Dr. Aimee Quickfall
@draimeequicks.bsky.social
Head of Teacher Education at the other university in Leeds! Researching well-being and workload in education, teacher mothers and education research ethics. Hello!!
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📝 NEW BLOG POST
Education staff wellbeing and workload: ‘Causing concern’ in the proposed Ofsted inspection toolkits
Megan Stephenson, @draimeequicks.bsky.social & Phil Wood
Read here: www.bera.ac.uk/blog/...
Education staff wellbeing and workload: ‘Causing concern’ in the proposed Ofsted inspection toolkits
Megan Stephenson, @draimeequicks.bsky.social & Phil Wood
Read here: www.bera.ac.uk/blog/...
March 31, 2025 at 3:30 PM
📝 NEW BLOG POST
Education staff wellbeing and workload: ‘Causing concern’ in the proposed Ofsted inspection toolkits
Megan Stephenson, @draimeequicks.bsky.social & Phil Wood
Read here: www.bera.ac.uk/blog/...
Education staff wellbeing and workload: ‘Causing concern’ in the proposed Ofsted inspection toolkits
Megan Stephenson, @draimeequicks.bsky.social & Phil Wood
Read here: www.bera.ac.uk/blog/...
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So, let's try doing #duvetknowitschristmas here this evening? People are literally Driving Home For Christmas right now, which MIGHT JUST mean that they'll be sleeping somewhere unusual. 1/
December 24, 2024 at 9:14 AM
So, let's try doing #duvetknowitschristmas here this evening? People are literally Driving Home For Christmas right now, which MIGHT JUST mean that they'll be sleeping somewhere unusual. 1/
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New blog post out where @draimeequicks.bsky.social and I look at issues in teacher education research www.bera.ac.uk/blog/teacher...
Teacher educators’ experiences of research: ‘My time goes on chalk face survival’
In 2021 we began a research project,[1] looking at the experiences of academics working in initial teacher education (ITE) in England, and the survey and follow-up interviews continue annually,...
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December 11, 2024 at 8:13 AM
New blog post out where @draimeequicks.bsky.social and I look at issues in teacher education research www.bera.ac.uk/blog/teacher...
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Today’s poem is called ‘Needles’.
December 7, 2024 at 8:46 AM
Today’s poem is called ‘Needles’.
THANK YOU to all the students, ECTs & mentors who have taken part in focus groups on ITE well-being… we have learnt so much! If you haven’t yet and would like to, new dates 2nd, 6th, 9th Dec, details here, sign up! £10 book token if eligible forms.office.com/e/RyaBnXyN89
a sticky note that says thank you with a smiling face on it
ALT: a sticky note that says thank you with a smiling face on it
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November 30, 2024 at 10:16 PM
THANK YOU to all the students, ECTs & mentors who have taken part in focus groups on ITE well-being… we have learnt so much! If you haven’t yet and would like to, new dates 2nd, 6th, 9th Dec, details here, sign up! £10 book token if eligible forms.office.com/e/RyaBnXyN89
Are you a UK ITE mentor, ECT or student teacher? Come and tell us what you would like ITE providers to know about well-being! £10 book token for eligible participants.
New dates added for our student teacher well-being research - 2nd, 6th, 9th Dec. All UK student teachers, ECTs and mentors welcome and £10 book tokens for eligible participants as a thank you! Come and help us support student teachers! Link below.
Well-being research - we need your help! Next focus group is on Monday.Are you UK based and either a student teacher, an early career teacher or a mentor? We want your top tips, advice and wisdom… all info here: forms.office.com/e/RyaBnXyN89 kindly funded by @beranews.bsky.social
November 29, 2024 at 1:04 PM
Are you a UK ITE mentor, ECT or student teacher? Come and tell us what you would like ITE providers to know about well-being! £10 book token for eligible participants.
This was amazing last year - highly recommended if you can get there.
🚨 Fewer than 50 tickets remaining for the LLA Conference 2025! Our expert workshop leaders include @jonnyuttley.bsky.social, CEO of The Education Alliance (TEAL MAT).
Don't miss this opportunity for professional development - register today: bit.ly/3UjkUfD #LLA2025
Don't miss this opportunity for professional development - register today: bit.ly/3UjkUfD #LLA2025
November 28, 2024 at 5:15 PM
This was amazing last year - highly recommended if you can get there.
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New dates added for our student teacher well-being research - 2nd, 6th, 9th Dec. All UK student teachers, ECTs and mentors welcome and £10 book tokens for eligible participants as a thank you! Come and help us support student teachers! Link below.
Well-being research - we need your help! Next focus group is on Monday.Are you UK based and either a student teacher, an early career teacher or a mentor? We want your top tips, advice and wisdom… all info here: forms.office.com/e/RyaBnXyN89 kindly funded by @beranews.bsky.social
Microsoft Forms
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November 25, 2024 at 10:32 PM
New dates added for our student teacher well-being research - 2nd, 6th, 9th Dec. All UK student teachers, ECTs and mentors welcome and £10 book tokens for eligible participants as a thank you! Come and help us support student teachers! Link below.
New dates added for our student teacher well-being research - 2nd, 6th, 9th Dec. All UK student teachers, ECTs and mentors welcome and £10 book tokens for eligible participants as a thank you! Come and help us support student teachers! Link below.
Well-being research - we need your help! Next focus group is on Monday.Are you UK based and either a student teacher, an early career teacher or a mentor? We want your top tips, advice and wisdom… all info here: forms.office.com/e/RyaBnXyN89 kindly funded by @beranews.bsky.social
Microsoft Forms
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November 25, 2024 at 10:32 PM
New dates added for our student teacher well-being research - 2nd, 6th, 9th Dec. All UK student teachers, ECTs and mentors welcome and £10 book tokens for eligible participants as a thank you! Come and help us support student teachers! Link below.
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BOOK NOW: Rewilding the Curriculum: Creative pedagogies for collective wellbeing, positive relationships and learner agency | Events | Leeds Beckett University Initial Teacher Education at Carnegie School of Education Chol Theatre Grimm and Co
BOOK NOW: Rewilding the Curriculum: Creative pedagogies for collective wellbeing, positive relationships and learner agency | Events | Leeds Beckett University Initial Teacher Education at Carnegie School of Education Chol Theatre Grimm and Co
November 23, 2024 at 8:47 PM
Join us!
BOOK NOW: Rewilding the Curriculum: Creative pedagogies for collective wellbeing, positive relationships and learner agency | Events | Leeds Beckett University Initial Teacher Education at Carnegie School of Education Chol Theatre Grimm and Co
BOOK NOW: Rewilding the Curriculum: Creative pedagogies for collective wellbeing, positive relationships and learner agency | Events | Leeds Beckett University Initial Teacher Education at Carnegie School of Education Chol Theatre Grimm and Co
We have added some dates if you haven’t been able to make it so far… next one is Monday. If you are a UK ITE student, ECT or mentor, please share your advice! £10 book token thank you for participants. Info below.
Well-being research - we need your help! Next focus group is on Monday.Are you UK based and either a student teacher, an early career teacher or a mentor? We want your top tips, advice and wisdom… all info here: forms.office.com/e/RyaBnXyN89 kindly funded by @beranews.bsky.social
Microsoft Forms
forms.office.com
November 23, 2024 at 10:19 PM
We have added some dates if you haven’t been able to make it so far… next one is Monday. If you are a UK ITE student, ECT or mentor, please share your advice! £10 book token thank you for participants. Info below.
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❤️🩹 'The pressures now common in our schools are eroding the connection that professionals have with their own sense of purpose'
Sinéad Mc Brearty reveals the results of this year's Teacher Wellbeing Index
schoolsweek.co.uk/government-m...
Sinéad Mc Brearty reveals the results of this year's Teacher Wellbeing Index
schoolsweek.co.uk/government-m...
Why fewer teachers are coming along for the ride
The 2024 teacher wellbeng index reveals a profession cycling uphill without a bike chain
schoolsweek.co.uk
November 20, 2024 at 10:34 AM
❤️🩹 'The pressures now common in our schools are eroding the connection that professionals have with their own sense of purpose'
Sinéad Mc Brearty reveals the results of this year's Teacher Wellbeing Index
schoolsweek.co.uk/government-m...
Sinéad Mc Brearty reveals the results of this year's Teacher Wellbeing Index
schoolsweek.co.uk/government-m...
Starter pack - lovely ITE people! Tell me who i have missed… go.bsky.app/RnB1Uab
November 20, 2024 at 8:01 PM
Starter pack - lovely ITE people! Tell me who i have missed… go.bsky.app/RnB1Uab
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New paper by @draimeequicks.bsky.social and me. We look at the long term processes which have made the work of schools and leaders in England incredibly difficult. journals.uclpress.co.uk/lre/article/...
The emergence of leadership as social triage: understanding the impact of the long shadows of austerity and the Covid-19 pandemic in English schools
In this article, we consider the long-term impact of policies and events which have emerged since the 2010s, and which have had serious consequences on the responsibilities of some school leaders in E...
journals.uclpress.co.uk
November 20, 2024 at 7:13 PM
New paper by @draimeequicks.bsky.social and me. We look at the long term processes which have made the work of schools and leaders in England incredibly difficult. journals.uclpress.co.uk/lre/article/...
More dates added and the next one is tomorrow - if you are a UK student teacher, ECT or mentor, please consider sharing your wisdom on well-being… £10 book tokens to eligible participants to say thanks!
Well-being research - we need your help! Next focus group is on Monday.Are you UK based and either a student teacher, an early career teacher or a mentor? We want your top tips, advice and wisdom… all info here: forms.office.com/e/RyaBnXyN89 kindly funded by @beranews.bsky.social
Microsoft Forms
forms.office.com
November 20, 2024 at 6:58 PM
More dates added and the next one is tomorrow - if you are a UK student teacher, ECT or mentor, please consider sharing your wisdom on well-being… £10 book tokens to eligible participants to say thanks!
Well-being research - we need your help! Next focus group is on Monday.Are you UK based and either a student teacher, an early career teacher or a mentor? We want your top tips, advice and wisdom… all info here: forms.office.com/e/RyaBnXyN89 kindly funded by @beranews.bsky.social
Microsoft Forms
forms.office.com
November 16, 2024 at 11:24 AM
Well-being research - we need your help! Next focus group is on Monday.Are you UK based and either a student teacher, an early career teacher or a mentor? We want your top tips, advice and wisdom… all info here: forms.office.com/e/RyaBnXyN89 kindly funded by @beranews.bsky.social
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Insightful data from @draimeequicks.bsky.social and @processed.bsky.social 14 years of messages that ITE doesn't belong in universities seems to have been heard by university leaders...
November 13, 2024 at 1:47 PM
Insightful data from @draimeequicks.bsky.social and @processed.bsky.social 14 years of messages that ITE doesn't belong in universities seems to have been heard by university leaders...
We really want to hear from some more mentors and ECTs, if anyone can spare some time to join a focus group. We have book tokens for eligible participants. Link below.
Are you UK based and either a student teacher, an early career teacher or a mentor? Want to take part in some research on student teacher well-being? We want your top tips, advice and wisdom… all info here: forms.office.com/e/RyaBnXyN89 kindly funded by @beranews.bsky.social
Microsoft Forms
forms.office.com
November 15, 2024 at 9:05 AM
We really want to hear from some more mentors and ECTs, if anyone can spare some time to join a focus group. We have book tokens for eligible participants. Link below.
Are you UK based and either a student teacher, an early career teacher or a mentor? Want to take part in some research on student teacher well-being? We want your top tips, advice and wisdom… all info here: forms.office.com/e/RyaBnXyN89 kindly funded by @beranews.bsky.social
Microsoft Forms
forms.office.com
November 9, 2024 at 9:18 PM
Are you UK based and either a student teacher, an early career teacher or a mentor? Want to take part in some research on student teacher well-being? We want your top tips, advice and wisdom… all info here: forms.office.com/e/RyaBnXyN89 kindly funded by @beranews.bsky.social
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One of our papers (me and @draimeequicks.bsky.social) is finally in print bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
October 20, 2024 at 7:42 PM
One of our papers (me and @draimeequicks.bsky.social) is finally in print bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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@draimeequicks.bsky.social and I discuss this in our book on teacher recruitment and retention. It's what we've called the problem of social triage in schools. www.tes.com/magazine/new...
Call to investigate impact of existing mental health support on pupils
NEU says schools ‘do not have the resources or staff to continue carrying the weight of a broken system’
www.tes.com
September 24, 2024 at 4:25 PM
@draimeequicks.bsky.social and I discuss this in our book on teacher recruitment and retention. It's what we've called the problem of social triage in schools. www.tes.com/magazine/new...
Two weeks in and I’m on 63 miles! Thanks everyone who has sponsored me and people at @BERANews who reminded me to get my trainers on…Not too late to chip in if you are more confident now that I will finish it!
Right lads - a week in and I have done 30 miles, so on track…Thanks to everyone who has sponsored me, it has really helped. I am @BERANews conference next week so if you see me, remind me to run! t.co/Rsh752wsLJ
https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/aimees-giving-page-724
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September 14, 2024 at 11:42 AM
Two weeks in and I’m on 63 miles! Thanks everyone who has sponsored me and people at @BERANews who reminded me to get my trainers on…Not too late to chip in if you are more confident now that I will finish it!
Right lads - a week in and I have done 30 miles, so on track…Thanks to everyone who has sponsored me, it has really helped. I am @BERANews conference next week so if you see me, remind me to run! t.co/Rsh752wsLJ
https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/aimees-giving-page-724
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September 7, 2024 at 5:19 PM
Right lads - a week in and I have done 30 miles, so on track…Thanks to everyone who has sponsored me, it has really helped. I am @BERANews conference next week so if you see me, remind me to run! t.co/Rsh752wsLJ
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Today's report from Universities UK and London Economics tackles head on anyone who doubts the value of the UK's #HigherEducation sector. It's full of knock-out stats:
• Total value of HE to UK economy is >£265Bn (that's over 10% of GDP)
www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/what-we-do/p...
• Total value of HE to UK economy is >£265Bn (that's over 10% of GDP)
www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/what-we-do/p...
The economic impact of higher education, teaching, research and innovation
The higher education sector contributes more than £265 billion to the UK economy.
www.universitiesuk.ac.uk
September 5, 2024 at 4:57 PM
Today's report from Universities UK and London Economics tackles head on anyone who doubts the value of the UK's #HigherEducation sector. It's full of knock-out stats:
• Total value of HE to UK economy is >£265Bn (that's over 10% of GDP)
www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/what-we-do/p...
• Total value of HE to UK economy is >£265Bn (that's over 10% of GDP)
www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/what-we-do/p...
Delighted to be presenting research by @processed.bsky.social and I on academics in ITE… if you are going to BERA, say hi! #bera2024
September 6, 2024 at 7:24 PM
Delighted to be presenting research by @processed.bsky.social and I on academics in ITE… if you are going to BERA, say hi! #bera2024