst, R., ‘Opening the visual methods toolbox’. In Tosey, P. and Saunders, M. eds. Handbook of Research Methods on HRD, Edward-Elgar (pp.108-126),
• 2015
  Warhurst, R. and Black, K., ‘It’s never too late to learn’, Journal of Workplace Learning, 27(6), 457-472

Grants and Contracts

• 2019
  “Inter-generational knowledge creation, curation and circulation”

  Role:

  PI

  Funding Source:

  British Academy of Management

• 2018
  Academic apprenticeship: socially situated workplace learning for early career academics

  Role:

  CI

  Funding Source:

  SEDA Small Grant Scheme

• 2015
  Understanding the efficacy of HRD through the identity lens: The case of manager learning

  Role:

  CI

  Funding Source:

  University Forum for HRD

Professional Memberships

• Chartered Association of Personnel and Development (CIPD)
• Principal Fellow of HEA (Advance HE)
• Chartered Business and Management Educator (CABS CBME)