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Michael Rees

Senior Lecturer

School of Social Sciences

Role

Dr Michael Rees is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Course Leader for the MA Sociology

Career overview

Michael studied for his undergraduate degree in Sociology at the University of the West of England before pursuing a Masters degree in Methods of Social Research and a PhD in Sociology at the University of Kent.  He has taught as a Visiting Lecturer at the University of Kent and the University of South Wales before becoming a Lecturer then Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Wolverhampton. He joined Nottingham Trent University in 2022 as a Senior Lecturer in Sociology and course leader for the MA Sociology

Publications

Rees M., Pryke S., and Witton G. (2023) “It makes you feel like they’ve actually put effort into it.” Students’ perceptions of screen-capture video feedback on assignments on a social science course. Interactive Learning Environment

Rees M. (2021) Tattooing in contemporary society: Identity and authenticity.  London: Routledge

Knowles S., Ercia A., Caskey F., Rees M., Farrington K., van der Veer S. (2021) Participatory co-design and normalisation process theory with staff and patients to implement digital ways of working into routine care: the example of electronic patient-reported outcomes in UK renal services in BMC Health Services Research 21 (1)

van der Veer S., Ercia A., Caskey F., Farrington K., Jury F., Rees M., Whitlock T., Knowles S. (2020) Developing an intervention to implement electronic patient-reported outcomes in renal services in the UK in Studies in Health Technology and Informatics 270, pp. 963-940

Rees M. and Brettle A. (2018) Why are people who are socially deprived more likely to develop CKD than those who are not? A systematic scoping review.  Kidney Research UK

Caskey F., Dreyer, G. et al. (2018) Kidney Health Inequalities in the United Kingdom: Reflecting on the past, reducing in the future.  Kidney Research UK

Rees M. (2016) From Outsider to Established: Explaining the Popularity and Acceptability of Tattooing. Historical Social Research 41 (3) pp. 157-174

Course(s) I teach on

  • people on zebra crossing
    Undergraduate | Full-time / Sandwich

    https://www.ntu.ac.uk/course/social-sciences/ug/ba-hons-sociology

  • Rows of seats in a stadium
    Postgraduate taught | Full-time

    https://www.ntu.ac.uk/course/social-sciences/pg/ma-sociology