Mrs Gillian McConnell
Teaching Fellow
Education
Personal statement
Personal statement
I was awared the Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy in October 2024
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Prize And Awards
- Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)
- Recipient
- 15/10/2024
- HaSS Teaching Excellence Award 2021/2022
- Recipient
- 8/12/2022
- Teaching Excellence Award: Students Union Association
- Recipient
- 31/5/2019
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Publications
- Autistic spectrum disorders
- Marshall-McConnell Gillian, Claveirole Anne
- Understanding Children and Young People's Mental Health (2010) (2010)
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Professional Activities
- Confucius Institute for Scotland: Professional Learning Event
- Speaker
- 7/2/2025
- Collaborative Learning Event: Strathclyde Institute of Education, School of Social Work and Social Policy and Speech and Language Therapy
- Keynote/plenary speaker
- 15/1/2025
- Autism Europe (External organisation)
- Advisor
- 13/1/2025
- Consultation Launch of the Centre for Autism and Research at Strathclyde
- Organiser
- 13/11/2024
- McConnell, G., & Mevawalla, Z (2024). Inclusive pedagogy in teacher education. Workshop funded by the British Council. Beijing Normal University: November 2024
- Keynote speaker
- 11/2024
- Complex Additional Support Needs
- Invited speaker
- 22/10/2024
Projects
- An Insight Into Autism
- McConnell, Gillian (Principal Investigator)
- Continuing Learning & Professional Development for the Scottish Union Learning Unit (UNITE) The Scottish Ambulance Service
- 19-Jan-2025
- An Insight Into Autism
- McConnell, Gillian (Principal Investigator)
- Continuing Learning & Professional Development for the Scottish Union Learning Unit (UNITE): Recommissioned for March 2025
- 12-Jan-2025 - 13-Jan-2025
- Changing Hearts and Minds for Inclusive Education in the Early Years
- Mevawalla, Zinnia (Principal Investigator) Fulton, Jackie (Co-investigator) Catlin, Jane (Co-investigator) Cologon, Kathy (Co-investigator) Harper-Abdullah, Margaret (Co-investigator) McConnell, Gillian (Co-investigator)
- This project is a collaboration between Glasgow City Council (GCC) and the Strathclyde Institute of Education. It aims to support leaders in early years settings by equipping them with knowledge, strategies, and research-driven insights to enhance inclusive practices.
- 17-Jan-2025
- An Insight Into Autism
- McConnell, Gillian (Principal Investigator)
- Continuing Learning & Professional Development for the Scottish Union Learning Unit (UNITE)
- 29-Jan-2025 - 30-Jan-2025
- Supporting Neurodiversity in the Workplace
- McConnell, Gillian (Principal Investigator)
- Training courses to support neurodivergent colleagues in the workplace
- 04-Jan-2024 - 14-Jan-2024
- Supporting Autistic and Neurodivergent Colleagues in the Workplace
- McConnell, Gillian (Principal Investigator)
- Two day training courses to support autistic and neurodivergent colleagues in the workplace: Aberdeen and Edinburgh
- 04-Jan-2024 - 08-Jan-2024
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Contact
Mrs
Gillian
McConnell
Teaching Fellow
Education
Email: gillian.mcconnell.100@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 444 8251