Professor of Education, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge

Clare has recently joined the University of Cambridge from her previous role as Professor of Education at UCL’s Institute of Education (IOE), where she developed her interest in the quality and development of teacher education following my experience in leadership positions including Pro-Director for Education, Head of Department and Head of Initial Teacher Education, and as Director of the research Centre on Teacher and Early Years Education.

Her current research interests are in spatial justice and teacher education, inspired by an international research project on high-quality initial teacher education at scale (the results of which have been published by Routledge), and her engagement with the reforms to the teacher education landscape in England brought about by the ITT Market Review. She is interested in how we can redefine quality within initial teacher education to a greater sense of transformation as an educational goal and improving access to teacher education as a driver of access to educational opportunities. She started my career as a geography teacher and teacher educator in London and has been active in the international geography education community, acting as Co-Chair of the International Geographical Union Commission for Geography Education, and editor of their book series, and Chair for the UK-based Geography Education Research Collective.