We have 9 PhDs on staff currently, all of whom teach in our undergraduate programmes and one of whom works as part of the academic support team. We believe this greatly enhances the learning experience for our students and leads to better outcomes.

BTI staff research includes:

• ‘Interweavings’: Conversations between Narrative Therapy and Christian faith
• Illness, Impairment and disability: Language and metaphor in six people’s actions of agency
• Development and Evaluation of a Pilot Training Intervention for School Guidance Counsellors around Adolescent Depression
• Influence of the Diploma of Teaching Studies on teachers in Tonga
• Calling the courageous – When more of the same won’t do
• What comes first? The chicken or the egg? Exploring the connection between cordial relationships and general learning relationships in the practicum context
• Cultural confluence – Challenges for a training provider intending to work cross-culturally within Maori and Pasifika contexts