New paper out in @jrstpub.bsky.social @narst.bsky.social: The Separate Worlds of Science & Science Teaching According to Potential Science Teachers In this paper we examine data from UK & Canada to see what students assume about a career in science teaching onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

<em>Journal of Research in Science Teaching</em> | NARST Science Education Journal | Wiley Online Library

In the context of severe and worsening science teacher shortages in many countries and a body of literature reliant on retrospective accounts from those already teaching science, this paper explores ....

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Excited that my latest paper about why people teach or not, 'Teacher-makers and teacher-breakers', is now in print in British Educational Research Journal (BERJ) bsky.app/profile/emil...

BERJ@berj-2025.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Teacher‐makers and teacher‐breakers: (Re)defining how status and safety influence trajectories into and away from teaching - MacLeod - 2026 - British Educational Research Journal - Wiley Online Library bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Good to see high profile calls for more gender diversity in England's teacher workforce today When we talk about increasing teacher numbers it's important we think about who can fill the gaps www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Excited to be at my first @aeraedresearch.bsky.social this week in sunny LA #AERA2026 I'll be sharing my postdoc research from Canada, and looking forward to connecting with colleagues from the US and UK (and elsewhere!) again ☀️

It was great to attend the Leadership Committee for English Education in Québec (LCEEQ) conference this week #LCEEQ Highlights were Gordon Flett's keynote on 'mattering' and reflecting upon indigenous experiences in education today through @learnped.bsky.social's Truth and Reconciliation session 🌳

What are science identities, and why are they important? Here's my recent piece for Let's Talk Science, a charity who has been playing a role in young people's science identity across Canada for over 30 years letstalkscience.ca/news-media/d...

Developing Science Identities

What is a ‘science identity’ and how can we foster the development of science identities in today’s youth?

letstalkscience.ca

Pleased to see the Welsh Parliament's report on Teacher recruitment & retention Having researched *potential* teachers I especially support the recommendation to look at whether the costs of Initial Teacher Education bar entry into the profession for some laiddocuments.senedd.wales/cr-ld17778-e...

Wishing a happy new year to all from a beautiful and very snowy Québec ❄️

Interesting stat from today's release: more than half of physics trainees are now non-UK and non-EEA nationals. A remarkable shift from 6% of trainees in 2021 to 59% in 2025. Encouraged by the bursary eligibility change in 2022/23, but how many have gone on to state-sector employment?

'Teacher recruitment and retention are separate issues – they need tackling in different ways' My new article in @uk.theconversation.com is now out (1/5 🧵) theconversation.com/teacher-recr...

Teacher recruitment and retention are separate issues – they need tackling in different ways

The reasons why people do not become teachers are not the same reasons why people leave the classroom.

theconversation.com

Great to see this new report from @theeef.bsky.social & @teachertapp.bsky.social adding to the evidence on teacher retention Teachers looking at adverts for new jobs valued the promise of more PPA time, smaller class sizes and healthcare offers educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/projects-and...

Evaluating teacher recruitment strategies - School Choices

The EEF is an independent charity dedicated to breaking the link between family income and educational achievement.

educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk

Good to see this analysis by Natasha Plaister @fftedudatalab.bsky.social showing consistent increases in the proportion of female students taking A-Level physics in the UK ffteducationdatalab.org.uk/2025/10/has-...

Has gender balance in A-Level physics improved? - FFT Education Datalab

We look at whether A-Level physics is becoming more popular with female students.

ffteducationdatalab.org.uk

Why do people enter and exit teaching? New analyses from @ambitioninstitute.bsky.social with @drsamsims.bsky.social report that professional development, flexible working and additional paid leave could be as valuable as pay rises for reducing teacher shortages www.ambition.org.uk/why-people-e...

*What makes or breaks teaching for young people?* I have a new open-access paper out in @berj-2025.bsky.social bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... Teacher-makers and teacher-breakers: (Re)defining how status and safety influence trajectories into and away from teaching 🧵(1/11)

A great new paper out from Sophie Thompson-Lee & colleagues evidencing that financial incentives are not effective in recruiting more STEM teachers Teacher recruitment efforts need to focus on more than just 💰 stemeducationjournal.springeropen.com/articles/10....

A systematic review of STEM teacher recruitment and retention interventions - International Journal of STEM Education

The worldwide problem of teacher recruitment and retention is particularly pronounced in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) subjects, due in part to a lack of trainee teachers an...

stemeducationjournal.springeropen.com

Today marks my one year anniversary at @mcgill.ca ☀️

Love this piece on the impact of teachers on CBC News 🥰 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

That One Teacher: We hear from teachers who positively impacted your life | CBC News

Did you have That One Teacher who recognized your potential? Supported you? Had a positive impact on your life? We heard your stories. Now we're sharing them.

cbc.ca

📢 New @beranews.bsky.social blog out today, where I consider the impact of the idea that some teachers are 'born' to teach www.bera.ac.uk/blog/born-to...

Back home in Montréal after a fantastic time conferencing with my @eserasig5.bsky.social family 😍 ... And with a new obsession for Danish ice cream 🍧 @mariobarioberge.bsky.social @betzabetorres-o.bsky.social @allisongonsalves.bsky.social @lucyavraamidou.bsky.social @emilysprowls.bsky.social

This week I'm in wonderful Copenhagen 🇩🇰 with wonderful McGill colleagues for the European Science Education Association conference #ESERA @eserasig5.bsky.social

Who Aspires to Become a Teacher? Findings from a Cohort Study Tracking Young People from Age 10/11 to Age 21/22 In this new paper we use survey data from the ASPIRES project to analyse teaching aspirations amongst young people in England (1/4 🧵) www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/15...

Hi SEEDS family! We are organizing a social meetup at ESERA for SEEDS members on 8.28. It will be a chance to chat and connect with other comrades and gente simpatica. We hope to see you there. For more info and to register login to your SEEDs account: seeds4equity.org/Sys/Login?Re...

Great to see this report out from the first RCT I worked on with colleagues @randeurope.org & @theeef.bsky.social We report on the impact of The ONE, a 12 week professional development programme for early years practitioners in England d2tic4wvo1iusb.cloudfront.net/production/d...

🥵

Le Journal de Montréal@journaldemontreal.com · last yr.

Ressenti de 40 dans le sud du Québec: attention, il va faire très chaud aujourd’hui!

Great to see this new report from @jackworth.bsky.social and colleagues on the ethnic disparities in England's teacher workforce. www.nfer.ac.uk/publications...

Ethnic disparities in entry to teacher training, teacher retention and progression to leadership

New research, funded by Mission 44, finds that equalising the disparities in progression between applicants and teachers of different ethnic groups would significantly contribute to the Government’s g...

nfer.ac.uk

Are you presenting at the ESERA conference this August? Would you rather not be scrambling to finish your presentation the night before? Do you enjoy working with supportive colleagues—and being one yourself?

Very pleased to have a new chapter out with the wonderful @lucyavraamidou.bsky.social This is a kind of 'intro to' identity research in science education, including the story of @eserasig5.bsky.social so far If you can't access but want to read please reach out! link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

Identity-based Research in Science Education: Past, Present, and Possible Futures

Who we are, the extent to which we identify (or not) with science, and how others see us shapes our (dis)engagement with science and science-related subjects in school, in out-of-school settings, in o...

link.springer.com

UKRI-funded PhD students 🪧 The call for @ukri.org policy internships is now open. I got a secondment to the @houseofcommons.parliament.uk Education Committee during my PhD thanks to this funding, and it was so valuable! www.ukri.org/apply-for-fu...

UKRI Policy Internships scheme

As part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)’s postgraduate training portfolio, the UKRI Policy Internships scheme provides an opportunity for UKRI-funded doctoral students to undertake a three-month ...

ukri.org

Thank you to everyone who came to our @csse-scee.bsky.social @federationhss.ca talk today 'Do science teachers count as scientists?' A full house and fruitful discussion!

Excited to be in sunny Toronto for @csse-scee.bsky.social @federationhss.ca this week