For the last 32 years Stef has been involved in education, first as a teacher and then a teacher educator. She is Associate Professor of Mathematics Education and Director of Initial Teacher Education at the University of Nottingham.

Having taught mathematics in middle and secondary schools, Stefanie spent several years as a consultant and INSET provider working with primary and secondary teachers nationally and internationally, and writing and reviewing teaching and learning materials for teachers of mathematics, before joining Nottingham.

Stef has a particular interest in; the learning journey of beginning teachers and how this can be best articulated, beginning teacher identity and resilience, mentoring beginning teachers, developing mathematical subject knowledge for teaching.