Staff Profile

John Tibbitt is Honorary Senior Research Fellow with the School of Education.

He is experienced social researcher who has undertaken and managed programmes of research for policy in University, local government and central government settings. He was responsible for the establishment of the research function within a local government social services department, and in Lifelong Learning in the Scottish Executive. He has been invovled in the development and management of research programmes and the provision of research-based advice at all stages of the policy process in central government departments. He was a membership of programme committees for the ESRC Teaching and Learning programme and for Joseph Rowntree Foundation Immigration and Inclusion committee. He was a membership of the Advisory Committee for several University Research Centres including the Centre for Research on Lifelong Learning at Glasgow Caledonian / Stirling Universities. He has negotiated several initiatives for the development of knowledge transfer between the research and policy communities including research networks, publishing.

After retirement from the Scottish Government he subsequently became secretary general of the PASCAL Observatory. He has published many research reports, book chapters, articles in professional journals, and reviews in academic journals. He continues to publish a number of briefing papers for PASCAL.

Selected Publications: 

 

Tibbitt, J., Osborne, M. and Borkowska, K.(2018) Cities, businesses, innovation and learning. In: Di Rienzo, P. and Azara, L.(eds.) Learning city e diversità culturale.Rubbettino Editore, pp. 33-54. ISBN 9788849854589

Tibbitt, J. (2015) The ‘regional intensive’ university: profiling regional engagement in the role of higher education. In: Carlot, C., Filloque, J.-M., Osborne, M. and Welsh, P. (eds.) The Role of Higher Education in Regional and Community Development and in the Time of Economic Crisis. NIACE: Leicester. ISBN 9781862018907

Hamilton, R., Osborne, M. and Tibbitt, J.(2014) Profiling regional engagement in higher education: challenges and opportunities. In: Hinzen, H. and Knoll, J.H. (eds.) Lifelong Learning and Governance: From Programming to Action-Selected Experiences from Asia and Europe.DVV International: Vientiane, pp. 107-138.

Hamilton, R., Osborne, M. and Tibbitt, J.(2013) Profiling regional engagement and lifelong learning in higher education: closing the engagement gap. Bildung und Erziehung, 66(4), pp. 437-452.

Tibbitt, J. (2008) Issues and challenges for sustainable regeneration: a reflection on regional development policy in Scotland.In: Doyle, L., Adams, D., Tibbitt, J. and Welsh, P. (eds.) Building Stronger Communities: Connecting Research, Policy and Practice. NIACE: Leicester. ISBN 9781862013452