Staff profile

• 2026 - 2029: BERA Conference and Events Committee Chair:
• 2026: Sub-Editor at the Journal for the Education of Teachers:
• 2025 - 2028: Member of BERA Council:
• 2025: Editorial Board member for Pastoral Care in Education:
• 2023 - 2026: Sig Convenor for Mental Health and Wellbeing in Education:
• 2023 - 2026: Vice-chair of the Primary Committee at the Universities' Council for the Education of Teachers:

Authored book

• Leadership, Organisation and the Sustainability of Teacher Work: Towards a Processual View of Education
  
  Wood, P., Quickfall, A., & Varley, M. (2026). Leadership, Organisation and the Sustainability of Teacher Work: Towards a Processual View of Education. Emerald Publishing Limited. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83662-716-6

Chapter in book

• International Research and the Ethics of Language
  
  Wood, P., Quickfall, A., & Pihlainen, K. (2026). International Research and the Ethics of Language. In A. Fox, S. Baker, N. Brown, M. Courtney, A. Quickfall, N. Tegama, & S. Chong (Eds.), Ethical Dilemmas in Educational Research: BERA Case Studies for Researchers by Researchers (pp. 95-112). Bloomsbury. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350450837.ch-5
• Dilemmas of Care in Online Interviewing
  
  Quickfall, A., & Wood, P. (2026). Dilemmas of Care in Online Interviewing. In A. Fox, S. Baker, N. Brown, M. Courtney, A. Quickfall, N. Tegama, & S. Chong (Eds.), Ethical Dilemmas in Educational Research: BERA Case Studies for Researchers by Researchers (pp. 143-164). Bloomsbury. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350450837.ch-7
• Being an Ethical Practitioner Researcher: Conducting Your Own Research and Applying Research Ethically
  
  Quickfall, A. (2025). Being an Ethical Practitioner Researcher: Conducting Your Own Research and Applying Research Ethically. In M. Stephenson, A. Gill, & E. Podesta (Eds.), The Research-informed Educator: Tools and Techniques for Effective Teaching (pp. 83-99). Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83708-238-420251006
• ‘Hear My Voice’: Children and Young People in Schools and Research
  
  Jayman, M., & Quickfall, A. (2024). ‘Hear My Voice’: Children and Young People in Schools and Research. In M. Jayman, J. Glazzard, A. Rose, & A. Quickfall (Eds.), The BERA Guide to Mental Health and Wellbeing in Schools: Exploring Frontline Support in Educational Research and Practice (pp. 65-82). Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83797-242-520241004

Edited book

• Ethical Dilemmas in Educational Research: BERA Case Studies for Researchers by Researchers
  
  Fox, A., Baker, S., Brown, N., Courtney, M., Quickfall, A., Tegama, N., & Chong, S. (Eds.). (2026). Ethical Dilemmas in Educational Research: BERA Case Studies for Researchers by Researchers. Bloomsbury. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350450837

Journal Article

• Exploring the Experiences of Women Academics in England: The Combined Effects of Societal, Structural and Life‐Stage Factors
  
  Quickfall, A. (2026). Exploring the Experiences of Women Academics in England: The Combined Effects of Societal, Structural and Life‐Stage Factors. Higher Education Quarterly, 79(1), Article e12581. https://doi.org/10.1111/hequ.12581
• Philosophical Inquiry with 5–7-Year-Olds: ‘My New Thinking Friends’
  
  Quickfall, A. (2025). Philosophical Inquiry with 5–7-Year-Olds: ‘My New Thinking Friends’. Education Sciences, 15(10), Article 1410. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci15101410
• Sustaining the teaching profession: Innovating the ‘golden thread’ in university‐led teacher education
  
  Nuttall, A., Podesta, E., Quickfall, A., & Stephenson, M. (2025). Sustaining the teaching profession: Innovating the ‘golden thread’ in university‐led teacher education. British Educational Research Journal. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.70028
• ‘It felt like a secret ballot’: the impact of reaccreditation on academics working in initial teacher education in England, 2022/2023
  
  Quickfall, A., & Wood, P. (2025). ‘It felt like a secret ballot’: the impact of reaccreditation on academics working in initial teacher education in England, 2022/2023. Journal of Education for Teaching, 51(4), 632-650. https://doi.org/10.1080/02607476.2025.2536112
• Exploring the well-being of early career teachers: staying afloat whilst fixing the boat during COVID-19
  
  Wood, P., Quickfall, A., & Clarke, E. (2025). Exploring the well-being of early career teachers: staying afloat whilst fixing the boat during COVID-19. PRACTICE: Contemporary Issues in Practitioner Education, 7(2), 153-176. https://doi.org/10.1080/25783858.2025.2473323
• Part-time working and the teacher mother: panacea or poison?
  
  Quickfall, A. (2025). Part-time working and the teacher mother: panacea or poison? PRACTICE: Contemporary Issues in Practitioner Education, 7(1), 58-76. https://doi.org/10.1080/25783858.2024.2424220
• The emergence of leadership as social triage: understanding the impact of the long shadows of austerity and the Covid-19 pandemic in English schools
  
  Wood, P., & Quickfall, A. (2024). The emergence of leadership as social triage: understanding the impact of the long shadows of austerity and the Covid-19 pandemic in English schools. London Review of Education, 22(1), 38. https://doi.org/10.14324/lre.22.1.38
• Timelines in researching student teachers’ well-being during teaching practice
  
  Pihlainen, K., Clarke, E., Kahila, S., Vellonen, V., Waltzer, K., Kuutti, T., & Quickfall, A. (2024). Timelines in researching student teachers’ well-being during teaching practice. International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 47(4), 311-327. https://doi.org/10.1080/1743727x.2023.2285477
• The experiences of newly qualified teachers in 2020 and what we can learn for future cohorts
  
  Quickfall, A., Wood, P., & Clarke, E. (2022). The experiences of newly qualified teachers in 2020 and what we can learn for future cohorts. London Review of Education, 20(1), Article 50. https://doi.org/10.14324/lre.20.1.50
• Reflecting on Ethical Processes and Dilemmas in Doctoral Research
  
  Quickfall, A. (2022). Reflecting on Ethical Processes and Dilemmas in Doctoral Research. Education Sciences, 12(11), Article 751. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci12110751
• Does political stringency change students’ adherence to governmental recommendations?
  
  Berg-Beckhoff, G., Bask, M., Jervelund, S., Quickfall, A., Rabiee Khan, F., Oddsson, G., van der Wel, K., Sarasjärvi, K., Skalická, V., & Van de Velde, S. (2022). Does political stringency change students’ adherence to governmental recommendations? European Journal of Public Health, 32(Supplement_3). https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckac131.089
• Averting the Crisis in Trainee Teacher Well-being – Learning Lessons across European Contexts: A Comparative Study
  
  Thompson, S., Clarke, E., Quickfall, A., & Glazzard, J. (2020). Averting the Crisis in Trainee Teacher Well-being – Learning Lessons across European Contexts: A Comparative Study. Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education, 12(Fall), 38-56. https://doi.org/10.32674/jcihe.v12ifall.1439

Manual

• Online Focus Groups with Student Teachers who are also Parents: Co-creation with Student Researchers
  
  Quickfall, A., Cooper, J., & Mitchell, J. (2025). Online Focus Groups with Student Teachers who are also Parents: Co-creation with Student Researchers [Manual / guide]. SAGE Publications Ltd.
• Interviewing Online: Ethic of Care and Protecting Participants and Researchers Using Unstructured Interviews
  
  Quickfall, A., & Wood, P. (2025). Interviewing Online: Ethic of Care and Protecting Participants and Researchers Using Unstructured Interviews [Manual / guide]. SAGE Publications Ltd.
• Ethical Guidelines for Educational Research 5th Edition
  
  Fox, A., Quickfall, A., Reiss, M., Brown, N., Chong, S. W., Courtney, M., Griffiths, M., Hasson, F., Heathcoate, K., & Kushnir, I. (2024). Ethical Guidelines for Educational Research 5th Edition [Manual / guide]. https://www.bera.ac.uk/publication/ethical-guidelines-for-educational-research-fifth-edition-2024-online. BERA.