Year of graduation: 2025
Supervisors: Prof Suzanne Graham & Dr Rowena Kasprowicz
Research focus: Does learning Latin actually have the benefits that people assume?
Memorable experiences at the IoE: Encouraging yet defining support from excellent supervisors.
Career since graduation: I started the EdD as a teacher and finished it as a senior leader. Completing the doctorate has helped me understand more of the educational research that comes my way and disseminate it to those in my teams. I feel better able to prompt my teachers to ask better questions of themselves and their practice, and explore how they may actively change things to benefit their students. Of course, I also have an answer now when someone asks me what the point of learning Latin is!