Spotlight on... Nicola Walshe

This week Professor Nicola Walshe, Executive Director of the new Centre for Climate Change and Sustainability Education, talks about the new Centre, her work supporting children's mental health and wellbeing, and the dangers of polar bears in the High Arctic. What is your role and what does it involve?. I am Head of Department of Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment in IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society, a role which gives me oversight of the strategic and operational development of education, research and knowledge exchange across the Department and its research centres. I love the variety of the role, in particular working with colleagues from across the Department to bring together world-leading research, teaching and learning which reflects our expertise in and contributes to high quality education, teaching and teacher development. I am also now Executive Director of the newly launched UCL Centre for Climate Change and Sustainability Education   - a really exciting development within the IOE which aims to provide outstanding, research-informed professional development for teachers and school leaders across all phases, subjects and career stages. How long have you been at UCL and what was your previous role?. I have only been at UCL since August 2021 but the extremely warm welcome from colleagues across and beyond the Department means that I already feel very much at home here.