About Zeta Bikova
I'm a Lecturer on the BSc (Hons) Health and Social Care course. I have over nine years of experience as a lecturer and teacher, in Higher, Further, special, and mainstream education, and alternative provision. My background is in mental health and also working with children and vulnerable adults. I've also worked in both health and social care settings for over five years before becoming an educator.
I joined the University of Sunderland in 2012 where I completed my FD, BSc, PGCE, PgCert (SEND), MA, and FHEA.
Teaching and supervision
I've taught on the following modules:
- Working Together to Safeguard Vulnerable Children, Young People and Adults
- Lifecourse Approaches in Health, Social Care and Ageing
- Substance Use and Society
- Lifecourse Approaches In Health, Social Care And Ageing
- Practical Application
- Pain Or Happiness? Understanding Somatic Illnesses
- Everyone's Accountable: Safeguarding To Promote, Prevent And Protect
- Social Science Work-Based Dissertation
- Drugs, 'Madness' And Violence As Responses To Liquid Modernity?
Research
I'm an experienced researcher, competent in both qualitative and quantitative research and analysis. My research interest is primarily focused on practice and how services respond to people.
My research specialisms include; neurodiversity, health, social care, interventions, food poverty, practice-based research, domestic violence, and gender inequality.
Currently, I am undertaking a PhD that explores domestic violence experiences from the perspective of abused women in Bulgaria.
Areas of expertise
- Neurodiversity
- Effects of domestic violence on children and adults
- Gender inequality issues
- Education