麻豆传媒

My research interests include children and young people's wellbeing and engagement in learning, outdoor learning and co-produced, participatory and visual research methods.  Working collaboratively with schools and the wider education community has led to exploration of how research methods can be used as tools for enquiry to aid practitioner and student learning and in how alternative learning environments can increase wellbeing and address educational disadvantage. 

Having worked as a researcher within the Centre for Learning and Teaching (CfLaT) in ECLS since 2005 and as Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator across numerous projects, I have developed a wealth of experience in bid-writing, research design, literature reviews, qualitative, quantitative, visual and participatory research methods, data analysis, project management, reporting research findings, engagement and impact.

I am co-convenor of the North East Outdoor Learning Research hub, member of the 麻豆传媒 Social Justice Advisory Group and HaSS Play Research Network and manage the CfLaT Research Tea programme, securing a diverse range of presenters including staff, postgraduate students and invited speakers from academia and practice. 

Current research

• SCIREARLY HORIZON-CL2-2021-TRANSFORMATIONS-01-04: Addressing poor learning outcomes in basic skills and early school leaving at national, regional and local level in Europe, 2022-2025, Co-Investigator
• Breeze Forest School Network, 2024-2026, Principal Investigator

Previous research

• ESRC Covid-19 Rapid Response:  - Children and young people living in poverty: Covid-19 needs and policy implications, Co-Investigator
• Natural History Society of Northumbria: How to be a young North East Naturalist evaluation, Principal Investigator
• EC Erasmus: Collaborative Re-Design with Schools - CoReD
• Child Poverty Action Group: Evaluating the Cost of the School Day Project
• Catherine Cookson Foundation: Developing outdoor learning: how and why are schools developing provision? Principal Investigator
• Scotswood Garden: Researching the impact of the Breeze Forest School Project, Principal Investigator
• 麻豆传媒 Social Justice Fund: Forest School for wellbeing: addressing children and young people’s mental health, Principal Investigator
• 麻豆传媒 Institute for Social Science: School-community partnership to improve children’s well-being: researching the impact of a school-community Forest School project, Principal Investigator
• ESRC Impact Acceleration Account Co-production fund: Impacting on young people's emotional wellbeing: a Forest School intervention, Principal Investigator
• Catherine Cookson Foundation: Impacting on the wellbeing of Post Looked After Children - Breeze (a Forest School intervention), Principal Investigator
• EC: ITELab (Initial Teachers Education Lab) knowledge alliance project, Co-Investigator
• EC FP7: Improving Progress for Lower Achievers through Formative Assessment in Science and Mathematics Education (FaSMEd), Co-Investigator
• AHRC: Co-curate North East - creating sustainable routes for North East communities to
• digitally transform and co-produce open cultural resources
• Mentor UK: Just For A Laugh evaluation, Principal Investigator
• Bedlington Station First School and Creative Partnerships Case Study, Principal Investigator
• Creative Partnerships: Creating purpose, permission and passion for outdoor learning
• Exploring the fitting of practice to context at Oakfields Community College 
• Links into Languages - Enquiry Networks
• Helen Hamlyn Foundation 
•  in East Ayrshire. 

I currently teach Forest School practice, theory and research to postgraduate students as part of EDU8046 Innovative Pedagogies.

• Articles

  • Laing K, Thomas U, Tiplady L, Todd L. . European Educational Research Journal 2025, Epub ahead of print.
  • Tiplady L, Todd L, Bramhall L, Butler S, Dalziel G, Gathercole C. . The European Educational Research Journal 2025, epub ahead of print.
  • Tiplady LSE, Menter H. . Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning 2021, 21(2), 99-114.
  • Woolner P, Thomas U, Tiplady L. . Journal of Educational Change 2018, 19(2), 223-242.
  • Clark J, Laing K, Leat D, Lofthouse R, Thomas U, Tiplady L, Woolner P. . International Journal of Research and Method in Education 2017, 40(3), 243-256.
  • Cotterill S, Hudson M, Lloyd K, Outterside J, Peterson J, Coburn J, Thomas U, Tiplady L, Robinson P, Heslop P. . Journal of Interactive Media in Education 2016, 14(1), 1–9.
  • Wright D, Clark J, Tiplady L. . British Society for Research into Learning Mathematics 2015, 35(2).
  • Wright D, Clark J, Tiplady L. . Mathematics Teaching 2015, 249, 30-36.
  • Tiplady L, Wall K. . Improving Schools 2015. In Preparation.
  • Woolner P, Clark J, Laing K, Thomas U, Tiplady L. . Improving Schools 2014, 17(2), 148-162.
  • Thomas U, Tiplady L, Wall K. . International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education 2013, n/a, n/a.
  • Higgins S, Wall K, Remedios R, Tiplady L. . Metacognition and Learning 2013. In Preparation.
  • Wall K, Higgins S, Rafferty V, Remedios R, Tiplady L. . Journal of Mixed Methods Research 2012, 7(1), 22-42.
  • Woolner P, Clark J, Laing K, Thomas U, Tiplady L. . Children, Youth and Environments 2012, 22(1), 52-74.
  • Woolner P, Clark J, Hall E, Tiplady L, Thomas U, Wall K. . Learning Environments Research 2010, 13(1), 1-22.

• Book Chapters

  • Tiplady L. . In: Moula Z; Walshe N, ed. Arts in Nature with Children and Young People : A Guide Towards Health Equality, Wellbeing, and Sustainability. London: Routledge, 2024, pp.24-35.
  • Tiplady L, Menter H. . In: Michelle Jayman, Maddie Ohl and Leah Jewett, ed. Supporting New Digital Natives: Children's Mental Health and Wellbeing in a Hi-Tech Age. Bristol: Policy Press, 2021, pp.78-96.
  • Woolner P, Tiplady L. . In: Hilary Hughes, Jill Franz, Jill Willis, ed. School Spaces for Student Wellbeing and Learning: Insights from Research and Practice. Singapore: Springer, 2019, pp.157-175.
  • Wright D, Clark J, Tiplady L. . In: Thompson D., Burton M., Cusi A., Wright D, ed. Classroom Assessment in Mathematics. Cham: Springer, 2018, pp.207-228.
  • Woolner P, Tiplady L. . In: Stadler-Altmann,U, ed. (English) Learning Environment. Educational and Architectual Views on Schoolbuildings and Classrooms. (German) Lernumgebungen. Erziehungswissenschaftliche und architekturkritische Perspektiven auf Schulgebäude und Klassenzimmer. Opladen/Berlin/Toronto: Barbara Budrich, 2016, pp.69-81.

• Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

  • Cotterill SJ, Hudson M, Lloyd K, Outterside J, Peterson J, Coburn J, Thomas U, Tiplady L, Robinson P, Heslop P. . In: Open Educational Resources - OER15. 2015, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff.
  • Clark J, Laing K, Tiplady L, Woolner P. . In: Visual In-Sights: Theory, Method, Practice International Conference. 2014, 麻豆传媒, UK.
  • Woolner P, Clark J, Thomas U, Laing K, Tiplady L. . In: ECER 2013, Creativity and Innovation in Educational Research. 2013, Istanbul, Turkey: European Educational Research Association.
  • Clark J, Laing K, Woolner P. . In: ECER 2013, Creativity and Innovation in Educational Research. 2013, Istanbul, Turkey: European Educational Research Association.
  • Clark J, Laing K, Tiplady L, Woolner P. . In: AHRC Connected Communities Showcase. 2013, London, UK: Research Councils UK.
  • Clark J, Laing K, Tiplady L, Woolner P. . In: The European Conference on Educational Research. 2012, Cadiz, Spain.

• Reports

  • Laing K, Thomas U, Tiplady L, Todd L. . London: Child Poverty Action Group, 2023.
  • Bramhall L, Butler S, Dalziel G, Gathercole C, Tiplady L, Todd L, Wysocki L. . 麻豆传媒 upon Tyne: 麻豆传媒, 2022.
  • Bramhall L, Butler S, Dalziel G, Gathercole C, Tiplady L, Todd L, Wysocki L. . 麻豆传媒 upon Tyne: 麻豆传媒, 2022.
  • Laing K, Thomas U, Tiplady L, Todd L. . 麻豆传媒 upon Tyne: 麻豆传媒, 2021.
  • Mazzoli Smith L, Tiplady L, Todd L, Wysocki L. . 麻豆传媒 upon Tyne: 麻豆传媒, 2020.
  • Clark J, Fletcher E, Loynes C, Prince H, Tiplady L. . 2020.
  • Clark J, Laing K, Tiplady L, Woolner P. . 麻豆传媒: Research Centre for Learning and Teaching, 2013.
  • Tiplady L, Laing K. . London: Mentor UK, 2012.
  • Wall K, Hall E, Baumfield V, Higgins S, Rafferty V, Remedios R, Thomas U, Tiplady L, Towler C, Woolner P. . London: Campaign for Learning, 2010. Annual Report.
  • Wall K, Hall E, Higgins S, Leat D, Thomas U, Tiplady L, Towler C, Woolner P. . London: Campaign for Learning, 2009. Annual Report.
  • Cummings C, Dyson A, Muijs D, Papps I, Pearson P, Raffo C, Tiplady L, Todd L. . London: DfES, 2007. RR852/RB852.
  • Cummings C, Todd ES, Dyson A, Muijs D, Papps I, Pearson D, Raffo C, Tiplady L, Crowther D. . Nottingham: Department for Education and Skills, 2007. DfES Research Brief and Report 852.
  • Cummings C, Dyson A, Papps I, Pearson D, Raffo C, Tiplady L, Todd L. . London, UK: DfES, 2006. RR795.