Front cover of the Carnegie Centre of Excellence for Mental Health in Schools Mental Health Insights Working Paper, December 2025.
Read the latest Mental Health Insights Working Paper with a focus on School Mental Health Leads here: www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/research/car...
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Poster for the Story Makers Conference 2026 in collaboration with Creativity, Culture and Education (CCE). Creative Pedagogies for Collective Wellbeing, Positive Relationships and Learner Agency. Rewilding the Curriculum. Friday 13th March 2026. Saturday 14th March 2026. Cost £35 (limited places available).
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Launch poster for the Creative Learners in Education Community from Story Makers at Leeds Beckett University. It is a cartoon image of teachers talking, networking and learning together as a community.
📢 Calling all Primary School Educators!
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Poster for the upcoming seminar series from the Carnegie School of Education. 21st January 12-1pm and 5-6pm. Book launch - Severe, profound and multiple learning difficulties in school - considering ethical and dilemma-based perspectives with Dr. Tracy Edwards. 28th January 12-1pm. Intersectional struggles and academic drift in vocational higher education with Dr. Bilal Nazir.
📚 I’m delighted to share an upcoming Research Seminar hosted by the Carnegie School of Education:
Severe, Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties in School – Considering Ethical and Dilemma-Based Perspectives.
👉 Date & Time: 21st January 12-1pm and 5pm-6pm
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📢 Our New December 2025 Mental Health Insights Working Paper is out!
Discover how Senior Mental Health Leads are transforming schools with trauma-informed, data-driven strategies.
👀 Read it here: www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/research/car...
Read the fascinating STEAM research article by Carly Waterhouse-Boot and Fiona Steel-Hughes from Leeds Beckett University.
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Are you passionate about inspiring others through creativity? The Professional Diploma in Creative Pedagogies at @leedsbeckett.bsky.social is designed for educators, practitioners, and anyone looking to bring innovative approaches into teaching and learning.
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Find out more about our NEW Creative Learning Award at our next online information session on 7th January 2026, 4-5pm.
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Story Makers Conference 2026 in collaboration with Creativity, Culture and Education (CCE)
Rewilding the Curriculum: Creative Pedagogies for Collective Wellbeing, Positive Relationships and Learner Agency
13-14th March 2026
Tickets only £35 per person
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🧠 We’re proud to introduce our Anti-Racism ITE Mentor Modules — designed to support Initial Teacher Education (ITE) mentors in embedding anti-racist principles into their practice.
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🎓 Empowering Schools Through Anti-Racist Practice
We’re launching the New Enhanced Anti-Racist School Award — a powerful opportunity for schools to deepen their commitment to equity and inclusion.
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CollectivED: Flourish Flyer. A programme based on Kline's Thinking Environment. Who? This CollectivED programme is for anyone, with or without a positional leadership role who is interested in facilitating cultural change in their professional setting with the aim of enabling children, young people and adults to flourish without fear. Why? The quality of everything we do depends upon the quality of the thinking we do first. However, our capacity to think creatively and independently depends on the behaviour of those who are with us whilst we are thinking (Kline, 1999). Sometimes internal or external pressures can generate fear: fear of failure, fear of letting others down, fear of not being good enough. Creating the conditions for us all to think better enables everyone to flourish. What? Flourish is an 8-month hybrid programme of support facilitated by Sheila Ball, a qualified Time to Think facilitator and Graduate Teaching Assistant at LBU. As part of a group of between 8-12 participants, you will be introduced to the 10 components and building blocks of Kline's Thinking Environment and invited to consider how you might wish to apply the principles and practice to create the conditions for you and your colleagues, children and young people to think together creatively and independently. The protected space created from the initial in-person workshop in November will continue throughout the academic year with six 2-hour online sessions and two one-to-one thinking sessions which will enable you to make sense of how you are applying Kline's Thinking Environment and refine your practice. Now only £499 per person.
🌼 Flourish 2025–26
What if the way we think together could transform the way we work, lead, and support others?
The Flourish Programme, hosted by CollectivED, invites you to explore Nancy Kline’s Thinking Environment®.
🔹Starts: 14 November 2025
Book your place here: forms.office.com/e/BfAfNpCqqu
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Join our vibrant roundtable hosted by CollectivED
📅 Tuesday 11th November 2025
🕚 11:00am – 2:00pm
📍 Leeds Beckett University, Headingley Campus
Are you in FE and ready to challenge the status quo of professional learning?
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Story Makers Conference 2026 Flyer. Rewilding the Curriculum: Creative Pedagogies for Collective Wellbeing, Positive Relationships and Learner Agency. Friday 13th March 2026, 9am-4:30pm and Saturday 14th March 2026, 9:30am-1pm. £35, limited places). Join primary school teachers, senior leaders, policy makers, creative practitioners, and cultural partners for an immersive conference exploring the learning potential of creative pedagogies.
Flyer Page 2. Drawing from national and international research with teachers and educators we will: -Discover how creative pedagogies can transform learning, foster wellbeing, and empower student agency. -Participate in hands-on workshops led by teachers, creative practitioners, researchers, and young people, exploring innovative ways to co-design curricula. -Learn how to embed collective creativity, ethical action and social-emotional skills across subjects. -Hear about the impacts of embedding creative pedagogies across curricula through longitudinal research. Further information is available on the Story Makers website or you can contact Storymakers@leedsbeckett.ac.uk
🎉 Story Makers Conference 2026 in partnership with CCE.
Rewilding the Curriculum: Creative Pedagogies for Wellbeing, Relationships & Learner Agency
📅 13–14 March 2026 | 💷 £35 | 📍 Leeds Beckett University
Find out more and book your ticket here: www.storymakersco.com/2026-confere...
🌱 Flourish 2025–26
Join us for Flourish, an 8-month hybrid programme by CollectivED at Leeds Beckett University, grounded in Nancy Kline’s Thinking Environment®.
Programme Dates: 14th Nov 25 - 19th Jun 26
Email Sheila Ball at s.ball@leedsbeckett.ac.uk to arrange a chat and learn more.
🔔 Upcoming Briefings: School Mental Health Award
Join us for one of our free online briefings to learn more about our School Mental Health Award.
🗓️Online Briefing Dates
2 Oct 25 | 3:45-4:45pm
20 Nov 25 | 3:45-4:45pm
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Are you a teacher, senior leader or creative practitioner wanting to develop your approach to creative learning, critical thinking and wellbeing in education?
🗓️ If you are interested, come to the info session on 15th Sep - 4.30-5pm.
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🎓 New for 2025: We are proud to introduce the Enhanced Anti-Racist School Award — a powerful framework designed to help schools embed meaningful, sustainable anti-racist practice across their communities.
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📚 Book Launch Announcement! 🎉
Coaching with Purpose: Learning Encounters for Educational Change
By Rachel Lofthouse, Trista Hollweck (PhD) & Jasen Booton
🗓 Date: Thursday, 18th September 2025
🕖 Time: 7:00–8:30 PM (GMT)
🔗 Register here:
Do you want to deepen your knowledge and understanding of cultivating learners’ ethical and creative agency through dispositional learning?
If so, the Creative Learning Award may be for you.
Reserve your place at one of our briefing sessions and find out more:
💬 Work in a MAT Central Team?
Looking to make real, lasting improvements in mental health across your Trust?
The NEW Multi Academy Trust Mental Health Impact Award offers a developmental framework to support pupils, staff & your wider community.
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🧠 New blog from Meri Nasilyan via @LeedsBeckett:
“Social Media and Identity” explores how our digital lives shape who we are—and how we’re seen.
A thoughtful read on identity, belonging & the online self.
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🌱 Curious about how we’re supporting new teachers to truly flourish?
Join Henry Sauntson & Karen Duffy on Wed 2 July, 5–6:30pm for an intro to Flourish—and how Kline’s Thinking Environment is reshaping mentoring + PGCE experiences.
Come see what it’s about:
🌱 Curious about how adult learners are thriving through possibility thinking?
Join us Mon 2nd June, 5–6:30pm for an intro to the Flourish Programme—featuring the power of Kline’s Thinking Environment.
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Hosted by Sarabjit & Nikki Bains. Come explore what’s possible!
CollectivED: Flourish. A programme based on Kline's Thinking Environment. "Experimenting has worked well with trainee teachers. They found the Thinking Environment as useful tool for being appreciated and appreciating others as well as a means of sharing ideas in an equitable way. They enjoyed the ease of pace without the rush." Karen Duffy.
🌱 Flourish: A Transformative 8-Month Programme of Support
Are you ready to unlock deeper thinking, creativity, and connection in your professional life?
Find out more about the Flourish programme here: www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/research/col...
Leeds Beckett University Centre for Race, Education and Decoloniality Diversifying Recruitment. 8th May 2025 | 4-6pm | £125 per person. How inclusive is your recruitment process? Before looking outward, schools and trust boards must look inward to ensure they create truly diverse and welcoming environments. This interactive session will explore: - Legal compliance, understanding the equality duty for schools. - Identifying bias, where racism and discrimination might exist in your organisation. - Leadership accountability, the role of governors and trustees in driving change. Who should attend? Governors and trustees, headteachers and principals. Join us as we challenge existing practices and explore strategies for recruiting, developing, and retaining diverse talent. For more information email CRED@leedsbeckett.ac.uk
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