Ruth Platt

Courses taught:

• Primary Education with Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) (Undergraduate)

Ruth has expertise in early years and primary education. Prior to joining the university, Ruth was a primary school teacher and assistant headteacher. Ruth is the Course Director for the BEd in Cambridge and holds strategic responsibility School Experience, including placements.

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Background

Ruth worked in primary schools for over 25 years in London and Cambridge. As well as classroom teaching, Ruth was an Assistant Head at a large primary school and the curriculum lead for Personal, Social and Health Education. Additionally, Ruth has mentored numerous trainee teachers and Early Career Teachers; a role that she greatly enjoyed and found very rewarding.

Having completed her master’s degree at the University of Cambridge in Primary Education in 2021, Ruth joined the School of Education at Anglia Ruskin University as a Lecturer Practitioner and taught across both the undergraduate and post graduate portfolios. She was Course Director for the Post Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) in Cambridge for over 2 years and was part of the Leadership Team for the Post Graduate Certificate (PG Cert) in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education. She was also a module tutor on the Education MBA and continues to supervise undergraduate and postgraduate students. Ruth was an educational consultant for TastEd: a charity committed to developing sensory food education in schools and early years settings.

Ruth is now a Senior Lecturer and the Course Director for the BEd Primary Education with Qualified Teaching Status. She is also the strategic lead for School Experience.

Research interests

• Mentoring in Initial Teacher Training
• Educational leadership
• Teachers as researchers
• Assessment and feedback
• The transition to school
• The social and emotional aspects of teaching and learning
• Wellbeing in schools

Qualifications

• Post Graduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching: HE (PG Cert) Anglia Ruskin University
• Post Graduate Certificate in Mentoring for Initial Teacher Training (PG Cert) Anglia Ruskin University
• Master’s degree in Primary Education (MEd): University of Cambridge
• Early Years Curriculum: CFPS module: University of Cambridge
• Middle Leadership Development Programme: National College
• Certificate of Initial Teacher Training Advance Level Mentoring Course: University of Cambridge
• Bachelor of Arts in Education with English Literature and Linguistics (BAEd): Durham University

Memberships, editorial boards

• Senior Fellow of Advance HE (SFHEA)
• Member of the Chartered College of Teaching

Research grants, consultancy, knowledge exchange

• ‘An Evaluation of Prejudice Reporting in Early Years Settings.’ A research project with Cambridgeshire Country Council.
• Close to Research Professional Development Project- working with local schools and teachers, using Professional Enquiry as a tool for professional development.

Selected recent publications

Clarke, T. and Platt, R., 2023. Children’s Lived Experiences of Wellbeing at School in England: a Phenomenological Inquiry. Child Indicators Research, pp.1-34

Recent presentations and conferences

Kirkman, P., Conolly, S., Caws, D., Bowser-Angermann, J., Durham, H., Fossey, R., Gray, L., Parkin, J., & Platt, R. (2023, September). Contextualising Professional Enquiry: ‘Outsiders’ constructing ‘close-to-research practice.’ Symposium Presented to BERA 2023. BERA Conference 2023, Aston University.

Advance HE Assessment and Feedback Symposium Further Frontiers November 2022. ‘The merits and Challenges of Video Feedback’.