Ms Elizabeth Black
- Lecturer (School of Education)
telephone:
0141 330 1977
email:
Elizabeth.Black.2@glasgow.ac.uk
pronouns:
She/her/hers
St Andrew's Building, 11 Eldon Street, Glasgow
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5710-7541Biography
I am a scholarship-focused academic teaching on accredited programmes for leaders in Scottish non-compulsory care and education settings. Joining the University of Glasgow from a professional practice in early learning and childcare, I gained a PgDip Academic Practice to complement my professional and vocational qualifications.
My research and scholarship interests include leaders and leadership in early childhood education and care, and learning experiences and identities of non-traditional students. My current PhD studies focus on support for modern apprentices entering the childcare workforce.
Research interests
In relation to scholarship of teaching and learning, I am currently investigating professional learning journeys with colleagues in the University of Glasgow Childhood Practice teaching team.
My doctoral research focuses on support for modern apprentices working in the Scottish childcare sector.
Publications
2026
Black, Elizabeth 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5710-7541 and McQuade, Marie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0526-6274
(2026)
Education for Sustainable Development – Learning to See the Bigger Picture.
In: IUT 51st International Conference, London, UK, 16-18 July 2025,
pp. 4-12.
(doi: 10.34737/x586v)
2025
McQuade, Marie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0526-6274 and Black, Elizabeth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5710-7541
(2025)
Supporting lifelong learning: a diffractive toolkit for professional development (Student version).
[Website]
Black, Elizabeth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5710-7541 and McQuade, Marie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0526-6274
(2025)
Education for Sustainable Development - Learning to See the Bigger Picture.
51st International Improving University Teaching Conference, London, UK, 16-18 July 2025.
McQuade, Marie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0526-6274 and Black, Elizabeth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5710-7541
(2025)
Navigating the Next Chapter: a Reflective Toolkit for Graduating Students.
University of Glasgow: Induction and Transitions Symposium, University of Glasgow, 29 May 2025.
2024
Black, Elizabeth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5710-7541, Sutherland, Margaret ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8407-0254 and Reid, Catherine ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7657-1289
(2024)
The importance of the early years.
In: Hoogeveen, Lianne, O'Reilly, Colm, Kroesbergen, Evelyn and Verschueren, Karine (eds.)
The European Handbook of Gifted Education and Talent Development.
Routledge.
(Accepted for Publication)
McQuade, Marie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0526-6274 and Black, Elizabeth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5710-7541
(2024)
12 Days of SoTL 2024 - #UofGSoTL: Reflective Practice.
[Website]
Black, Elizabeth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5710-7541 and McQuade, Marie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0526-6274
(2024)
A Childcare Workforce Fit for a Fragile World.
SERA Conference 2024, Dundee, Scotland, 27-29 Nov 2024.
McQuade, Marie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0526-6274 and Black, Elizabeth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5710-7541
(2024)
Supporting Lifelong Learning: Co-producing a Toolkit for Postgraduate Reflective Practice.
32nd European Early Childhood Education Research Association (EECERA) Annual Conference, Brighton, UK, 03-07 Sep 2024.
Black, Elizabeth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5710-7541 and McQuade, Marie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0526-6274
(2024)
Learning Beyond the Final Grades: A Toolkit for Graduates.
50th International Conference on Improving University Teaching, 12-14 July 2023, Milwaukee, WI, USA, 31 July - 02 Aug 2024.
2023
Black, Elizabeth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5710-7541 and McQuade, Marie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0526-6274
(2023)
Learning While Leading: Exploring Tensions in Practitioner/Student Identities.
SERA Conference 2023, Musselburgh, UK, 22-24 Nov 2023.
Black, Elizabeth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5710-7541, McQuade, Marie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0526-6274 and Orr, Craig ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3535-5536
(2023)
Awakening Practitioner Curiosity: Narrative Accounts of Postgraduate Learning.
31st EECERA Annual Conference, Estoril, Portugal, 30 August - 2 September 2023.
Day, S., Jaap, Angela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6250-6910, Black, Elizabeth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5710-7541, McKinney, Stephen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8249-6067 and Mouroutsou, Stella
(2023)
‘Promoting and Sustaining High-Quality Educational Research’ – the Role of Scottish Education Research Association (SERA).
ECER 2023, Glasgow, UK, 22-25 August 2023.
McQuade, Marie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0526-6274 and Black, Elizabeth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5710-7541
(2023)
This Is Me: Narrative Accounts of Postgraduate Learning Journeys.
49th International Conference on Improving University Teaching, 12-14 July 2023.
Black, Elizabeth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5710-7541
(2023)
Playful pedagogy.
In: Carroll, Mike and Wingrave, Mary (eds.)
Childhood Practice: A reflective and evidence-based approach.
SAGE Publications Ltd: London, pp. 165-177.
ISBN 9781529777772
Black, Elizabeth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5710-7541 and Horsburgh, Jacqui ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3935-9160
(2023)
Creating learning environments.
In:
Childhood Practice: A reflective and evidence-based approach.
SAGE Publications Ltd: London, pp. 109-121.
ISBN 9781529777772
2022
Black, Elizabeth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5710-7541 and Makara Fuller, Kara ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0712-0841
(2022)
Feelings about feedback: who cares about what?
Practice and Evidence of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education,
(Accepted for Publication)
2021
Black, Elizabeth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5710-7541 and Makara Fuller, Kara ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0712-0841
(2021)
Feelings About Feedback: Who Cares About What?
Improving University Teaching 46th Annual Conference, 21-23 Jul 2021.
2020
Wingrave, Mary, Boyle, Stephen, Black, Elizabeth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5710-7541 and Orr, Craig ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3535-5536
(2020)
The standard for childhood practice - 10 years on.
Researching Education Bulletin, 9,
pp. 5-9.
Black, Elizabeth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5710-7541 and Makara, Kara ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0712-0841
(2020)
Learning Together Through Feedback.
45th International Conference on Improving University Teaching, 01-03 Jul 2020.
(Unpublished)
2019
Black, Elizabeth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5710-7541
(2019)
Supporting the Development of Academic Study Skills Using Access-Restricted Online Tasks.
44th International Conference on Improving University Teaching, Mülheim, Germany, 24-26 Jul 2019.
(Unpublished)
2018
Orr, Alastair ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3535-5536, Wingrave, Mary and Black, Elizabeth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5710-7541
(2018)
The Standard of Childhood Practice: 10 Years On.
SERA 43rd Annual Conference, Glasgow, UK, 21-23 Nov 2018.
2017
Black, Elizabeth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5710-7541
(2017)
Childcare Practitioners' Perceptions of Numeracy: a Challenge to Vocational Training Curricula?
SERA Conference, Ayr, UK, 22-24 Nov 2017.
(Unpublished)
Articles
Black, Elizabeth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5710-7541 and Makara Fuller, Kara ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0712-0841
(2022)
Feelings about feedback: who cares about what?
Practice and Evidence of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education,
(Accepted for Publication)
Wingrave, Mary, Boyle, Stephen, Black, Elizabeth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5710-7541 and Orr, Craig ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3535-5536
(2020)
The standard for childhood practice - 10 years on.
Researching Education Bulletin, 9,
pp. 5-9.
Book Sections
Black, Elizabeth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5710-7541, Sutherland, Margaret ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8407-0254 and Reid, Catherine ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7657-1289
(2024)
The importance of the early years.
In: Hoogeveen, Lianne, O'Reilly, Colm, Kroesbergen, Evelyn and Verschueren, Karine (eds.)
The European Handbook of Gifted Education and Talent Development.
Routledge.
(Accepted for Publication)
Black, Elizabeth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5710-7541
(2023)
Playful pedagogy.
In: Carroll, Mike and Wingrave, Mary (eds.)
Childhood Practice: A reflective and evidence-based approach.
SAGE Publications Ltd: London, pp. 165-177.
ISBN 9781529777772
Black, Elizabeth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5710-7541 and Horsburgh, Jacqui ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3935-9160
(2023)
Creating learning environments.
In:
Childhood Practice: A reflective and evidence-based approach.
SAGE Publications Ltd: London, pp. 109-121.
ISBN 9781529777772
Conference or Workshop Item
Black, Elizabeth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5710-7541 and McQuade, Marie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0526-6274
(2025)
Education for Sustainable Development - Learning to See the Bigger Picture.
51st International Improving University Teaching Conference, London, UK, 16-18 July 2025.
McQuade, Marie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0526-6274 and Black, Elizabeth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5710-7541
(2025)
Navigating the Next Chapter: a Reflective Toolkit for Graduating Students.
University of Glasgow: Induction and Transitions Symposium, University of Glasgow, 29 May 2025.
Black, Elizabeth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5710-7541 and McQuade, Marie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0526-6274
(2024)
A Childcare Workforce Fit for a Fragile World.
SERA Conference 2024, Dundee, Scotland, 27-29 Nov 2024.
McQuade, Marie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0526-6274 and Black, Elizabeth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5710-7541
(2024)
Supporting Lifelong Learning: Co-producing a Toolkit for Postgraduate Reflective Practice.
32nd European Early Childhood Education Research Association (EECERA) Annual Conference, Brighton, UK, 03-07 Sep 2024.
Black, Elizabeth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5710-7541 and McQuade, Marie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0526-6274
(2024)
Learning Beyond the Final Grades: A Toolkit for Graduates.
50th International Conference on Improving University Teaching, 12-14 July 2023, Milwaukee, WI, USA, 31 July - 02 Aug 2024.
Black, Elizabeth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5710-7541 and McQuade, Marie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0526-6274
(2023)
Learning While Leading: Exploring Tensions in Practitioner/Student Identities.
SERA Conference 2023, Musselburgh, UK, 22-24 Nov 2023.
Black, Elizabeth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5710-7541, McQuade, Marie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0526-6274 and Orr, Craig ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3535-5536
(2023)
Awakening Practitioner Curiosity: Narrative Accounts of Postgraduate Learning.
31st EECERA Annual Conference, Estoril, Portugal, 30 August - 2 September 2023.
Day, S., Jaap, Angela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6250-6910, Black, Elizabeth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5710-7541, McKinney, Stephen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8249-6067 and Mouroutsou, Stella
(2023)
‘Promoting and Sustaining High-Quality Educational Research’ – the Role of Scottish Education Research Association (SERA).
ECER 2023, Glasgow, UK, 22-25 August 2023.
McQuade, Marie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0526-6274 and Black, Elizabeth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5710-7541
(2023)
This Is Me: Narrative Accounts of Postgraduate Learning Journeys.
49th International Conference on Improving University Teaching, 12-14 July 2023.
Black, Elizabeth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5710-7541 and Makara Fuller, Kara ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0712-0841
(2021)
Feelings About Feedback: Who Cares About What?
Improving University Teaching 46th Annual Conference, 21-23 Jul 2021.
Black, Elizabeth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5710-7541 and Makara, Kara ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0712-0841
(2020)
Learning Together Through Feedback.
45th International Conference on Improving University Teaching, 01-03 Jul 2020.
(Unpublished)
Black, Elizabeth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5710-7541
(2019)
Supporting the Development of Academic Study Skills Using Access-Restricted Online Tasks.
44th International Conference on Improving University Teaching, Mülheim, Germany, 24-26 Jul 2019.
(Unpublished)
Orr, Alastair ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3535-5536, Wingrave, Mary and Black, Elizabeth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5710-7541
(2018)
The Standard of Childhood Practice: 10 Years On.
SERA 43rd Annual Conference, Glasgow, UK, 21-23 Nov 2018.
Black, Elizabeth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5710-7541
(2017)
Childcare Practitioners' Perceptions of Numeracy: a Challenge to Vocational Training Curricula?
SERA Conference, Ayr, UK, 22-24 Nov 2017.
(Unpublished)
Conference Proceedings
Black, Elizabeth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5710-7541 and McQuade, Marie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0526-6274
(2026)
Education for Sustainable Development – Learning to See the Bigger Picture.
In: IUT 51st International Conference, London, UK, 16-18 July 2025,
pp. 4-12.
(doi: 10.34737/x586v)
Website
McQuade, Marie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0526-6274 and Black, Elizabeth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5710-7541
(2025)
Supporting lifelong learning: a diffractive toolkit for professional development (Student version).
[Website]
McQuade, Marie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0526-6274 and Black, Elizabeth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5710-7541
(2024)
12 Days of SoTL 2024 - #UofGSoTL: Reflective Practice.
[Website]
Supervision
I supervise students on the MEd Childhood Practice programme.
Teaching
BA Childhood Practice (SSSC accredited)
- Professional Values for Leadership in Childhood Practice
- Leading Practice (practice placement)
- E-portfolios: Enhancing the professional dialectic
MEd/PGD Childhood Practice (SSSC accredited)
- Pedagogy, Practice and Leadership
- Practitioner Enquiry and Decision-Making
- Dissertation convenor
- Programme Leader
Additional information
Advisory Board member - International Conference on Improving University Teaching
External Examiner - University of the West of Scotland
Childhood Practice Providers Group member
School of Education Quality Enhancement and Assurance Co-lead
