About Us

Teachers as Readers Project Team

Teachers as Readers: Research team

Teresa Cremin, The Open University
Marilyn Mottram, HMI, previously Birmingham LA
Fiona Collins, University of Roehampton
Sacha Powell, Canterbury Christ Church University
Kimberly Safford, The Open University

Teachers as Readers: Literature Consultant

Prue Goodwin, Reading University

Teachers as Readers: Local Authority colleagues

Website Development Team: Phase 1 (2016-17)

Teresa Cremin

Website Development Lead
Open University

Mary Anne Wolpert

Website Development manager
Primary PGCE Deputy Course Manager, University of Cambridge

Website Teacher Advisory Team: Phase 1 - Development (2016-17)

Jon Biddle

Moorlands C of E Primary Academy, Norfolk

Stephanie Davis

Harston and Newton Primary School, Cambridge

Lauren M. Freedman

Shirley Community Nursery and Primary School, Cambridge

Emma Futter

Derwent Lower School, Bedford

Kelly Grove

Altmore Infant School, London

Rebecca Thomson

Bannerman Road Community Academy and Children’s Centre, Bristol

Claire Williams

St Andrew’s C of E VA Primary School, Essex

Website Teacher Advisory Team: Phase 2 - Engagement (2016-17)

Jon Biddle, Moorlands C of E Primary Academy, Norfolk
Roger McDonald, University of Greenwich
Sonia Thompson, St Matthews, C of E Primary School, Birmingham
Rebecca Thomson, Bannerman Road Community Academy and Children’s Centre, Bristol
Claire Williams, St Andrew’s C of E VA Primary School, Essex

Advisory Team: Phase 3 - Review & Legacy (2019-21)

Jon Biddle, Moorlands C of E Primary Academy, Norfolk
Roger McDonald, University of Greenwich
Sonia Thompson, St Matthews, C of E Primary School, Birmingham
Claire Williams, St Andrew’s C of E VA Primary School, Essex
Megan Dixon, Aspirer Research Network, Macclesfield
Anna Harrison, Roehampton University, London
Rich Charlesworth, Grove Park Primary School, Chiswick

The OU Team (2016-21)

Teresa Cremin
Fiona Reeve
Rebecca Kennedy
Lucy Rodriguez-Leon
Amelia Hempel-Jorgensen
Fiona Henry
Jen Aggleton
Liz Chamberlain
Helen Hendry
Franziska Florack
Ruth Baker-Leask
Janet Gough – NAAE
Joy Court – The CILIP
Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Awards

OU/UKLA Teacher Reading Group Mentors

Teresa Cremin, OU
Rebecca Kennedy, OU
Lucy Rodriguez-Leon, OU
Roger McDonald, University of Greenwich
Kat Young, Elmhurst Primary School, Newham
Debbie Thomas, Achieving for Children, London
Sonia Thompson, St Matthews School, Birmingham
Claire Williams, St Andrews, Halstead
Shenaz Bagshaw, St James CofE, Northampton

RfP Teacher Education Partnerships with the OU 2020-21

Together we work to enrich student teachers’ knowledge and practice in developing children’s RfP linked to the OU research.

Rebecca Austin
Christine Cork
Canterbury Christ Church University (CCCU)

Collette Ankers de Salis
Christine Smith
Liverpool John Moores University

Sarah Brownsword
University of East Anglia

Jennifer Farrar
University of Glasgow

Donna Hazzard
St Mary’s University College Belfast

Libby Lee
Kate Voss
University of Hertfordshire

Roger McDonald
Sarah Smith
University of Greenwich

Karen Morris
Michelle Vickers
Edge Hill University

Vicky McEwan
Nottingham Trent University

Charlotte Raby
Essex & Thames SCITT

Rebecca Simpson-Hargreaves
University of Manchester

Ruth Sutcliffe
Lisa Stephenson
Tom Dobson
Susan Rook
Leeds Beckett University

Caralyn Blaisdell
Queen Mary University Edinbugrh

Cardiff Metropolitan University CMT, Jo Bowers

Emma Rogers
Bishop Grosseteste University

School Centred Initial Teacher Training in East London Schools, (Scittels) Hazel Dorrington, Julia McKinley

Helen Smith
University of Nottingham

Cara Doxey
Karen Daniels
Jemma Monkhouse
Sheffield Hallam University

Anna Harrison
Alastair Daniel
University of Roehampton

Helen Jones
Isabel Macdonald
UCL Institute of Education

Sophie May
University of Hull

Dan Northover
Jane Carter
UWE Bristol

Veronica Poulter
Liverpool Hope University

Jane Scholey
Debbie Wright
Matt Tobin
Oxford Brookes University

Nicola Smith
Birmingham City UNiversity

Rebecca Webb
Ruth Clark
Birmingham City UNiversity

Jo Tregenza
Alka Townsend
University of Sussex

Kerry Assemakis
Karen Fox
Alison Willmott
Finola Utton
St Mary’s University Twickenham

Subject Association Partner

The UK Literacy Association as a partner in the original (Teachers as Readers: Building Communities of Readers Phases 1 and 2) is also a partner in the OU/ UKLA Teacher Reading Group work and conferences.