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Hannah Seat
Lecturer
Hannah is Level 4/5 Leader and Lecturer on BA Primary Education (Accelerated course) in the Carnegie School of Education.
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About
Hannah is Level 4/5 Leader and Lecturer on BA Primary Education (Accelerated course) in the Carnegie School of Education.
Hannah is Level 4/5 Leader and Lecturer on BA Primary Education (Accelerated course) in the Carnegie School of Education. Hannah is a member of the Athena Swan working group to support and transform gender equality at Leeds Beckett University.
Hannah previously spent four years as Lecturer on BA Education and Early Years at University Campus Oldham. Prior to this, Hannah gained over fifteen years' experience leading and managing settings across the early years sector. This included management of private day nurseries and an independent Montessori School for children aged 0-11. Hannah has also held additional responsibilities including Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Co-ordinator and Designated Safeguarding Lead. Hannah has gained Early Years Professional Status (EYPS) and is a qualified Montessori Teacher.
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Research interests
In 2019, Hannah was awarded a Doctoral Scholarship in Carnegie School of Education. PhD working title: A Neuroqueer Phenomenology: Autistic LGBTQIA+ adults identities and orientations in educational and community spaces through an intersectional lens. Hannah's research is neurodiversity-affirming with a focused on social justice and intersectionality.
Since 2018, Hannah has been a part of the #creativeHE community, which supports pedagogical rebels and free-thinking innovators in experimenting with and developing novel learning, teaching and research ideas with HE academics from institutions across the UK and international. Hannah's role has involved collaborating in research publications, hosting and organising events and asynchronous activities across various platforms and institutions. In 2022, Hannah along with the #CreativeHE central collaborating team, were awarded a Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence (CATE) from AdvanceHE.
In 2016, Hannah was awarded Chancellor's Prize for Outstanding Postgraduate Achievement - University of Huddersfield.
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02 September 2024
Innovations in Education and Teaching International61(5):1058-1074 Informa UK Limited
Nerantzi C, Gillaspy E, Sinfield S, Karatsiori M, Burns T, Hunter A, Seat H, Tasler NThe global pandemic has led to an explosion of open learning opportunities for academics to connect, share and develop ideas together. This paper presents a collaborative autoethnographic case study on the educational leadership approaches enacted and experienced in the voluntary Creativity for Learning in Higher Education (#creativeHE) community. The authors reflect, critically analyse and review the leadership of this open peer support community as it is experienced by them using visual metaphors and paired conversations. Insights gained through this inquiry seem to suggest that the leadership within this community is characterised by and experienced as communityship, a highly participatory and democratic way of leading that brings harmony, offers refuge and stretches the leadership team. Their humane and affective bonds as a collective provide a safe and calm working space in which everybody can flourish.
Current teaching
Hannah currently teaches across levels 4, 5 and 6 on BA Primary Education (Accelerated).
Hannah's current teaching includes: Early Years Studies, Engaging Teaching and Learning, Inclusive Storytelling, Dissertation, Evidence Informed Practice and How Children Learn.
