Mrs Amanda Jane Corrigan

Principal Teaching Fellow

Strathclyde Institute of Education

Personal statement

Amanda Corrigan is Principal Teaching Fellow in Strathclyde Institute 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 the education of teachers. 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 leads Strathclyde Institute of Education's Engaged Scholarship Hub in the East End of Glasgow. This has created a space in which university staff, students 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 teach local children, promoting learning from within the community. In 2025-26 a Children's Learning Hub was established to offer opportunities for local children to learn alongside the university within their own community. Both the adult hub and children's hub run weekly during term time.

Amanda was the founding member of the Strathclyde Hidden Voices Network. Running from 2020 to 2025, the network worked to amplify the voices of families affected by imprisonment through organising a wide range of conference events, professional development sessions and partnership projects with charities and third sector organisations.

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 2016-18; Director of Quality Assurance in the School of Education 2017-18; and Director of Student Experience from 2015-16.

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.

Expertise

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Prize And Awards

Strathclyder of the Year: Recipient; 28/6/2014
Most Supportive Teacher (Winner): Recipient; 8/5/2013
Most Supportive Teacher (Winner): Recipient; 21/5/2011

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Publications

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Publications

Teaching salutogenesis : teaching methods and assessment: Daniel Marguerite, Sallaway-Costello Jake, Alibekova Raushan, Boonekamp Gwendolijn, Corrigan Amanda Jane, Lundström Sofie, Nurmala Ira, Renard Frederique; International Journal of Health Promotion and Education Vol 64, pp. 209–218 (2026); https://doi.org/10.1080/14635240.2026.2714130
Who Teaches the Teachers? Looking for new sources of knowledge to solve wicked problems in education: Corrigan Amanda Jane; Transformative Leadership for Social Justice (2026)
Nurturing enquiry spaces for authentic student as researchers: Wall Kate, Sims Rebekah, Lauder-Scott Nova, Corrigan Amanda Jane, McCrorie Kathryn, Quirke William; BERA annual conference 2024 (2024)
Oracy - what is it and the best classroom resources : Why Oracy is a Social Justice Issue: Corrigan Amanda Jane; (2023)
They were a joy! : Partnership working to promote cultural diversity in Glasgow schools: Corrigan Amanda Jane, Ahmed Shagufta, Martin Rosaline; Scottish Learning Festival 2022 (2022)
Amplifying the voices of children affected by imprisonment: Corrigan Amanda Jane, Donnachie Kerrie-Lee, Russell Jennifer, Watt Roseanna, Rogers Louise; Contemporary Childhood Conference (2021)

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Teaching

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Teaching

• Pedagogy and preparation for placement

• Primary mathematics

• Reflective practice

• Academic study skills

• Working with marginalised groups - young people in prison, children in alternative provision, the addiction community, adults with experience of school exclusion

Research

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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 in China; 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 Strathclyde Institute of Education. On the EdD programme she is researching asset-based approaches to supporting teacher education. Using salutogenesis as a theoretical foundation, she worked with women in the local community over a fourteen month period to explore their experiences of school exclusion. The women then developed resources and artefacts from their data that were used to support the professional development of twenty-three teachers across Scotland. This work has been presented at the 7th International Salutgenesis Conference in Poland and at the inaugural Transformative Leadership for Social Justice Conference at the University of Strathclyde.

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
Engaged Scholarship: Adult Learning Hub - Royston Then and Now: Recipient; 15/1/2026
European Association for Practitioner Research on Improving Learning: Participant; 24/11/2025
Partnership and a wee bit of grit: Taking an asset-based approach to international student placements in Glasgow.: Speaker; 3/11/2025
Engaged Scholarship: Royston Children's Learning Hub, the Young STEM Leader Programme: Recipient; 8/10/2025

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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 - 30-Jan-2025
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