Dr Hazel Bending

Academic Director of Department & Associate Professor

Department of Human Sciences, Society & Culture

01752 636700 Ext:4117

hbending@marjon.ac.uk

Role Summary

Hazel is a chartered member and associate fellow of the British Psychological Society (BPS), and a senior fellow of the HEA. She teaches community psychology, neuropsychology and research methods. Her research focuses on identity, student engagement and hidden disabilities.

She is a member of the British Psychological Society Member Board and Undergraduate Education Committee.

She is Director of Studies for 3 PhD projects:

'Social interaction in the Primary School: An ethnography of respect, courtesy and manners'

'Can the gestures, actions and utterances of children aged four and five engaged with virtual manipulatives be used as evidence that development in mathematical understanding of early number concepts has taken place?'

"A phenomenological exploration of the experience of perimenopause: the interrelated narratives of transition, social identity, and self-concept"

Her current research activities include a project on emotional labour in academia, and a 2nd project on equestrian athletes' lived experiences of menopause.

Qualifications

Doctorate in Education 2013, University of Exeter
MSc Psychology, Open University
Post Graduate Diploma in Psychological Research Methods, Open University
BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy, University of Exeter

Teaching

Research Methods (qualitative)
Neuropsychology
Conceptual and historical issues in Psychology

Research

Identity construction
Emotional labour academia
Lived experiences of menopause

Publications

Publications

Walters-Symons, R, Edwards, K, Kentzer, N & Bending , H (2025) Menopause and equestrian sport: Exploring the impact of the menopause on female equestrian athletes. Women in Sport and Physical Activity Journal 33 (1).

Evans, T., Bartlett, J., Gourdon-Kanhukamwe, A., Allen, T., Antoniou, G., Arent, S., Bending, H... & Burns, C. (2025). The individual and situational factors predicting unethical behaviour in the workplace: a direct and conceptual replication of Jones & Kavanagh (1996). Comprehensive Results in Social Psychology.

Bradwell, M and Bending H (2022) "“I’m just a TA”; From mixing paints to managing safeguarding and class teaching: an exploration of teaching assistant’s perceptions and roles in school. Management in Education.

Bending H (2018) Wellbeing and Resilience in Education, in Luke, I & Gourd, J. (2018) (Eds) Thriving as a Professional Teacher, London: Routledge

Bending, H (2015) Blogging my reﬂections? No I don’t…. but it’s a good idea, International Conference on Education and New Technologies 2015 Conference proceedings.

Bending, H (2013) Is the group task a good selection tool? the Students' view, International Conference on Education and New Technologies, 2013 conference proceedings ISBN: 978-84-616-3822-2

Bending H (2012) Group interviews: a good alternative to an individual interview? International Conference on Education Research and Innovation, 2012 conference proceedings ISBN: 978-84-616-0763-1

Bending, H (2012) e-supervision; using technology to support students on their work placements, International Conference of Education, research and innovation 2012 ISBN: 978-84-616-0763-1

Presentations

Walters-Symons, R, Edwards, K, Kentzer, N & Bending , H (2025) Menopause and equestrian sport: Exploring the impact of the menopause on female equestrian athletes. WAISEAN, Leeds May 2025.

Bending, H (2022) “I’m already panicking as I can’t read one of the words” using a thinking aloud approach to listen to students emotional and cognitive appraisals of novel assessment information. Qualitative Methods in Psychology, July 2022

Bending, H, Buxton, C, Knight, H & May, L. (2022) ‘do we have to drop that theme?’; negotiations, challenges and insights on a student-as-research project, Qualitative methods in Psychology, July 2022

Bending, H (2020 - postponed) Students’ feedback on feedback, are we asking too often? Due to be presented at the Division of Academics, Researchers and Teachers in Psychology Conference, June 2020.

Bending, H (2019) Managing students with hidden disabilities on psychology programmes. Presentation at Division of Academics, Researchers and Teachers in Psychology Conference, 4-5 June 2019.

Bending H (2018 June) Reﬂections on Blogging for Assessment, Presentation at Division of Academics, Researchers and Teachers in Psychology, Inaugural Conference, Birmingham 6-7 June 2018.

Grifﬁths, S and Bending, H (2014). Values Based Recruitment at the University of St Mark and St John, presentation at the RCSLT Conference, Leeds UK.

Bending, H (2014). Superhero, brainiac or manager-in-waiting? being a male speech and language therapist. RCSLT Conference, Leeds UK

Bending H (2013) Being a male speech and language therapy student, paper presented at the 24th International Networking for Healthcare Education Conference, 2013

Expert Membership of professional bodies

Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society
Chartered Member of the British Psychological Society

Roles on external bodies

British Psychological Society Members Board Committee

British Psychological Society Undergraduate Education Committee