Alison Jackson

Biography and Research Interests

Prior to joining Higher Education in 2005, Alison Jackson was Director of Modern Languages in a large split-site 11-18 comprehensive school in the North West of England. She has an MA in Educational Improvement and Effectiveness and a Doctorate in Education (EdD) from Keele University. In 2005 she joined Higher Education at St Martin's College, which became the University of Cumbria in 2007, as the ESCalate (Education Subject Centre) ITE (Initial Teacher Education) leader. From 2009 to 2019 she was the Director of TEAN (Teacher Education Advancement Network). Both ESCalate ITE and TEAN offered successful teacher education conferences and seminars under her leadership. Dr Jackson was editor of the TEAN journal, an academic peer-reviewed online journal, between 2010 and 2019. In 2014 she created the STeP (Student Teacher Perspectives) journal which presented high quality papers from student teachers until 2019.

Dr Jackson has been a PhD supervisor since 2007 and has wide ranging interests as well as a focus on all aspects and levels of school education and teacher education. External examining for PhD students has concentrated on teacher education. She serves on the Research Ethics Panel of the University of Cumbria and is a member of the editorial board of the IJETZ (International Journal of Education and Teaching Zone), as well as a reviewer for other educational journals.