A huge thank you to all of our fantastic speakers and trainees! The University of Buckingham Faculty of Education

Thank you UCET Primary & Early Years Forum @UCET_UK for asking me to speak on Mental Health in ITE Jan Ashbridge and to Dan Hughes for his wonderful summary sharing what resonated. Always a pleasure to talk Interpersonal Neurobiology Daniel J. Siegel & Polyvagal Theory #porges

Yesterday marked the end of my time at The University of Buckingham Faculty of Education before I start a new role Uni of Reading as Academic Programme Director BA Primary Ed QTS. Looking forward to being a part of the IoE Uni of Reading! A huge thank you to everyone who has supported me. Let's start this new chapter!

I'm really excited to be speaking at The Festival of Education at Wellington College this Thursday 7th July at 2.15pm, exploring 'What do new teachers need to know about child mental health?' Come say hi! #IPNB #ITE #education #EdFest #mentalhealth lnkd.in/gaHcitTz

It was a fantastic day at Festival of Education. #edfest2022 Inspiring speakers across the entire day, with still more tomorrow edfest. It was an honour to contribute too! lnkd.in/gaHcitTz

Wonderful news BPS_PES. My workshop submission was accepted! Honoured and excited to share my doctoral work at the Psychology of Education Annual Conference. bps.org.uk/events/psychol…

Yay!! Lovely Graduation Day at The University of Buckingham. Nice to put names (and voices!) to faces after a year of virtual lectures. Thanks to Laura Purser for your amazing dissertation supervision and Beth Kelly for such supportive lectures 💜. Now it’s Prosecco time 🥂

Good luck to all our former ITE students who are starting as an Early Career Teacher this September. Here is an article from former student James on things he wished he'd known when he started out on his teaching career: bit.ly/3B0Xv9l #UniversityOfReading

It was wonderful to have Laura Purser in to West Hill Park to train our teaching staff on Emotional Regulation and Neuropsychology. Thank you for inspiring us yet again!

We love having Laura Purser to visit and empower the staff with a range of skills and techniques to ensure equitable and inclusive education for all. #InclusiveEducation

Congratulations to one of our BA Primary Education students, Toby Clark, who has recently been awarded the prestigious Fullbright Scholarship! We caught up with Toby to discuss his motivations, next steps, and the Fullbright Scholarship. Read here: bit.ly/TobyClark

Very excited to share my first published journal article! Available to read online with The Buckingham Journal of Education ubplj.org/index.php/TBJE… Nothing to inspire you more than writing about the future of child mental health with a new baby by your side #mentalhealth #ITE

Delighted to be speaking this week at BPS Psychology of Education Conference discussing my paper.ubplj.org/index.php/TBJE… Getting into Interpersonal Neurobiology with pedagogical classroom applications for mental health. BPS_PES bps.org.uk/event/psycholo… #BPS_PESConf

RESEARCH NEWS – An article exploring the research literature around mental health and teacher training by Laura Purser (Lecturer in Education, Uni of Reading) has recently been published: research.reading.ac.uk/education/2022…

RESEARCH NEWS – Dr Suzy Tutchell (Associate Professor in Art Education, Uni of Reading) appointed as Convenor of the National Society for Education in Art and Design’s new research group, called GATE – Gender, Art and Transformative Education: research.reading.ac.uk/education/2022… NSEAD

It was great to welcome Bridget Phillipson to the IoE today. She met a group of colleagues in our @UniRdg_Hub to discuss Initial Teacher Education and hear about some of our education research.

Great morning at the annual TEAN conference learning about ChatGPT from Graide - AI Enhanced Grading & Feedback and what new teachers need to know about children's MH from Laura Purser Both topics close to my ❤️ and those of University of Derby Secondary PGCE with QTS Mr. G @EduKayte

Module 1 of our new eLearning course, Becoming a trauma-aware school - Strategies for supporting all learners is now available for free to all Hub members! If you work in a school in Wokingham, Windsor or Maidenhead, visit catchconnect.org/login-request-… to join CATCH for free!

I am so proud to work with CATCH to write & deliver this e learning course! It is an honour to contribute to developing Trauma Informed Practice for educationalists. I hope these practical tips & strategies for the classroom, supports empowering therapeutic practices in schools.