Bio: Alison has worked for the University of Cambridge for over twenty years, specialising in research facilitation, knowledge exchange and postgraduate training. Currently, Alison is the Doctoral Training Manager for the Cambridge ESRC DTP and School of the Humanities and Social Sciences.

Bio: Siobhan's current research doctoral focuses on the professional learning of secondary History teachers in England, where she uses collaborative and dialogic modes of inquiry drawn from sociocultural psychology. She has also worked on research into professional learning in other public sector contexts including healthcare and government. Before coming into full time research she was a History teacher and curriculum leader for ten years, and remains a senior assessor with a leading awarding body. She has extensive experience in close-to-practice research: prior to her PhD she undertook a professional masters related to her assessment work, and has previously carried out, led and published on practitioner inquiries undertaken while working as a teacher. She co-facilitates the Cambridge Network for Participatory and Collaborative Research Methods, which is supported by the Cambridge ESRC DTP and the School of Humanities and Social Sciences.

Bio: Emily is a second-year, part-time PhD candidate at the University of Cambridge in the Faculty of Education. Her research seeks to workshop a teacher-led intervention to support wellbeing using performance research, and is funded by the ESRC. Emily is also the SENDCo and teacher of Classics at a school in south London, teaching students aged 4-18. Emily's research seeks to promote inclusion through collaborating with stakeholders to develop a free, evidence-based intervention to support students facing long waiting lists to receive mental health support.