Dr Kay Heslop

Assistant Professor

Department: Social Work, Education and Community Wellbeing

Kay has worked with people of all ages in her roles as Early Years Professional, Teacher, Youth Leader and Police Officer over the past 39 years. Throughout this time, Kay has endeavoured to develop inclusive, authentic and motivational educational activities which meet personal interests and build upon current skills.

Kay’s current role is Head of Education within the Department of Social Work, Education and Community Wellbeing at the University of Northumbria (Newcastle).

Kay’s doctoral research, completed at the University of Sheffield, involved Early Years Practitioners as co-researchers. Together, Kay and her co-researchers investigated the inclusion of older adults in the lives of young children in an urban Forest School Environment. In doing so they explored interactions, knowledge exchange and the benefits of such activity.

Campus Address

Manor House
Coach Lane Campus West
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE7 7XA

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Key Publications

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The Knowledge Exchange Framework and Levelling Up: understanding the importance of engagement for students and employers, Heslop, K., Meller, S., Johnson, M. 9 Feb 2024, How to ensure the employability of a university graduate, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar
How can academics remove barriers for the most excluded? A call for advocacy from lived experience in the UK and Ireland, Efemini, C., Forster, N., Gallagher, M., Hardill, I., Heslop, K., Littlefair, D., Marsden, N., Meller, S., Toyne, A., O’Tuama, S., Johnson, M. 16 Nov 2023, In: Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning
'Water is Everywhere', Heslop, K. 16 May 2022
Home(pre)schoolers United: The power of peer support during a pandemic: Working parents and grandparents in academia, Grimshaw, L., Meredith, C., Mulholland, K., Heslop, K., Park, V., Allan, J., Duncan, J. 24 Jun 2021, Motherhood and Work
Investigating the impact of a specialist CPD training programme for Teaching Assistants, related to supporting children with English as an Additional Language, Clifford Swan, J., Heslop, K., Ranson, F. 1 Jun 2021, In: Work Based Learning e-Journal International
Learning Across the Generations, Heslop, K. 5 Nov 2021
Let's Go on an Adventure... Embracing and Implementing Intergenerational Learning., Heslop, K. 19 Feb 2021, Early Careers in Education , Bingley, Emerald
Shared experience, Heslop, K. 2 Apr 2021, In: Early Years Educator
Unconscious Bias in the Early Years, Shimwell, J., Davenport, C., Heslop, K. Jul 2021

Professional Activity

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Oral presentation: Born4Life: creating meaningful, authentic, and sustainable intergenerational relationships. 2023
Invited talk: Born4Life: creating meaningful, authentic, and sustainable intergenerational relationships. 2023
Visiting an external academic institution: University of Hull 2023
Participating in a conference, workshop, ...: Intergenerational Creativity Conference 2023
Invited talk: Intergenerational Project 2023
Participating in a conference, workshop, ...: The Relationships Project Conference 2022
Participating in a conference, workshop, ...: Northumberland Early Years Conference 2022
Visiting an external academic institution: Highlands College, Jersey 2021
Visiting an external academic institution: University of Hull 2021
Oral presentation: ' Intergenerational Learning and Challenge in Informal Places' in BERA's Within and Beyond the mainstream: realising alternative possibilities across educational stages 15/09/20 → 15/09/20 2020

Qualifications

Education EdD February 10 2020
PGCert June 30 2009
Education MA November 07 2006
BPhil July 13 2002
Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy SFHEA 2020
Professional Affiliate of the Chartered College of Teaching 2017
Fellow of Society for Education and Training FSET 2016
Fellow (FHEA) Higher Education Academy (HEA) 2014
Fellow (FIfL) Institute for Learning (IFL) 2011
Life Member Early Education 2009
Qualified Teacher in the Lifelong Learning Sector QTLS 2009
Early Years Professional Status EYPS 2007

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