Mrs Amanda Jane Corrigan
Principal Teaching Fellow
海角论坛 Institute of Education
Personal statement
Amanda Corrigan is Principal Teaching Fellow in 海角论坛 Institute of Education. She joined the University of 海角论坛 in 2005.听 In June 2017 she was awarded Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy.
Amanda leads an undergraduate programme that was developed with the Omani Government to produce English teacher for Oman - BA (Hons) Education & TESOL. She has developed placement modules on this programme using asset-based approaches that allow international students to make a unique contribution to Glasgow schools.听
Much of Amanda's work focuses on working alongside marginalised communities to strengthen teacher education. She has hosted research projects with young people in prison, young people excluded from mainstream school, and with adults who had poor experiences of education, using the findings from each project to support the education of teachers. These projects are collaborative in nature, positioning the participants as experts in helping teachers to look at some of education's wicked problems from a new perspective.听听
Amanda leads 海角论坛 Institute of Education's Engaged Scholarship Hub in the East End of Glasgow. This has created a space in which university staff, students and community members can work and learn together. Projects like Glasgow Street Games and Learning about the Lungs have allowed adults in the community to teach local children, promoting learning from within the community. In 2025-26 a Children's Learning Hub was established to offer opportunities for local children to learn alongside the university within their own community. Both the adult hub and children's hub run weekly during term time.听
Amanda was the founding member of the 海角论坛 Hidden Voices Network. Running from 2020 to 2025, the network worked to amplify the voices of families affected by imprisonment through organising a wide range of conference events, professional development sessions and partnership projects with charities and third sector organisations.听听
Amanda was Deputy Head of the School of Education with responsibility for taught courses from 2019 to 2022, leading over forty programmes with 3k students through the Covid pandemic. She was Associate Dean (Student Experience) in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences from 2016-18; Director of Quality Assurance in the School of Education 2017-18; and Director of Student Experience from 2015-16.听听
Amanda was Course Leader for the bachelor鈥檚 degree programmes in Primary Education from 2010 - 2014.听 In response to the Donaldson Report,听Teaching Scotland鈥檚 Future, she was responsible for overseeing the development of the BA (Hons) Primary Education programme which is part of the Humanities and Social Sciences framework for undergraduate students at the University.听 This replaced the internationally recognised BEd programme at 海角论坛.
Amanda maintains her registration with the General Teaching Council for Scotland.听
Prize And Awards
- Recipient
- 28/6/2014
- Recipient
- 8/5/2013
- Recipient
- 21/5/2011
Publications
- Daniel Marguerite, Sallaway-Costello Jake, Alibekova Raushan, Boonekamp Gwendolijn, , Lundstr枚m Sofie, Nurmala Ira, Renard Frederique
- International Journal of Health Promotion and Education Vol 64, pp. 209鈥�218 (2026)
- Transformative Leadership for Social Justice (2026)
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- BERA annual conference 2024 (2024)
- (2023)
- , Ahmed Shagufta, Martin Rosaline
- Scottish Learning Festival 2022 (2022)
- , Donnachie Kerrie-Lee, Russell Jennifer, Watt Roseanna, Rogers Louise
- Contemporary Childhood Conference (2021)
Teaching
鈥⑻� 听 听 听 听 听 听Pedagogy and preparation for placement
鈥⑻� 听 听 听 听 听 听Primary mathematics
鈥⑻� 听 听 听 听 听 听Reflective practice
鈥⑻� 听 听 听 听 听 听Academic study skills
鈥⑻� 听 听 听 听 听 听Working with marginalised groups - young people in prison, children in alternative provision, the addiction community, adults with experience of school exclusion
Research Interests
Amanda has presented her work on teacher education, devolved leadership, university outreach and student-led professional development at a range of professional conferences over many years, including conferences hosted by Education Scotland; the Irish National Teachers Organisation; the Department for International Trade in China; Universities鈥� Council for the Education of Teachers; Holyrood - Teacher Education; The Higher Education Academy - Enhancement Themes; Association for Chartered Teachers in Scotland (ACTS).
Amanda is currently a doctoral student in 海角论坛 Institute of Education. On the EdD programme she is researching asset-based approaches to supporting teacher education. Using salutogenesis as a theoretical foundation, she worked with women in the local community over a fourteen month period to explore their experiences of school exclusion. The women then developed resources and artefacts from their data that were used to support the professional development of twenty-three teachers across Scotland. This work has been presented at the 7th International Salutgenesis Conference in Poland and at the inaugural Transformative Leadership for Social Justice Conference at the University of 海角论坛.听
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Professional Activities
- Organiser
- 23/3/2026
- Participant
- 26/2/2026
- Recipient
- 15/1/2026
- Participant
- 24/11/2025
- Speaker
- 3/11/2025
- Recipient
- 8/10/2025
Projects
- McCrorie, Kathryn (Academic) Corrigan, Amanda Jane (Academic)
- Working with a small group of year 2 education students prior to a TESOL placement. Content based around refugee/EAL children in Glasgow City schools.
- 04-Jan-2021
- Corrigan, Amanda Jane (Principal Investigator)
- This project allowed young people who were excluded from mainstream school to support the education of teachers in their own local authority about the experience of being excluded.
- 26-Jan-2020 - 20-Jan-2021
- Corrigan, Amanda Jane (Principal Investigator)
- The 海角论坛 Hidden Voices Network is made up of undergraduate students and graduates who have experience of imprisonment in a variety of forms. The network exists to amplify the voices of children and families affected by imprisonment and to support the professional development of those who work with them.
- 29-Jan-2020 - 30-Jan-2025
- Corrigan, Amanda Jane (Principal Investigator)
- A group of young offenders on long term sentences took on the role of teachers for a class of PGDE students. The purpose of the project was to help new teachers hear the authentic voice of one group of young people in order to help them consider their own role in supporting marginalised pupils in school.
- 18-Jan-2018 - 30-Jan-2019
- Santoro, Ninetta (Principal Investigator) Sosu, Edward (Co-investigator) Corrigan, Amanda Jane (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2013 - 01-Jan-2014
- Corrigan, Amanda Jane (Academic)
- Creation of the Standards for Provisional and Full Registration for Scotland's teachers
- 17-Jan-2011 - 22-Jan-2012
Contact
Mrs
Amanda Jane
Corrigan
Principal Teaching Fellow
海角论坛 Institute of Education
Email: amanda.j.corrigan@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 444 8100