VIRTUAL EVENT: The transition from primary to secondary school under Covid-19

Professor Eleanore Hargreaves

Professor of Learning and Pedagogy at UCL Institute of Education (IOE)

She is currently running a longitudinal research study in which she constructs children’s life-histories in schooling from Year 3 to Year 7, focusing on those children who struggle most with maths and English. She is also part of the team in the Wellcome-funded Moving Up project, which explores how children have experienced transition to secondary school during the Pandemic.

Dr Jane Perryman

Associate Professor at UCL Institute of Education (IOE)

Prior to joining the IOE, Jane was a social science teacher and head of department for 10 years before moving into Higher Education to become a course leader for the PGCE in Social Science, first at Goldsmiths College and then at the IOE.  She then led the MPhil/PhD Research Training Programme. Jane has just completed a five year term as Academic Head of Research for the Department of Curriculum Pedagogy and Assessment. She was also Department Graduate Tutor (responsible for doctoral supervision) and has recently taken up the post of Faculty Graduate Tutor.

Chair: Dr Sandra Leaton Gray

Associate Professor of Education at UCL Institute of Education (IOE)

She has served as an education consultant and advisor to national and international organisations including the UK Government, the European Commission, the International Baccalaureate Organisation and the UK's Royal Colleges of Medicine. Sandy is currently directing the My Life Online research project, investigating young people and their social media algorithms.

Prior to joining the IOE, she held posts at the Universities of East Anglia and Cambridge. Her recent publications include Invisibly blighted: the digital erosion of childhood (2017, with Andy Phippen) and Curriculum Reform in the European Schools: Towards a 21st Century Vision (2018, with David Scott and Peeter Mehisto).