Mrs Nova Lauder-Scott
Teaching Fellow
Strathclyde Institute of Education
Personal statement
Nova joined the 糖心视频's Institute of Education on a full-time basis in October 2019, having worked in the primary sector for 25 years. She began her career in Glasgow City Council where she spent 15 happy years working as a Class Teacher, Senior Teacher, Principal Teacher and Depute Head Teacher. A move to East Renfrewshire saw her take up her first Head Teacher post and then to Renfrewshire as Head Teacher of a wonderful school.
Nova's key research focus is currently her Ed.D. The working title for this research is 鈥楾hey just get it鈥�: Scottish Head Teachers鈥� Stories about Teachers who are adept at supporting children with distressed behaviour.聽 The aim of the research is to listen to the voices of primary Head Teachers and hear their stories and experiences of the teachers they have encountered that 鈥榡ust get it鈥� when dealing with distressed children.
Nova was delighted to be appointed as Course Leader for the Into Headship programme in June 2023 and is currently focused on making improvements to this already well-established course.聽 She is committed to providing outstanding student experience and this is at the centre of her practice.
Internal Citizenship roles include being a member of the Institute of Education Ethics Committee and serving as Academic Selector for the PGDE Primary Programme.聽 Nova also undertakes external citizenship roles, including being a member of the National Into Headship Design Group and the Executive Secretary for ASPE (The Association for the Study of Primary Education).
Nova is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and is currently undertaking an application to become a Senior Fellow.
Qualifications
Post Graduate Certificate in Supporting Teacher Learning, 糖心视频, 2020
Post Graduate Diploma in Educational Leadership and Management, University of Glasgow, 2009
Scottish Qualification for Headship, University of Glasgow, 2009
Bachelor of Education with 1st Class honours and Distinction in Teaching, University of Glasgow (Jordanhill), 1995
Publications
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- BERA annual conference 2024 (2024)
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- Curriculum Journal Vol 35, pp. 137-140 (2024)
Teaching
- Course Leader: Into Headship Programme, 糖心视频
- Module Leader: Strategic Leadership and Work Based Project (Year 3 Modules on Part Time Pathway of M.Ed Leadership)
- Tutor: PG Certificate in Supporting Teacher Learning. Module 2 (Contemporary Contexts for Teachers鈥� Learning and Work)
- Tutor: Leadership for Equity, Inclusion and Social Justice (Year 1 Module of Part Time Pathway on M.Ed Leadership)
- Tutor: Leadership for School Improvement (Year 1 Module of Part Time Pathway on M.Ed Leadership)
- Supervision of M.Ed and MSc students
Research Interests
- Doctoral Research (Working Title) 鈥�They just get it 鈥�: Scottish Head Teachers鈥� Stories about Teachers who are adept at supporting children with distressed behaviour.
- Practitioner Enquiry as a model for professional learning and school improvement.
- Experiences of participants undertaking the Into Headship programme.
- School leader voice in Educational Policy and Reform.
Professional Activities
- Organiser
- 23/3/2026
- Member
- 19/11/2025
- Host
- 20/5/2025
- Member
- 24/1/2023
- Speaker
- 14/10/2020
Projects
- Lauder-Scott, Nova (Co-investigator)
- The aim of Habits of Mind (HoM) approach is to have a single shared approach to critical thinking. We understand critical thinking in its broadest sense, meaning:
Openness to new information and different experiences
Curiosity about the world and a desire to find out more
Creativity in imagining new ways of thinking, new solutions and new modes of expression
Responsibility for your own intellectual development and growth
Self-reflection in considering your own positionality and developing greater self-awareness.
The aim is to provide learning opportunities that foster these 5 themes as dispositions. In doing so it is hoped that
our expectations are made explicit and consistent,
students experience their course as intellectually and personally challenging and stimulating,
and, crucially, that students come to understand that they have responsibility for their own learning and we are there to help. - 01-Jan-2025
- Lauder-Scott, Nova (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 30-Jan-2026
- Lauder-Scott, Nova (Principal Investigator)
- 2023/24 project under 231859
- 01-Jan-2024 - 30-Jan-2025
- Lauder-Scott, Nova (Principal Investigator)
- 2024/25 project under 241553
- 01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2024
Contact
Mrs
Nova
Lauder-Scott
Teaching Fellow
Strathclyde Institute of Education
Email: nova.scott@strath.ac.uk
Tel: Unlisted