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Senior Lecturer International Initial Teacher Training, Programme Leader PGCE iQTS Secondary Education

My background is in UK secondary education (ages 11–18). I initially re-trained as an English teacher after I left the British Army. I have held senior management positions in schools and have had the opportunity to teach both in the UK and internationally in multiple countries. 

I have been responsible for multiple courses during my time at the University. I have previously been the Programme Leader for Secondary English trainees, and the PGCE Education (DL) and I am currently Programme Leader for PGCE iQTS Secondary Education.

I lead on several modules for the PGCE iQTS Secondary Education, including MA level IQSM02 Subject Research Study in International Secondary Education and IQS301 Professional Practice in International Secondary Education.

I am also the Subject Specialist Lead for all PGCE iQTS Secondary cohorts. I am also an assessor for the Assessment Only Route to QTS (AOR) and a supervisor for undergraduate dissertation and MA thesis supervision.



Teaching and supervision

I teach PGCE Education DL and I am an assessor on AOR.

Research interests for potential research students

My research interests include teacher education and professional development, formative and summative assessment and the use of feedback and the written word.

Research

I am currently in my final stage of my professional doctorate. My research centres around the following thesis and portfolio: 'A case study of the development of a meta-facilitator model of subject knowledge in an international distance secondary iQTS postgraduate teacher training programme'.

Publications

Number of items: 9.

Conference or Workshop Item

Hidson, Elizabeth, Sheard, Simon, Elliott, Ian, Griffiths, Alison, Bell, Jemma and Wynn, Vikki (2021) Video-enhanced dialogic assessment of teaching practice portfolios. In: Transforming Assessment and the Assessment in Higher Education Network webinar on using video in assessment and feedback, 06 Oct 2021, Macquarie University, Australia [online].

Hidson, Elizabeth, Elliott, Ian, Griffiths, Alison, Sheard, Simon, Wynn, Vikki and Bell, Jemma (2021) Video-Enhanced Dialogic Assessment: online vivas for teacher assessment. In: Practical Pedagogy Conference 2021, 13 September 2021, University of Lincoln (online).

Hidson, Elizabeth, Elliott, Ian, Griffiths, Alison, Sheard, Simon, Bell, Jemma and Wynn, Vikki (2021) Video-enhanced dialogic assessment (VEDA) of teaching practice portfolios: the dialogic construction of teachers’ standards evidence in an online space. In: BERA Annual Conference 2021, 13-16 September, 2021, Online.

Hidson, Elizabeth, Elliott, Ian, Griffiths, Alison, Wynn, Vikki, Sheard, Simon and Bell, Jemma (2021) Ready for Work: Video-Enhanced Dialogic Assessment as an international route to UK Qualified Teacher Status. In: Third Annual Faculty of Education & Society Staff Research Conference, 14 Jun 2021, Sunderland, UK. (Unpublished)

Ross, Dionne, Elliott, Ian, Hidson, Elizabeth, Griffiths, Alison, Sheard, Simon, Bell, Jemma, Wynn, Vikki, Bell, Deborah and Hughes, Mark (2021) International and Independent Distance Learning Team Showcase. In: Faculty of Education and Society Team Showcase Series, 10 March 2021, Sunderland, UK. (Unpublished)

Hidson, Elizabeth, Elliott, Ian, Sheard, Simon, Bell, Jemma, McMaster, Alison, Wynn, Vikki and Hughes, Mark (2021) Video-enhanced dialogic assessment of teaching practice portfolios: the process of constructing dialogic evidence in an online space to demonstrate meeting professional teachers’ standards. In: Assessment in Higher Education Conference 2022, 22-24 June 2022, Manchester.

Hidson, Elizabeth, Elliott, Ian, Sheard, Simon and Bell, Jemma (2020) Shaping research-informed practitioners: A case study of the impact of written feed-forward targets on summative outcomes in postgraduate school-focused research modules. In: 2nd Annual Faculty of Education and Society Research Institute Staff Research Conference, 15 June 2020, Sunderland, UK.

Film/Video

Elliott, Ian, Hidson, Elizabeth, Sheard, Simon, Bell, Jemma, Griffiths, Alison and Wynn, Vikki (2021) Video-Enhanced Dialogic Assessment on the Assessment-Only Route to UK Qualified Teacher Status. [Film/Video]

Other

Bell, Jemma, Elliott, Ian, Griffiths, Alison, Hidson, Elizabeth, Ross, Dionne, Sheard, Simon and Wynn, Vikki (2021) IIDL Team Newsletter February 2021. University of Sunderland, Sunderland.

This list was generated on Sat Jun 14 13:31:03 2025 BST.
  • International teacher education
  • Trainee Teacher Subject knowledge input
  • Assessment and feedback
  • English teacher trainee education
  • Part of the winning IDL team for the Vice-Chancellor's Fellowship Team Award 2020/2021
  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)

Last updated 08 May 2025