PhD, MSc, BSc, PgCert, SFHEA
Background
I am a Social Scientist and Teacher with over 15 years of experience in health research and community development approaches to improving population health and well-being and reducing inequalities.
I am a Senior Lecturer at the University of the West of England (UWE), leading the core Public Health Leadership and Management module for the BSc Apprenticeship and the Leadership for Public Health MSc module.
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Years in Higher Education
PhD
Public Health & Community Development
Initiatives & Leadership
Beyond her research and teaching, Dr Dan-Ogosi has founded and co-led transformative initiatives that are reshaping equity, inclusion, and representation in UK higher education.
A pioneering pedagogical framework developed by Dr Dan-Ogosi that rejects the traditional 'banking model' of education in favour of teaching with students, not over them. Grounded in Ubuntu philosophy ('I am because we are') and the work of Freire, bell hooks, and Patricia Hill Collins, the TMC model creates brave spaces (not just safe spaces) where students' lived experiences, cultures, and histories are recognised as essential classroom content. It integrates critical and compassionate pedagogies, cultural safety, digital tools, and problem-based learning to achieve outcomes that consistently outperform sector norms.
First-sit pass rates of 98.8–100% across modules at UWE Bristol
Adopted in staff development at Southampton University; cited by colleagues nationally
Co-developed with digital integration: flipped classroom, welcome videos, Mentimeter, LEGO Serious Play
Draws on 15+ years of multicultural teaching practice across five UK universities
UWE Bristol
As Co-Chair of this national initiative at UWE Bristol, Dr Dan-Ogosi leads efforts to support, mentor, and elevate Black women academics on their pathway to professorship. The programme directly challenges the severe underrepresentation of Black women professors in UK higher education.
Actively mentors Black women academics at UWE Bristol
Co-leads institutional strategy on representation and equity
Contributes to a national movement for systemic change in academia
Advocates for structural reform in promotion and recognition processes
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Dr Dan-Ogosi's research sits at the intersection of community development, democratic innovation, and health equity, with a commitment to research that changes policy and improves lives.
Investigating the mechanisms through which participatory budgeting approaches improve community health and wellbeing in deprived urban areas. Doctoral thesis focused on a qualitative case study in London.
Exploring community strengths, social capital, and asset-based frameworks as drivers of sustainable health improvement, including the award-winning 'Well Communities' programme.
Examining how democratic innovations, including community co-production and civic participation, create the conditions for healthier, more equitable communities.
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Dr Dan-Ogosi leads modules across undergraduate and postgraduate programmes at UWE Bristol, bringing a multicultural, compassionate, and critically engaged approach to every classroom.
Critical Pedagogy
Encouraging students to question, analyse, and challenge assumptions, drawing on Freire, bell hooks, and Patricia Hill Collins to teach with students, not over them.
Compassionate & Inclusive
Multicultural approaches that reflect the diversity of communities public health serves, valuing lived experience as essential classroom content.
Evidence-Based Outcomes
Blended learning, problem-based methods, and the TMC model consistently deliver first-sit pass rates of 98.8–100% across modules.
Leadership for Public Health
Public Health Leadership and Management
Health Improvement Interventions and Services
Introduction to Evidence-Based Population Health
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Organisations, institutions, collaborators, and community partners Dr Dan-Ogosi works with across academia, professional bodies, and civic life.
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Dr Dan-Ogosi was featured in an in-depth interview by UWE Bristol's Digital Learning team, exploring her Transformative Multicultural Classroom (TMC) model, Ubuntu philosophy, brave space pedagogy, and the digital tools driving first-sit pass rates of 98.8–100% across her modules.
Dr Dan-Ogosi won the Best Poster Award at the 60th Society for Research in Higher Education (SRHE) International Conference for her work: 'Beyond Borders: Critical and Courageous Compassionate Pedagogies for Transforming Higher Education Learning Through a Multicultural Classroom Approach.'
Dr Dan-Ogosi won the EDI Award at the UWE Staff Awards in recognition of her outstanding contributions to equality, diversity and inclusion across the institution.
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Dr Ifeoma Elizabeth Dan-Ogosi
Senior Lecturer in Public Health
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