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Hannah Fox

Senior Lecturer

Senior Lecturer

Education

Department of Education , School of Childhood and Social Care

Hannah Fox is the programme leader for the Master of Arts in Leadership in Education. She is a Senior Lecturer and teaches on the MA Leadership in Education programme and MA Education programme. She has a background in secondary school teaching and is passionate about empowering teachers. Her research interests are teaching agency, autonomy and teaching identity.

Qualifications

  • MA Education
  • PGCE (with QTS) with English, Media and Drama
  • BA (Hons) in English and American Literature
  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
  • Member of the British Educational Research Association (BERA)
  • Member of the British Educational Leadership, Management and Administration Society (BELMAS)
  • Member of the Chartered College of Teaching
  • Member of the National Association for Teaching of English (NATE)

Areas Of Interest

Teacher agency and identity, professional development, coaching and mentoring, metacognition, curriculum design, teacher training

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Overview

Hannah holds a Masters degree in Education and has taught in multiple higher education settings, including within teacher training. Hannah currently leads modules and teaches across the MA Leadership in Education and MA in Education where she also supervises dissertations at Masters level. Before working in HE, Hannah worked for ten years teaching English in secondary schools and has held leadership roles in English teaching, teacher training and professional development.

She is committed to ensuring that her research, and work within research institutions, tie theory to practice so that her work can be part of helping education systems to continue to improve and move forward. Alongside her post as Senior Lecturer and Programme Lead at UEL, Hannah is an External Examiner for LSJS, peer reviews articles for the Chartered College of Education and is a member of multiple research organisations such as the British Educational Research Association (BERA).

Publications

  • Fox, H., (2020). Teacher as a performer or a professional? An exploration into the possible impacts of performative culture on teachers’ identities. Practice 3(1): 43–50. DOI: 10.1080/25783858.2020.1833232. Available to read online.

CURRENT RESEARCH

RESEARCH CENTRES AND GROUPS

Member of:

  • British Educational Research Association (BERA)
  • British Educational Leadership, Management and Administration Society (BELMAS)
  • Chartered College of Teaching
  • National Association for the Teaching of English (NATE)

INDUSTRY PARTNERS

  • Chartered Management Institute (CMI)
  • LLSE

TEACHING

  • MA Leadership In Education

    This course will enable you to develop your leadership skills and ability to lead change to meet the needs of staff and students in education.

  • MA Education

    MA Education will extend your understanding of teaching theory and practice and help teachers or those supporting teaching and learning.

EXTERNAL ROLES

  • External Examiner for London School of Jewish Studies (LSJS)
  • Peer reviewer for Chartered College of Teaching

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