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Ruth Pearson
Ruth taught in Doncaster schools for twenty five years across the Foundation Stage, Key Stage One and Key Stage Two. She was responsible for many areas of the curriculum including the Early Years, English, Art, ICT, MFL, SEN and EAL. As a member of the Senior Leadership Team, she led all Key Stage Teams during her long and very happy teaching career. Ruth joined Lincoln Bishop University as a Lecturer after being a School Based Mentor to many of our trainees in January 2015 on a secondment from her role in school as Assistant Headteacher. She became the Cohort Leader for the PGCE (EYTS) and took up a full time permanent role in 2017. Teaching Ruth is the Cohort Leader for School Direct (Primary) and as a Senior Lecturer, currently teaches on the PGCE Primary programme. Her particular areas of specialism are English, Phonics and the Early Years. -
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Dr Sheine Peart
Dr Sheine Peart joined Lincoln Bishop University in April 2019 from Nottingham Trent University. She is an Associate Professor in Access, Equality and Inclusion and is based within the Research Team at Lincoln Bishop. She is Programme Leader for Education based PhDs and the Education Doctorate as well as contributing to other education courses. She has had a diverse career in education working as a secondary school teacher, youth worker and education adviser before moving into higher education (HE) in 2006. Immediately before teaching in HE she worked in the further education (FE) sector for 15 years teaching numeracy to learners on a wide variety of vocational programmes and managing teacher education programmes. She has wide knowledge of practical classroom issues, extensive experience of working with learners who present challenging behaviour and an outstanding track record in supporting students, helping them to identify and achieve their goals. Her outstanding doctoral research on the experience of Black male learners in the post-compulsory sector which privileged the voices of marginalized, silenced learners won the national BERA/SAGE award for research. Sheine’s education qualifications include a Post-Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE Secondary Education), Bachelor of Science (Hons.), Master of Arts in Education and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD). Dr Sheine Peart is happy to answer any queries regarding Lincoln Bishop's Doctoral courses. Email sheine.peart@lincolnbishop.ac.uk -
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Tracey Kilcoyne
Tracey joined Lincoln Bishop University in September 2017 following 16 years working in Nottinghamshire schools as an Assistant Head Teacher, SENCO, Behaviour lead teacher and Designated Safeguarding Lead. Her ITT was completed at York St. John’s University and she started her teaching career in North East Lincolnshire. She has experience of school leadership within Community junior and infant schools and Church of England primary schools. She completed the National Professional Qualification for Headship(NPQH) in 2012. During her time in Nottinghamshire Tracey worked alongside the Nurture Group Network to support the delivery of Boxall Nurture training to school staff. She was seconded to the DfE Achievement for All pilot project in 2010 as an AfA Coach supporting teachers across the county to improve outcomes for pupils with SEND. In 2012 she gained Specialist Dyslexia Teacher status and worked as a Reading Recovery Teacher. Alongside her specialism in SEND she has been an RE Subject lead within both community and Church of England primary schools and achieved the National Society’s Bishop’s Certificate in Church of England School Leadership in 2014. Teaching Tracey primarily teaches on the undergraduate programmes with a focus on Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, and the National Award for Special Educational Needs Co-ordination (NA-SENCO). -
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Dr Erik Grigg
Senior Lecturer in HistoryI have a wide background in teaching both academically and in the heritage sector (in museums and castles). My primary focus is early medieval Britain, but I also take an interest in the Home Guard, Magna Carta, the Cornish language, the fall of the Western Roman Empire, Vikings, Forest Law and warfare in history. I give regular talks to history groups throughout the East Midlands.Related courses:HistoryMilitary HistoryArchaeology & Historyerik.grigg@lincolnbishop.ac.uk -
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Katie Furnival
Katie joined Lincoln Bishop in September 2020. During her teaching career, Katie taught in a range of schools in different parts of the UK, teaching every year group across the primary range. She has been responsible for many curriculum areas, including English, SEN, ITT and Art and also has been a member of SLT as a KS2 leader. In addition, Katie has been a Director of Learning for a large academy trust in the North of England. She provided modelled teaching, pedagogical leadership and professional development to colleagues in order to develop teaching and learning. She has also researched and developed a new approach to Feedforward marking; a method embraced by 32 schools. Katie has SLE (Specialist Leader of Education) status for ITE, support for the most able and English and is a trained KS2 writing moderator for Doncaster Council. She has previously been a guest lecturer at another HEI and enjoyed delivering a workshop at the Festival of Education in Sheffield. -
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Professor Julian Stern
Professor of Education and Religion julian.stern@lincolnbishop.ac.uk Julian Stern works on education and religion, leading research projects and organisations, and supervising doctorates. He qualified as a piano teacher, and then as a teacher of humanities and social sciences, and was a school teacher for fourteen years. Moving into teacher education and research, he has worked in universities in London, Yorkshire, and now Lincolnshire. Themes of his work include the philosophy of schooling, religious education, spirituality in education, research methods, and issues related to solitude, silence and loneliness. Related courses: PGCE Religious EducationMA in EducationEdDPhD -
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Stefanie Jacklin
Stef joined Lincoln Bishop University in January 2021, on a part- time basis whilst still working as a primary school teacher. In April, she moved across to Lincoln Bishop full- time. Stef is an ex-student of Lincoln Bishop University and has many fond memories of the University. Stef started her teaching career in Peterborough and then moved to Lincolnshire. During Stef’s many years of teaching, she has led a range of subjects including Science, English, and Humanities. Humanities, diversity, and black history are areas which really interest Stef. In her previous teaching role, Stef was School Direct and NQT Lead mentor for a multi-academy Trust in Lincolnshire. As a Senior Lecturer, Stef primarily teaches and contributes to the PGCE 5-11 programme as well as contributing to the Undergraduate and School Direct programmes. -
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David Wallace
Dave joined Lincoln Bishop in February 2021 moving from his Head Teacher role in a Lincolnshire Primary School. Dave achieved a First Class Honours degree in his initial teacher training at Lincoln Bishop and was keen to take his next career step here. Dave started his teaching career as an NQT in a community primary school in Lincolnshire leading a range of subjects from humanities to maths and later becoming Key Stage Leader. His move into leadership took him to a new school where he took the role of Deputy Head and then Head Teacher. Before joining Lincoln Bishop, Dave was regularly involved in interviewing prospective students for the university. As a Senior Lecturer, Dave will primarily teach on the three year undergraduate course as well as contributing to the postgraduate program. -
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Dr Amy Webster
Amy joined Lincoln Bishop in the summer of 2020 as a Senior Lecturer in Education Studies after finishing her PhD at the University of Cambridge. She has a BA (Hons) in Education with Primary Qualified Teacher Status from Durham University and an MPhil in Education with distinction from Cambridge. She was also previously an Associate Lecturer at Anglia Ruskin University. Her doctoral project focused on the historical recovery and analysis of British series of children’s classics using digital humanities methods, particularly historical shifts in the titles included in series and how these classic works have been abridged and repackaged since the turn of the twentieth century. Amy is part of the Literature and Literacies (LiLi) Research and Knowledge Exchange Unit and is co-editor of The Four Corners, Lincoln Bishop’s newsletter on children’s literature. She teaches on the Education Studies undergraduate programme as well as the new MA in Children’s Literature and Literacies. She also supervises dissertations on the MA in Education. -
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Dr Ursula McKenna
Dr Ursula McKenna is Senior Research Fellow in Implicit Religion at Lincoln Bishop where she is located within the Department of Theology and the World Religions and Education Research Unit. Upon completion of her BA (QTS) she was awarded an Economic and Social Research Council MA studentship and obtained an MA (with distinction) for her work on religious education for children with special educational needs in the primary school. While combining a part-time research post with a job-share class teaching position she then completed her doctorate. Her research was an evaluation of the Building E- Bridges programme, a project which advocated the use of email in primary schools to promote interfaith dialogue amongst pupils across the UK. For fourteen years Ursula taught across the primary age range and as research fellow at the University of Warwick (1999-2021) she contributed to the PGCE Primary and Early Years Religious Education module and the MA in Religious Education by distance learning course. She has undertaken supervision of dissertation students on BA and MA Education Studies degrees and has co-supervised research students. For twelve years she was editorial assistant for the British Journal of Religious Education, co-ordinating the refereeing process for all submissions and special issues.
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