Richard is an experienced Key Stage 2 teacher and Professional Teaching Enhancement Lead of English at Springwell School, Heston. He is an advisor for the OU/UKLA Research Rich Pedagogies website and has spoken at various conferences exploring Creative Writing and Reading for Pleasure. Richard is the UKLA representative for London.Having studied the effect that graphic novels may have on their readers in his own research, he is interested in developing children’s empathy through a wider range of texts. He Tweets @rcharlesworth