Mrs Gillian Francis-McNeil

Teaching Fellow

Strathclyde Institute of Education

Contact

Research

Back to staff profile

Professional Activities

BELMAS 2026 Annual Conference: Speaker; 4/7/2026
Scottish Council of Deans of Education Self Evaluation of Initial Teacher Education Event - Inclusion: Speaker; 17/6/2026
Transformative Leadership for Social Justice: Organiser; 24/4/2026
School Attendance Engagement Event: Organiser; 23/3/2026
Child Protection Safeguarding Network Collaborative Event: Member of programme committee; 14/1/2026
Child Protection Safeguarding Network Collaborative Event: Chair; 14/1/2026

More professional activities

Projects

South Lanarkshire KE Contract 2025-2026 for Leadership Training: Contract Value £6,469.20: Lauder-Scott, Nova (Principal Investigator) Francis-McNeil, Gillian (Principal Investigator); KE Contract from South Lanarkshire to deliver training sessions for two cohorts: Aspiring Middle Leaders and Middle Leaders Leading Change.; 01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2026
SIoE Habits of Mind Strategic Plan working group: Lauder-Scott, Nova (Co-investigator) Francis-McNeil, Gillian (Co-investigator); The aim of Habits of Mind (HoM) approach is to have a single shared approach to critical thinking. We understand critical thinking in its broadest sense, meaning:

Openness to new information and different experiences

Curiosity about the world and a desire to find out more

Creativity in imagining new ways of thinking, new solutions and new modes of expression

Responsibility for your own intellectual development and growth

Self-reflection in considering your own positionality and developing greater self-awareness.

The aim is to provide learning opportunities that foster these 5 themes as dispositions. In doing so it is hoped that

our expectations are made explicit and consistent,

students experience their course as intellectually and personally challenging and stimulating,

and, crucially, that students come to understand that they have responsibility for their own learning and we are there to help.; 01-Jan-2025
Educational Institute of Scotland: Safeguarding the Health and Wellbeing of Children and Young People: Robb, Catriona (Academic) Francis-McNeil, Gillian (Academic) Atkinson, Tracy (Academic); 10-Jan-2025 - 30-Jan-2025
An exploration into the impact and influence of reflection on lifelong learning (with a focus on primary education): Foy, Claire (Co-investigator) Francis-McNeil, Gillian (Principal Investigator) Ramsay, Fiona (Co-investigator) Atkinson, Tracy (Co-investigator); 22-Jan-2022 - 24-Jan-2023