Description of impact
Co-authored and validated the Thrive in the Forest Level 3 qualification to provide accredited professional learning in Forest School practice. Developed international opportunities for students through partnerships with Oslo Metropolitan University, enabling placements within Norwegian outdoor kindergartens and providing first-hand experience of internationally recognised approaches to outdoor education. These initiatives enhanced graduate employability, professional competence and international collaboration in nature-based education.| Impact date | 2018 → 2025 |
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| Category of impact | Quality of Life |
| Impact level | Adoption |
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Outputs
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Forest School and Wellbeing: Promoting Psychological Wellbeing Through Nature-Based Education
Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
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Race, power and inclusion in UK forest schools: ecofeminist and Foucauldian perspectives on decolonising outdoor education
Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
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‘Ikke skade treet': ‘Don’t harm the tree'. Narratives from a Norwegian kindergarten
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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An exploration of children’s experiences of the use of digital technology in forest schools
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Natural Side of Technology into the Forest School Space?
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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New boundaries, undecided roles: Towards an understanding of forest schools as constructed spaces
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Forest school as a space for risk for children with social, emotional and mental health needs
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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An Exploration of Children’s Experiences of the Use of Digital Technology in Forest Schools
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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The University Forest School Space in England: taking seminars outdoors for early years undergraduates
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Taking seminars outdoors in nature: Alternative learning spaces in Higher Education
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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Reimagining Learning: Power, Risk, and Place in Forest Schools
Research output: Other contribution › peer-review
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Evaluating LJMU Forest School Programme for Schools: staff and student partnership
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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Children’s Experiences of using Digital Technology in UK Forest Schools.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
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A systematic review of forest schools literature in England
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Exploring the Theoretical Foundations of Forest School Pedagogy: Autonomy, Risk and Social Constructivism in an English Context
Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report › peer-review
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Challenging gender and power dynamics in Forest Schools: an ecofeminist perspective
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Constructions of Space: Exploring Photographic Images in Forest School
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Working with a school nurture group; the benefits of weekly forest school sessions for children with emotional, social and/or behavioural difficulties: International Days Conference
Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
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Supporting Students on International Placements: Insights from Norwegian Outdoor Kindergartens.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
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Foucault and Power: UK Forest School as a socially constructed space for early years teachers and Forest School leaders
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The case for space in the co-construction of risk in UK Forest School.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Same Actors, Undecided Roles: Towards an Understanding of Forest Schools as Sites of Knowledge Construction.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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Eco-connectedness as Health Psychology: Understanding the Psychological Mechanisms of Wellbeing in Forest School Practice
Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
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Activities
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Oslo Metropolitan University
Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Visiting an external academic institution
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Race, power and inclusion in UK forest schools: ecofeminist and Foucauldian perspectives on decolonising outdoor education
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Eco-connectedness as Health Psychology: Understanding the Psychological Mechanisms of Wellbeing in Forest School Practice
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Slow Disasters and Hopeful Spaces: Nature-based Pedagogy in Urban Childhoods
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Prizes
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Impacts
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Projects
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Forest School, Nature-Based Learning and Psychological Wellbeing
Project: Internally Funded Staff Research › WAM Personal Development Internally Funded