Emily Atkinson

School of Education

EdD doctoral research student

ecatkinson1@sheffield.ac.uk
The Wave

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Emily Atkinson
School of Education
The Wave
2 Whitham Road
91̽»¨
S10 2AH
Qualifications

MSc Psychology (Coventry University)

PGCE Secondary (Newman University)

BA (Hons) Sociology and Psychology (Coventry University)

National Professional Qualification in Middle Leadership (NPQML)

Research interests
  • Post-16 education
  • Transition from secondary to post-16 education
  • Disadvantaged student achievement gap
  • Funds of Knowledge/Identity
Professional activities and memberships

A qualified teacher of 18 years with experience in both secondary schools and sixth form colleges, currently employed as a teacher of A Level Sociology and Level 3 Criminology at a large Sixth Form College in Nuneaton, Warwickshire.

Publications

Holliman, A.J., Knight, A, Pan, J., Waldeck, D., Atkinson, E. and Putwain, D. W. (2022) Examining the influence of adaptability and social support on students' psychological wellbeing in a sixth form setting. Psychology of Education Review. 46 (1).

Holliman, A. J., Waldeck, D., Jay, B., Murphy, S., Atkinson, E., Collie, R.J. and Martin, A. (2021) Adaptability and Social Support: Examining Links With Psychological Wellbeing Among UK Students and Non-students. Frontiers in Psychology. 12:636520.   

Atkinson, E. cited in Wolstencroft, P., de Main, L. and Cashian, P. (2020) Achieving Teaching Excellence: Developing your TEF profile and beyond London: Open University Press

Atkinson, E. (2021) How the student-teacher relationship survived Covid  [online]