Emily Atkinson

Post 16 education

Transition from Secondary to Post 16 Education

Disadvantaged student achievement gap

Funds of Knowledge/Identity

• MSc Psychology (Coventry University)

• PGCE Secondary (Newman University)

• BA (Hons) Sociology and Psychology (Coventry University)

• National Professional Qualification in Middle Leadership (NPQML)

A qualified teacher of eighteen 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.

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. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.636520  

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] https://www.tes.com/magazine/archived/how-student-teacher-relationship-survived-covid