Lucie Wheeler

Emma Jones is a SEND consultant, SpLD teacher and Associate Lecturer in Education. She delivers inclusion and neurodiversity training to health and social care professionals and is a trustee for Space4Autism. Her work focuses on improving social understanding and advocacy for neurodivergent people. Emma is passionate about inclusion and ensuring every child's right to a high-quality, enjoyable and relational education. I quit my job as a mainstream class teacher and SENDCo for many reasons,...

Lucie Wheeler is a Research Fellow at Anglia Ruskin University and Founder of RECAP. She is currently leading the pre-pilot phase of Unlocking Heritage, a collaborative project with English Heritage and Anglia Ruskin University exploring how heritage sites can better engage and support home educating families. When people hear the word research, they often imagine surveys, statistics and long reports. But some of the most valuable research begins with something much simpler. Listening. Over...

Bekah Gear is a senior lecturer and practitioner‑researcher whose work sits at the intersection of both children’s agency and practitioner agency. She is passionate about research that grows from real practice, which values the everyday decisions, dilemmas, and possibilities that shape children and young people's experiences. Her work champions practitioners as researchers and positions practice as a powerful driver of meaningful research and change. Independence, curiosity and childled...