ITE Research Group September Newsletter
29 September 2026
Welcome to the September newsletter of our ITE research group! We hope everyone is well and glad to be back to the wonderful world of ITE…we hope your September was calm and orderly, the coffee shop was open, the room was booked, and the IT all worked…
We have lots of new people in the group this time around, welcome everyone, you are joining a fab group of people. If you know anyone who might like to join the group (there are over 200 of us now!), please pass them this link and we will add them in for October: ITE Research Group – Fill in form.
If you ever want to contact us with news, queries or to leave the group (please don’t go!) you can email us: aimee.quickfall@durham.ac.uk, Philip.wood@ntu.ac.uk
Contents
Events
Research to get involved in!
Blogs relating to ITE
Podcasts relating to ITE
A selection of recent papers
Books about ITE
Events
If you have an event you would like us to share with the group, please drop us an email with details and we will put it in the next newsletter.
UCET Annual Conference 2026, 10th and 11th November
The Queen's Hotel, Leeds
The role of university-led teacher education in a changing world
You can still book your tickets until 9th November! If you haven’t been to the UCET Conference before, this is a really friendly ITE conference, where you will find out so much about what is going on in the sector, meet amazing people working in ITE and have time to think about the big picture of what we do. You can register here
FREE EVENT:
Mapping a Philosophical Basis of Initial Teacher Education in Scotland
29th October, University of Glasgow
Come along to the Scotland edition* of our seminar series! We will think together and discuss ideas, but also reflect and spend time conceptualising a philosophy of ITE. Anyone involved in ITE in Scotland is welcome: academics and researchers, student teachers, mentors, teachers, tutors, lecturers and support staff.
No philosophical experience required!
Seminar will be held at the St. Andrew's Building, University of Glasgow on the 29th October, starting at 10am and finishing at 4.15pm. To apply for one of 20 places, please fill in a simple form here: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/2eG88djnNe, or scan the QR on the poster below.
Travel bursaries are available and refreshments will be provided.
For more info, please contact:
Aimee (aimee.quickfall@durham.ac.uk)/ Phil (philip.wood@ntu.ac.uk)
(Further seminars will be held in Ireland, Wales and England – more info to follow!)
NATE ITE Conference 2026
Friday 13th November, in person at the University of Bristol and online
This year’s theme is ‘Becoming an English Teacher: exploring the challenges, opportunities, and everyday realities in a changing educational landscape’. Talks will explore AI use, the importance of creativity, identity and more.
https://www.nate.org.uk/nate-ite-conference/
BERA Virtual Conference 2027
25th and 26th February 2027
Next year BERA will be holding their first online conference on the 25th and 26th February 2027. The theme for the conference is Research Ethics and the abstract call is open: https://www.bera.ac.uk/conference/a-bera-virtual-conference-exploring-ethical-engagement-in-education-2027
ITE Research Group Events
Writing Retreats
Back by popular demand, we have planned online writing retreats for the Autumn term. These are for everyone. Retreats start at 9.30 and finish at 4, but you can pop in whenever you want to. We start with a quick meet up on Teams to share what we are working on, and meet up again before the close of the retreat to see how everyone is getting on, and you can jump back on Teams at any point if you want to let us know how it is going! Equally, if you just want to block out some time in your diary and get cracking on some reading or writing, we are very happy to be your excuse!
Online Writing Retreat, Friday 6th November 2026, 9.30 – 4.30
Join: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/361959804477506?p=HHgQMvIY3gN3TXvPPr
Meeting ID: 361 959 804 477 506
Passcode: NG7qn6jT
Online Writing Retreat, 4th December 2026, 9.30 – 4.30
Join: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/36108320461242?p=A39NJ3gMxzW18DnebP
Meeting ID: 361 083 204 612 42
Passcode: b96BR7qm
Research to get involved in!
Let us know if you would like your research project to be shared with the group and we will add it to the next newsletter.
Last Call!
Academics in ITE Research – Final Year 5 Survey
This is the final week of the final year of our research project on academics working in ITE, and we are hoping to get a bumper return! Please consider completing the survey, and sharing with colleagues working in ITE in universities (they can be on any kind of contract/work pattern) so we can represent the sector as widely as possible - if you all fill it in, we will have our biggest return ever!! The link is here: Academics in ITE Experiences of 2025/26 Survey – Fill in form and includes details of the ethical approval at Nottingham Trent and information about taking part. The survey is open until Monday 5th October.
Blogs relating to ITE
From Gatekeepers to Guides: Generative AI in Initial Teacher Education
Karen Kilkenny (University of Manchester), Natalie Jayson (University of Manchester)
Inquiry as Resistance in ITE: The work of the UCET Equalities Group
Balbir Kaur (University of Nottingham), Lyndsay Muir (Lincoln Bishop University), Anjali Shah (University of Chester)
What’s Your Story?: Storytelling as a Tool for Growing Confident, Reflective Teachers
Dr Sarah Telfer (University of Greater Manchester), Beth Houghton (University of Greater Manchester)
Julie Ann Fleming, Primary School Teacher at Department of Education Ireland
Can the RATPD strategy support the UNSDG4 target 4c?
Mark Minott, University of Hull
Supporting female career changing beginning teachers: How do we solve a problem like Maria, Nadia or Athena?
Paula Daines, Deputy Head of School at Anglia Ruskin University
‘Someone call Amnesty’: The online sneer that greets teacher burnout
Sabrina Fitzsimons, Dublin City University, Pia O’Farrell, Dublin City University, Catherine Furlong, Dublin City University
Demystifying problem-based learning in teacher training curriculum: A systematic review Michael Adjani, University of Oxford Ade Magaji, University of Greenwich, Samuel Coombes, University of Greenwich
Empowering teacher development: A (FRAME)work for rethinking professional learning
Eesha Kapoor, Central Square Foundation, India
Podcasts
Inside Teacher Education (hosted by Steve McNichol): Supporting New Staff in Teacher Training with Tanya Ovenden-Hope, Plymouth Marjon University.
A selection of recent papers
Below are some recent publications that may be of interest - please let us know what we have missed and we will add it to the October newsletter!
Brice, L. P., McMinn, M., Radford, S., Solomon, J., & Broadley, M. L. (2026). Exploring Authentic Partnership in Distance Initial Teacher Education: Associate Teachers’ Perspectives from Aotearoa New Zealand. Education Sciences, 16(10), 1597. https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/16/10/1597
Hourigan, M., Carroll, C., Fitzpatrick, M., & Leavy, A. (2026). Moving from the periphery using pre-service teachers' longer-term views of Lesson Study to inform its expansion. International Journal for Lesson & Learning Studies, 15(5), 125-143.
https://www.emerald.com/ijlls/article/15/5/125/1398332/Moving-from-the-periphery-using-pre-service
Furenes Klippen, M. I., Türken, S., & Keles, S. (2026). Collaboration between teacher educators and pre service teachers in online settings post-COVID-19: a systematic review. European Journal of Teacher Education, 1-22. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02619768.2026.2733413
la Velle, L. (2026). From capacity to agency: rethinking teacher education in context. Journal of Education for Teaching, 1–5. https://doi.org/10.1080/02607476.2026.2735788
Oxley, L. (2026). How do pre-service and qualified teachers define ‘teacher wellbeing’? Journal of Education for Teaching, 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1080/02607476.2026.2709569
Grainger Clemson, H., Craig, L., Easton, E., & White, M. (2026). Negotiating between practicum partnership spaces in ITE: experiences from Scotland. Teaching and Teacher Education, Volume 181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2026.105753.
Salo, P., Maaranen, K., Eklund, G., & Aspfors, J. (2026). Finnish preservice teachers’ future identity: empathy-based stories of success and failure. European Journal of Teacher Education, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/02619768.2026.2736574
Books relevant to ITE
How Teacher Educators Do Policy Intellectual Work, Values, and Principles
By Clare Brooks, Joanna McIntyre, Katharine Burn, Lindsay Hetherington & Trevor Mutton
https://www.routledge.com/How-Teacher-Educators-Do-Policy-Intellectual-Work-Values-and-Principles/Brooks-McIntyre-Burn-Hetherington-Mutton/p/book/9781032766102
The BERA Guide to Environmental and Sustainability Education
Creating Just Futures in Educational Research and Practice
Elizabeth Rushton & Lynda Dunlop
https://bookstore.emerald.com/the-bera-guide-to-environmental-and-sustainability-education-pb-9781835490662.html
Initial Teacher Education in England: Outlining the Field
Aimee Quickfall & Phil Wood
https://bookstore.emerald.com/initial-teacher-education-in-england-hb-9781806863648.html
We hope you all have a super October and we will be back in your inboxes with our spooky Halloween edition next month!
Aimee and Phil
Professor Aimee Quickfall
Director of Initial Teacher Training