Amy Prescott

I have worked in academia since 2017, when I began my PhD in Social Sciences exploring health and wellbeing among British Nuclear Test Veterans. Since then, I have contributed to a wide range of research projects spanning topics such as body image and physical education teachers, weight loss injectables, physical activity and dementia/Alzheimer’s, autism in early childhood, baby-led weaning, open science, and socially inclusive ageing.

Over the past four years, I have focused on ageing research, with particular interest in social inclusion and participation in later life. Alongside research, I have extensive experience teaching across BSc and MSc programmes—designing course materials, supervising dissertations, marking assessments, and supporting student learning. I am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).

I currently serve as Chair of the British Society of Gerontology’s Emerging Researchers in Ageing (ERA) group, having been part of the committee for the past three years.

I am passionate about creative and inclusive approaches to research and dissemination, ensuring that findings are accessible beyond academic audiences. My interests include participant-led and participatory research, effective project management, and amplifying marginalised voices across health and ageing research.

My key skills include project management, literature searching and reporting, qualitative interviewing, high-level analysis, and academic writing for publication.

Outside of work, I volunteer as a listening volunteer for Switchboard and enjoy watching women’s football. I also love exploring London, the UK and Europe when possible. 

Brunel University London | Research Fellow | Socially Inclusive Ageing: 2022 – Present

• Project planning, liaising with organisations, & participant recruitment
• Systematic review protocol development, searching and writing
• Qualitative data collection and analysis/archival analysis
• Postdoctoral training and international conferences
• Writing for publication
• Supervision of MSc students 

Brunel University London | Lecturer in Sport & Health: 2021-2022

• Lecture preparation and delivery
• Marking of university-assessed coursework
• Supervision of final year dissertations
• Academic misconduct investigator
• Pastoral care of students

Brunel University London | Research assistant | Dementia & Physical Activity: 09-12/2021

• Systematic review development and finalising
• Project organisation

Brunel University London | Research assistant | Open Science Research: 07-12/2021

• Designing information sheets, consent forms & questionnaires using
• Qualtrics
• Collating/analysing responses & systematic searches

Norland College, Bath | Senior Research assistant | Weaning & nutrition: 07-11/2021

• Systematic review protocol design, literature searches & quality appraisal
• Thematic analysis of findings
• Writing for publication

Brunel University London | Research assistant | Body image & pedagogy: 11/2019-06/20 & 03-06/21

• Systematic review protocol design, literature searches & quality appraisal; writing up of findings
• Conducting database searches & working as a team
• Thematic analysis of findings
• Writing for publication
• Participant recruitment & conducting telephone interviews

Norland College, Bath | Research assistant | Young children with Autism: 02/21-11/21

• Design, planning & delivery of an intervention
• Systematic review protocol design, literature searches & quality appraisal
• Project management
• Presenting to stakeholders
• Writing for publication
• Guest lectures

Brunel University London | Research assistant | Wellbeing & Loneliness: 02-04/2019

• Systematic review: working as part of a multidisciplinary team to explore research on wellbeing and loneliness
• Data extraction and quality appraisal

• October 2024: Advance HE Fellow (FHEA) 
• 2017-2022: Brunel University London: RES Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences (PhD) - Full scholarship. Thesis: British nuclear test veterans: The complexities of identity, health and wellbeing, and the ageing process. Qualitative: Ageing, Life history, narrative and creative nonfiction, radio drama creation.
• 2016-2017: St Mary’s University, Twickenham: Sport Psychology MSc. Dissertation focus: To what extent does male body image affect perceptual and cognitive processing? Quantitative: Eye-tracking technology & statistical analysis.
• 2011-2014: St Mary’s University, Twickenham Sport Science BSc: First Class with Honours. Award for ‘Best Dissertation 2014’. Dissertation focus: Examining the link between physical education experience and physical activity levels in sedentary women. Qualitative: Interviews and thematic analysis