I have been a primary classroom teacher, subject coordinator, PGCE course leader, consultant and adviser in primary education. Currently I lead on Innovation and Enterprise within my department - Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment (CPA) at UCL Institute of Education (IOE). I lead three programmes at IOE: the Advanced Educational Practice (AEP) programme which leads to MA or Graduate Diploma awards, and the international teacher education programmes, the iPGCE for cohorts of students only, and the PGCE: Teacher Development which is taught fully online through University of London, Worldwide provision https://london.ac.uk/courses/teacher-development.

I have travelled to many countries to support teacher education, including China, Germany, India, Jordan, Kuwait, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and UAE.  Currently, international travel is suspended, but I look forward to continuing once we have overcome the challenges of the pandemic.

I have researched music education in primary schools, focusing on the practice of the non-specialist class teacher, and mathematics teaching and learning for those who struggle to understand. I've been involved in investigating the professional relationships between adults in the learning environment.  My current area of research involves exploring professional development pedagogies in international settings, in particular the value of the community of practice and student self-evaluation in early years online learning.