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Caroline Walker-Gleaves is Professor of Education at Newcastle University specializing in Special Education, Pedagogic Theory and Practice and Instructional Technology. She is a former school teacher of Physics and Science, and trained at St Mary’s University, Twickenham, London.

Walker-Gleaves gained her doctorate at the University of Leicester, and her Masters Degrees at Bradford University (International Relations & Political Science) and The Open University (Music). In 2000, she took a lectureship at Sunderland University and in 2005 she was awarded a Personal Chair as Professor of Pedagogy for her research on teaching praxis and teacher education. In 2010, she joined the University of Durham as Senior Lecturer in Special & Inclusive Education and in 2014, she became Deputy Pro-Vice Chancellor of the Faculty of Social Sciences & Health, holding responsibility for Undergraduate Education. She became Professor of Education at Newcastle University in 2016, and from 2016-19 was Head of the School of Education, Communication & Language Sciences.

Walker-Gleaves was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship in 2001 for Excellence in Teaching & Learning and in 2010 was profiled as one of the most outstanding educators of the decade in a publication celebrating 10 years of National Teaching Fellows.