Senior lecturer in Education at the Uni of Northampton. Research into C21 speculative fiction by women writers. Travel enthusiast.

Joined September 2020
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What a fantastic conference today on RfP, organised by the wonderful @HubRoade So much useful info to take back to our ITT students at @primaryedUON... still a bit starstruck after meeting Teresa Cremin and Michael Rosen 🤩 #readingforpleasure #reading #rfp #literacy
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If any primary teachers could help out one of our 3rd year dissertations by completing this questionnaire, that would be great!
Please support one of our third year students with his reader into confidence levels in teaching art and design. #EduTwitter #teachers app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk…
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This week's In the news is out. #UON media coverage includes: ✅ Our economic impact on the town, county and further afield ✅ Why English Literature is great to study/@LJDevanny ✅ Student @BenGrundySJ discusses the headlines on @bbc5live...and more! northampton.ac.uk/news/in-th…
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Call for Papers! Please spread the word. The next #englishsharedfutures will be in York, from July 3rd-5th. We've got lots of great events and special sessions planned, and warmly welcome submissions. englishsharedfutures.org/cfp #cfp

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📢 Exciting day at @UniNorthants! Our iQTS mentors are training face-to-face, getting ready to support our Thailand trainees starting in January! 🌏🎓 Preparing mentors to empower future teachers globally! #iQTS #TeacherTraining #Mentorship #Thailand @primaryedUON @UniNhantsFHES
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Very proud of the Y1 trainees making such a good impression on their first school visits this morning as part of the brand new phonics ITAP 👏
Great Morning working with ⁦@UniNorthants⁩ year 1 trainee teachers focusing on delivery of phonics.
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I'm hosting a conference on Reproduction and Speculative Cultures @LancasterUni in October, please consider submitting a paper! Both online and in-person options available #CfP #medicalhumanities #sciencefiction
📢Call for papers! Reproduction and Speculative Cultures conference at Lancaster University organised by @mariettarosetta. 🗓️ 24th Oct (in person) and 28th Oct (online). Deadline for abstracts: 9th Aug. More details available here: tinyurl.com/2p4pe4ws Pls RT.
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The New Routledge Companion to Science Fiction is now up on Google Books, featuring a chapter on #MedicalHumanities from @drgavinmiller and I, among many other fascinating entries #sciencefiction google.co.uk/books/edition/T…
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Absolutely love leading on this module. Let the dissertation marking season begin!
The dissertations are in and the marking team are excited to read them!! A massive well done to the 21-24 cohort for all of their hard work!!👏👏👏👏👏
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I normally only use this account for research and teaching-related posts, but I'm putting this one up as I'm pretty proud ☺️ Won my charity boxing match last Friday and raised a couple of hundred £s for the @SaintsFdation in the process. Thanks to everyone who donated ☺️
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Please support one of our amazing final year BA Primary Education students with their dissertation research on teacher perceptions of permanent exclusions in primary schools in England #teachertwitter #edutwitter 👇👇👇👇 app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk…

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Please support one of final year students with her dissertation research 👇👇👇
❗️PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS Can you please support my dissertation by filling out my survey. app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk… @PrimaryedUon
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Please support one of our final year BA Primary Education students with her dissertation research focussed on teaching children with autism in mainstream settings - app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk… #edutwitter #teachertwitter

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1. When reading stories and poems, it is important not just to analyse them; they are experiences - rather magical experiences that make us feel as if they are real, as if we are part of the story (the experience lights up those parts of the brain as if it is actually happening).
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⭐ Update: Call for engagement in group conversations taking place in Ontario, Canada in May! These conversations are now Hybrid and contributions can be either in person or online. Please fill in this form to express an interest or contact me via email: forms.office.com/e/AN1AWZ7zd…
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An opportunity to get involved in one of our 3rd year trainee research studies 🤩
Please support one of the amazing third year students with their dissertation, who is focusing how to support wellbeing through the effective learning environments in Key Stage 1 app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk… @PrimaryedUon #teachertwitter #keystage1
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Are you a parent of a primary school child or a primary school teacher? Could you spare a few minutes to complete a questionnaire for one of our BA students researching the impact of PE in reducing obesity?   Parent: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk…    Teacher: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk…

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