Robert Stannard

I initially trained as an English and Drama teacher and taught for 12 years in a number of secondary schools in Somerset.  As my career progressed, I held several positions of responsibility including six years as a Head of Department before I moved into teacher education in 1996.  I lectured in English in Education at Birmingham University for two years before leaving to undertake an MA in The Teaching and Practice of Creative Writing at Cardiff University where I subsequently taught Creative Writing.  I then returned to ITE as a Lecturer in English in Education at Edge Hill University where I was co-director of PGCE English and director of the Flexible PGCE programme.  In 2003, I moved to Keele University as Course Director for PGCE English, and in 2014 became Director of PGCE.  I then worked as Director of the Learning and Teaching in Higher Education Programme at Keele where I additionally led the Academic Professional Apprenticeship programme.  From 2018-19, I held the position of Director of Learning and Teaching for the School of Social Science and Public Policy, and in my last two years at Keele I was the Director of the BA and MA degree programmes in Liberal Arts. I joined Staffs University as Course Director for Initial Teacher Training in June 2021.