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In unprecedented times, maintaining education for learners across the spectrum has been a huge challenge, requiring educators to adapt quickly to online teaching and learning models.
A vast array of technologies and learning resources emerged for teaching staff and students of all ages to grapple with and embrace. Preliminary research suggests that many professionals in education felt they were given insufficient levels of training with few support mechanisms, and this has had a negative impact on their mental wellbeing. Students too have faced enormous challenges engaging with learning and for a significant minority, continuous and quality access to technology remains a major stumbling block. Some of the most disadvantaged children and young people have been left even further behind: The Covid-19 pandemic has both revealed and exacerbated the scale of this digital divide.
This half day event will bring together practitioners and academics from across all sectors of education to examine the repercussions of the rapid and dramatic switch to teaching and learning online as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown measures, and how this has affected mental wellbeing in education communities. What lessons can be learned? As we face an uncertain future, one constant will be technology and we invite you to join the debate. Educators, researchers and policy makers require new approaches to understand how the education experience is changing in the context of digital technologies and how this is inextricably tied to mental wellbeing.
The event will comprise four presentations and a panel discussion which includes practitioners from across education settings.
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UCL Institute of Education
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Senior Lecturer at University of West London
Dr Siobhan Lynam is a lecturer in psychology at the University of West London, a fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and a member of the Irish College of General Practitioners and the British Psychological Society. Her research in higher...
Researcher/Senior Lecturer at University of Roehampton
Michelle Jayman is a developmental psychologist with a strong background in education and extensive work experience in schools. She is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Roehampton and a Champion for the British Psychological...
Researcher/Senior Lecturer at University of Roehampton
Michelle Jayman is a developmental psychologist with a strong background in education and extensive work experience in schools. She is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Roehampton and a Champion for the British Psychological...
Rosalind Hollis Professor of Education for Social Justice at University of Hull
Jonathan Glazzard is the Rosalind Hollis Professor of Education for Social Justice at the University of Hull. He researches LGBTQ+, mental health, disability and early literacy. In 2018, he became co-convenor of the BERA SIG for Mental Health...
Research Fellow at Loughborough University
Anthea Rose is a research fellow at the Lincoln Academy of Learning and Teaching (LALT), University of Lincoln. She is currently leading the local Lincolnshire evaluation of the Uni Connect programme, funded by the Office for Students (OfS),...
Instructor at University of Urbino
Francesco Maiorana is an independent researcher at University of Urbino Department of Pure and Applied Science, a former Computer Science Instructor at the Department of Computer Science, Kansas State University, a Scientix ambassador, and a...
Education Policy Researcher, RAND Europe at Rand Europe
Lydia Lymperis holds an MA in Education from the University of Nottingham and is currently a doctoral candidate in the School of Education at Newcastle University, where she also works as a Graduate Teaching Assistant on the MA Applied...
Humanities Teacher at University Academy Long Sutton
Shelby Mombourquette is a humanities teacher at University Academy Long Sutton in South Lincolnshire. Born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Shelby completed her teacher training at the University of Alberta in 2016 having specialised in...
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