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University of Leicester School of Education

university of leicester school of education

Leicester,

The School of Education at the University of Leicester is one of the largest in the UK and has a long-standing reputation for teaching, research and professional development. Formed in 1962, our many years of experience have allowed us to develop effective programmes and training provision, designed to meet our students' needs. We provide programmes for all phases of the study of education, from initial teacher training to advanced research degrees. Our courses offer experienced professionals the opportunity to obtain further qualifications through various learning methods, full-time and part-time taught courses, distance learning and by research. Our higher degree courses attract students from across the world, resulting in a vibrant professional and cultural diversity that enhances the sense of academic community as well as the quality of teaching and learning. The School is extremely active and has been notably successful in attracting a wide range of research projects and funding from a variety of national and international funding bodies. Such funding has supported a number of major projects, particularly within primary education, teacher education and citizenship. We are a member of the College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities. Our College covers a range of subject areas and empowers interdisciplinary collaboration, having developed an intellectually-curious, pioneering environment for our 13,000 students and 700 staff, who are changing the world with their exciting and progressive work and research.

Transformance Music

transformance music

We are a group of teachers, musicians and technologists who specialise in composition, improvisation and performance using iPads. Ben Sellers and Travis Snyder began running music workshops with iPads in a Hackney community centre in 2011, developing an approach that combined outstanding musical outcomes with implicit development of musicianship and theory. They transferred this approach to both formal mainstream and SEND/ALN contexts, codifying their methods into what became the 2014 textbook ‘Teaching Music with Garageband for iPad’, and a popular teacher training scheme. In 2016, Travis returned to California to become the head of Assistive Technology for the San Francisco District School Board. 2017 saw the publication of several new resources, including a second edition of the Garageband textbook and an increased focus on training partnerships with Music Education Hubs. Since 2018 we have gained an increasingly strong reputation as SEND/ALN specialists, working with MEHs up and down the country to improve provision through co-delivery and bespoke training and resources, including a complete ‘SEN/D Curriculum’ with Leicester-Shire Music Service, and a set of projects for the Charanga education platform. We were nominated twice in the 2019 ‘Music Teacher Awards for Excellence’. Though our reputation has grown, we remain a small and focussed team, working hard to develop in young people the skill, desire and drive to use music to enhance their lives.