Mrs Catriona Robb
Teaching Fellow
Strathclyde Institute of Education
Personal statement
Catriona was employed in the School of Education as a Teaching Fellow from 2013 to 2015 and returned in 2018. She has worked in primary education in mainstream and Additional Support Needs (ASN) schools as well as in the secondary department of an ASN school. Prior to returning to the university, she worked in an enhanced nurture base. These children had experienced adversity and trauma, which manifested itself as distressed behaviour. She became a Development Officer in Mental Health at a local authority level and then employed as a Teaching Fellow in Children's Mental Health on her return to the university.
Qualifications
Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)
MEd Education with Merit, 2018
PgCert Supporting Teacher Learning with GTCS Professional Recognition, 2014
Post Graduate Diploma in Educational Studies, 2012
PGDE Primary Education with Merit
MSc Human Resource Management, 1994
BA (Hons) Business Studies with Labour Studies , 1992
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Publications
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Teaching
Catriona's teaching interests are in health and wellbeing and literacy.听听
Research Interests
Catriona's research interests are in adversity, trauma, nurture and resilience. She is interested in how children and young people displaying distressed behaviour can be supported to develop the social and emotional competences which will allow them to achieve educational and wider outcomes.
Professional Activities
- Speaker
- 17/6/2026
- Speaker
- 1/7/2025
- Speaker
- 17/5/2025
- Speaker
- 31/7/2023
- Invited speaker
- 30/5/2023
- Organiser
- 20/5/2023
Projects
- Robb, Catriona (Academic)
- Project with Scottish rugby.
- 25-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2026
- Robb, Catriona (Academic)
- 27-Jan-2025 - 20-Jan-2025
- Robb, Catriona (Academic) Francis-McNeil, Gillian (Academic) Atkinson, Tracy (Academic)
- 10-Jan-2025 - 30-Jan-2025
- Robb, Catriona (Academic)
- 13-Jan-2024 - 20-Jan-2024
- Robb, Catriona (Academic)
- Lathan (2024) Creating a Trauma-informed Classroom.
- 10-Jan-2023 - 10-Jan-2023
- Robb, Catriona (Academic)
- This two session Knowledge Exchange training course explores trauma-informed practice in the classroom. It explores the impact of trauma for the person and the practitioner supporting trauma-experienced young people. It explores the presence of trauma for children and young people reviewed through the medical lens and domains of trauma, the importance of self-care and a range of experiential and practical tasks for practitioners working in the field.
- 28-Jan-2022 - 19-Jan-2022
Contact
Mrs
Catriona
Robb
Teaching Fellow
Strathclyde Institute of Education
Email: c.robb@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 444 8187