Mrs Amanda Jane Corrigan

Principal Teaching Fellow

Strathclyde Institute of Education

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Personal statement

Amanda Corrigan is Principal Teaching Fellow in the School of Education. She joined the University of Strathclyde in 2005.  In June 2017 she was awarded Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy.

Amanda leads an undergraduate programme that was developed with the Omani Government to produce English teacher for Oman - BA (Hons) Education & TESOL. She has developed placement modules on this programme using asset-based approaches that allow international students to make a unique contribution to Glasgow schools. 

Much of Amanda's work focuses on working alongside marginalised communities to strengthen teacher education. She has hosted research projects with young people in prison, young people excluded from mainstream school, and with adults who had poor experiences of education, using the findings from each project to support teachers' learning. These projects are collaborative in nature, positioning the participants as experts in helping teachers to look at some of education's wicked problems from a new perspective.  Amanda is a founding member of the Strathclyde Hidden Voices Network. Running since 2020, the network aims to amplify the voices of families affected by imprisonment and has organised a wide range of conference events, professional development sessions and partnership projects with charities and third sector organisations.  

Amanda leads the Strathclyde Institute of Education's Engaged Scholarship Hub in the East End of Glasgow. This has created a space in which university staff and community members can work and learn together. Projects like Glasgow Street Games and Learning about the Lungs have allowed adults in the community to take on the role of teaching local children and promoting learning from within the community. In 2025-26 a Children's Learning Hub has been established to offer opportunities for local children to learn alongside the university within their own community outwith the confines of school. 

Amanda was Deputy Head of the School of Education with responsibility for taught courses from 2019 to 2022, leading over forty programmes with 3k students through the Covid pandemic. She was Associate Dean (Student Experience) in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences from 2015-18.  In 2017-18 Amanda was Director of Quality Assurance in the School of Education following on from her time as Director of Student Experience from 2015.  

Amanda was Course Leader for the bachelor’s degree programmes in Primary Education from 2010 - 2014.  In response to the Donaldson Report, Teaching Scotland’s Future, she was responsible for overseeing the development of the BA (Hons) Primary Education programme which is part of the Humanities and Social Sciences framework for undergraduate students at the University.  This replaced the internationally recognised BEd programme at Strathclyde.

Amanda maintains her registration with the General Teaching Council for Scotland. 

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Teaching

•             Pedagogy and preparation for placement

•             Reflective practice

•             Academic Study Skills

•             Working with marginalised groups - addiction, crimial justice system

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Research Interests

Amanda has presented her work on teacher education, devolved leadership, university outreach and student-led professional development at a range of professional conferences over many years, including conferences hosted by Education Scotland; the Irish National Teachers Organisation; the Department for International Trade; Universities’ Council for the Education of Teachers; Holyrood - Teacher Education; The Higher Education Academy - Enhancement Themes; Association for Chartered Teachers in Scotland (ACTS).

Amanda is currently a doctoral student in the School of Education. On the EdD programme she is researching asset-based approaches to supporting teacher education. Her research project casts adults with experience of exclusion from school as experts in the creation of knowledge and the development of resources that will be used for teacher professional development. 

Her work with students to promote a culture of creativity and to provide wide ranging opportunities for student-led professional development activities has been described as ‘sector leading’ by external stakeholders. 

Professional Activities

School Attendance Engagement Event
Organiser
23/3/2026
Cross-Faculty Connections: Growing Networks and Building Opportunities with and for Children and Young People
Participant
26/2/2026
Histories of Play: Useful Learning With the Local Community
Recipient
28/8/2024
Taking an asset-based approach to understanding school exclusion for the purpose of educating teachers
Speaker
19/6/2024
'We've all had bad experiences of school, but we want to fix it.' Supporting adults who experienced school exclusion to take on the role of teacher educators.
Speaker
14/6/2024
University staff perspectives on writing UCAS cover letters in the context of EAL applicants
Speaker
10/2022

More professional activities

Projects

The Migrant Children Project
McCrorie, Kathryn (Academic) Corrigan, Amanda Jane (Academic)
Working with a small group of year 2 education students prior to a TESOL placement. Content based around refugee/EAL children in Glasgow City schools.
04-Jan-2021
Young People in Extended Outreach Teaching the Teachers
Corrigan, Amanda Jane (Principal Investigator)
This project allowed young people who were excluded from mainstream school to support the education of teachers in their own local authority about the experience of being excluded.
26-Jan-2020 - 20-Jan-2021
Strathclyde Hidden Voices Network
Corrigan, Amanda Jane (Principal Investigator)
The Strathclyde Hidden Voices Network is made up of undergraduate students and graduates who have experience of imprisonment in a variety of forms. The network exists to amplify the voices of children and families affected by imprisonment and to support the professional development of those who work with them.
29-Jan-2020
Polmont Young Offenders Teaching the Teachers
Corrigan, Amanda Jane (Principal Investigator)
A group of young offenders on long term sentences took on the role of teachers for a class of PGDE students. The purpose of the project was to help new teachers hear the authentic voice of one group of young people in order to help them consider their own role in supporting marginalised pupils in school.
18-Jan-2018 - 30-Jan-2019
Teacher Education Students' Attitudes to an International Experience.
Santoro, Ninetta (Principal Investigator) Sosu, Edward (Co-investigator) Corrigan, Amanda Jane (Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2013 - 01-Jan-2014
Member of the Writing Group for the General Teaching Council for Scotland's Standards Working Group
Corrigan, Amanda Jane (Academic)
Creation of the Standards for Provisional and Full Registration for Scotland's teachers
17-Jan-2011 - 22-Jan-2012

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Mrs Amanda Jane Corrigan
Principal Teaching Fellow
Strathclyde Institute of Education

Email: amanda.j.corrigan@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 444 8100