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Sarah Shaw

Interim Head of Division

Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

  • Interim Head of Division
    Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

BIOGRAPHY

Sarah joined the University of Chester in May 2023 as a Senior Lecturer in Special Educational Needs and Disabilities within the School of Education / Department for Childhood, Education and Professional Development. She is an experienced educational practitioner and has worked in mainstream secondary education for the past 17 years in a range of roles including SENCo and Senior Leadership. It was her passion for working with and supporting students with additional needs which led her to complete the National Award for Special Educational Needs Coordination (NASENCO) alongside her MA Education. Sarah has also completed further study in Dyslexia Research and Practice.

UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER APPOINTMENTS

  • Senior Lecturer in Special Educational Needs and Disabilities
    University of Chester, School of Education - Childhood, Education and Professional Development, Chester, United Kingdom2 May 2023
  • Deputy Head of Division
    University of Chester, School of Education - Childhood, Education and Professional Development, Chester, United Kingdom2 Dec 2024 - 5 Aug 2025
  • Interim Head of Division
    University of Chester, School of Education - Childhood, Education and Professional Development, Chester, United Kingdom6 Aug 2025

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Visiting Lecturer
    Liverpool Hope University, Faculty of Education, Liverpool, United Kingdom25 Mar 2019 - 25 Mar 2020

DEGREES

  • PGCert Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
    University of Chester, Chester, United Kingdom8 Oct 2025
  • MA Education
    University of Chester, Chester, United Kingdom25 Jan 2013
  • PGDip in Dyslexia Research and Practice
    University of Chester, Chester, United Kingdom20 Jan 2017
  • PGCert National Award for Special Educational Needs Coordination (NASENCO)
    Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom21 Nov 2013
  • PGCert in Education
    Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom11 Jan 2007
  • BA (Hons) Leisure and Sport Studies
    Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, United Kingdom28 Jun 2004

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Associate Fellow (AFHEA)
    Advance HE, York, United Kingdom23 May 2024
    Achievement of the status of Associate Fellow (AFHEA) in recognition of attainment against the UK Professional Standards Framework for teaching and learning support in higher education.
  • Fellow (FHEA)
    Advance HE, York, United Kingdom27 Oct 2025
    Achievement of the status of Fellow (FHEA) in recognition of attainment against the UK professional Standards Framework for teaching and learning support in higher education

RESEARCH AND KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE INSTITUTE

  • Culture and Society Research and Knowledge Exchange Institute
  • Health and Wellbeing Research and Knowledge Exchange Institute

SCHOOL

  • Chester School of Education