Ms Marie McQuade

  • Lecturer in Childhood Practice (Educational Leadership & Policy)

Biography

I am a lecturer in Childhood Practice at the University of Glasgow and Programme Lead for the BA Childhood Practice. I have an interest in educational leadership, policy development, mentoring, and quality childcare services. I am also Depute of the Educational Leadership and Policy Research and Teaching Group within the School of Education.

Prior to joining the University, I worked as a Policy Manager and Team Leader for the Scottish Government, spending time in the Early Learning and Childcare, and Mental Health Directorates developing and delivering government policy commitments.

I also bring with me significant practice experience, working across a variety of early years services and settings, supporting development and management of projects to deliver improved outcomes for children and families. During this time, I completed my Masters with a research focus on early career leadership in the sector.

Research interests

Current research interests include:
- mentoring and leadership development within the childhood practice context;

- widening participation in higher education;

- academic skills development,

- education and care policy;

- and, screen education in the early years.

Publications

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Number of items: 26.

2025

Harvie, Julie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8244-1237, Graham, Jonathan, Hamilton, Claire, Mitchell, Alison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6005-4172, McQuade, Marie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0526-6274, Arthur, Jane and Corral, William (2025) Curriculum Matters: Leadership, Participation and Innovation in a Changing Educational Landscape. Scottish Educational Research Association (SERA) Conference 2025, Aberdeen, Scotland, 19-21 November 2025.

McConachie, Ruth, Baker, Madelaine, Lobo, Lindsay, Fisher, Katie, Dudgeon, Paula, Mitchell, Alison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6005-4172, Harvie, Julie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8244-1237 and McQuade, Marie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0526-6274 (2025) Problematising Inclusion in Scottish Schools: Discourse, Voice and Participation. Scottish Educational Research Association (SERA) Conference 2025, Aberdeen, Scotland, 19-21 November 2025.

Mills, Patricia, Mochan, Barry, Preston, Alison, McQuade, Marie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0526-6274, Harvie, Julie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8244-1237 and Mitchell, Alison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6005-4172 (2025) Leadership, Self-Evaluation and Professional Growth in Scottish Education: Reflective Practices for Systemic Improvement. Scottish Educational Research Association (SERA) Conference 2025, Aberdeen, Scotland, 19-21 November 2025.

Soussi, Eilidh ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6186-3846 and McCandlish, Alison (2025) Highlights from the Learning and Teaching Festival April 2025. [Audio]

McQuade, Marie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0526-6274 and Black, Elizabeth ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5710-7541 (2025) Supporting lifelong learning: a diffractive toolkit for professional development (Student version). [Website]

Black, Elizabeth ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5710-7541 and McQuade, Marie ORCID logoORCID: 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.

Mckee, Christine ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7643-3986, Gallagher, Jo, Lappin, Mary ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1077-0925, Nicholson, Joyce ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2921-2045, Phipps, Alison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5958-1207 and McQuade, Marie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0526-6274 (2025) Trauma is Everyone’s Business: Embedding Trauma-Responsive Practice in the School of Education. Scottish Educational Research Association Conference 2025, Aberdeen, Scotland, 19-21 Nov 2025.

McQuade, Marie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0526-6274, Mitchell, Alison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6005-4172, Douglas, Heather and McConalogue, Angela (2025) The Key Role Of Mentorship in Early Years’ Heads’ Professional Development Trajectories: Early Impact Of A University And District Partnership Programme. BELMAS Annual Conference 2025, Brighton, UK, 4-6 July, 2025. (Accepted for Publication)

McQuade, Marie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0526-6274 and Black, Elizabeth ORCID logoORCID: 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.

McCandlish, Alison, McQuade, Marie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0526-6274, Soussi, Eilidh ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6186-3846 and Currie, Lynn (2025) SoTL Journeys - Creating a culture of scholarship in the School of Education. [Audio]

Currie, Lynn, Soussi, Eilidh ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6186-3846, McQuade, Marie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0526-6274 and McCandlish, Alison (2025) SOTL Journeys with Professor Jo Edson Ferrie. [Audio]

McQuade, Marie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0526-6274 (2025) Power, Policy, and Partnerships: Stakeholder Perspectives on Scottish School Age Childcare Policy Development. WERA Task Force Global Research in Extended Education Conference 2025, Linköping University, Norrköping, Sweden, 25-27 September 2025.

McQuade, Marie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0526-6274 and McCandlish, Alison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4904-2634 (2025) The Learning, Teaching and Scholarship Podcast: Choose your own SoTL adventure. [Audio]

Soussi, Eilidh ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6186-3846, Currie, Lynn, McQuade, Marie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0526-6274 and McCandlish, Alison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4904-2634 (2025) SoTL journeys with Sarah Honeychurch and Nathalie Tasler. [Audio]

McQuade, Marie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0526-6274 and Conaway, Todd (2025) Five-Minute Starts: Fifteen Ideas to Ignite Your Class. [Website]

2024

McQuade, Marie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0526-6274 and Black, Elizabeth ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5710-7541 (2024) 12 Days of SoTL 2024 - #UofGSoTL: Reflective Practice. [Website]

McQuade, Marie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0526-6274 and Conaway, Todd (2024) Creative Pedagogies: The First Five Minutes. [Website]

Black, Elizabeth ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5710-7541 and McQuade, Marie ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0526-6274 and Black, Elizabeth ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5710-7541 and McQuade, Marie ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5710-7541 and McQuade, Marie ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5710-7541, McQuade, Marie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0526-6274 and Orr, Craig ORCID logoORCID: 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.

McQuade, Marie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0526-6274 and Black, Elizabeth ORCID logoORCID: 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.

Abel, Cynthia, McQuade, Marie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0526-6274 and Orr, Craig ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3535-5536 (2023) International perspectives on childcare provision and practice. In: Carroll, Mike and Wingrave, Mary (eds.) Childhood Practice: A Reflective and Evidence-based Approach. SAGE Publications: London, pp. 287-298. ISBN 9781529617986

McQuade, Marie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0526-6274 and Pollock, Irene ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4017-2144 (2023) Personal, social and emotional development. In: Carroll, Mike and Wingrave, Mary (eds.) Childhood Practice: A Reflective and Evidence-based Approach. SAGE Publications: London. ISBN 9781529777765

McQuade, Marie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0526-6274 and Stewart, Tracey (2023) Working in partnership. In: Carroll, Mike and Wingrave, Mary (eds.) Childhood Practice: A Reflective and Evidence-based Approach. SAGE Publications: London. ISBN 9781529777765

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Number of items: 26.

Book Sections

Abel, Cynthia, McQuade, Marie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0526-6274 and Orr, Craig ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3535-5536 (2023) International perspectives on childcare provision and practice. In: Carroll, Mike and Wingrave, Mary (eds.) Childhood Practice: A Reflective and Evidence-based Approach. SAGE Publications: London, pp. 287-298. ISBN 9781529617986

McQuade, Marie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0526-6274 and Pollock, Irene ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4017-2144 (2023) Personal, social and emotional development. In: Carroll, Mike and Wingrave, Mary (eds.) Childhood Practice: A Reflective and Evidence-based Approach. SAGE Publications: London. ISBN 9781529777765

McQuade, Marie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0526-6274 and Stewart, Tracey (2023) Working in partnership. In: Carroll, Mike and Wingrave, Mary (eds.) Childhood Practice: A Reflective and Evidence-based Approach. SAGE Publications: London. ISBN 9781529777765

Conference or Workshop Item

Harvie, Julie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8244-1237, Graham, Jonathan, Hamilton, Claire, Mitchell, Alison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6005-4172, McQuade, Marie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0526-6274, Arthur, Jane and Corral, William (2025) Curriculum Matters: Leadership, Participation and Innovation in a Changing Educational Landscape. Scottish Educational Research Association (SERA) Conference 2025, Aberdeen, Scotland, 19-21 November 2025.

McConachie, Ruth, Baker, Madelaine, Lobo, Lindsay, Fisher, Katie, Dudgeon, Paula, Mitchell, Alison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6005-4172, Harvie, Julie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8244-1237 and McQuade, Marie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0526-6274 (2025) Problematising Inclusion in Scottish Schools: Discourse, Voice and Participation. Scottish Educational Research Association (SERA) Conference 2025, Aberdeen, Scotland, 19-21 November 2025.

Mills, Patricia, Mochan, Barry, Preston, Alison, McQuade, Marie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0526-6274, Harvie, Julie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8244-1237 and Mitchell, Alison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6005-4172 (2025) Leadership, Self-Evaluation and Professional Growth in Scottish Education: Reflective Practices for Systemic Improvement. Scottish Educational Research Association (SERA) Conference 2025, Aberdeen, Scotland, 19-21 November 2025.

Black, Elizabeth ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5710-7541 and McQuade, Marie ORCID logoORCID: 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.

Mckee, Christine ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7643-3986, Gallagher, Jo, Lappin, Mary ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1077-0925, Nicholson, Joyce ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2921-2045, Phipps, Alison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5958-1207 and McQuade, Marie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0526-6274 (2025) Trauma is Everyone’s Business: Embedding Trauma-Responsive Practice in the School of Education. Scottish Educational Research Association Conference 2025, Aberdeen, Scotland, 19-21 Nov 2025.

McQuade, Marie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0526-6274, Mitchell, Alison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6005-4172, Douglas, Heather and McConalogue, Angela (2025) The Key Role Of Mentorship in Early Years’ Heads’ Professional Development Trajectories: Early Impact Of A University And District Partnership Programme. BELMAS Annual Conference 2025, Brighton, UK, 4-6 July, 2025. (Accepted for Publication)

McQuade, Marie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0526-6274 and Black, Elizabeth ORCID logoORCID: 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.

McQuade, Marie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0526-6274 (2025) Power, Policy, and Partnerships: Stakeholder Perspectives on Scottish School Age Childcare Policy Development. WERA Task Force Global Research in Extended Education Conference 2025, Linköping University, Norrköping, Sweden, 25-27 September 2025.

Black, Elizabeth ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5710-7541 and McQuade, Marie ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0526-6274 and Black, Elizabeth ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5710-7541 and McQuade, Marie ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5710-7541 and McQuade, Marie ORCID logoORCID: 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 logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5710-7541, McQuade, Marie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0526-6274 and Orr, Craig ORCID logoORCID: 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.

McQuade, Marie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0526-6274 and Black, Elizabeth ORCID logoORCID: 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.

Audio

Soussi, Eilidh ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6186-3846 and McCandlish, Alison (2025) Highlights from the Learning and Teaching Festival April 2025. [Audio]

McCandlish, Alison, McQuade, Marie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0526-6274, Soussi, Eilidh ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6186-3846 and Currie, Lynn (2025) SoTL Journeys - Creating a culture of scholarship in the School of Education. [Audio]

Currie, Lynn, Soussi, Eilidh ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6186-3846, McQuade, Marie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0526-6274 and McCandlish, Alison (2025) SOTL Journeys with Professor Jo Edson Ferrie. [Audio]

McQuade, Marie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0526-6274 and McCandlish, Alison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4904-2634 (2025) The Learning, Teaching and Scholarship Podcast: Choose your own SoTL adventure. [Audio]

Soussi, Eilidh ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6186-3846, Currie, Lynn, McQuade, Marie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0526-6274 and McCandlish, Alison ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4904-2634 (2025) SoTL journeys with Sarah Honeychurch and Nathalie Tasler. [Audio]

Website

McQuade, Marie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0526-6274 and Black, Elizabeth ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5710-7541 (2025) Supporting lifelong learning: a diffractive toolkit for professional development (Student version). [Website]

McQuade, Marie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0526-6274 and Conaway, Todd (2025) Five-Minute Starts: Fifteen Ideas to Ignite Your Class. [Website]

McQuade, Marie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0526-6274 and Black, Elizabeth ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5710-7541 (2024) 12 Days of SoTL 2024 - #UofGSoTL: Reflective Practice. [Website]

McQuade, Marie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0526-6274 and Conaway, Todd (2024) Creative Pedagogies: The First Five Minutes. [Website]

This list was generated on Mon Dec 1 09:16:29 2025 GMT.

Supervision

Supervision of Masters students on the following topics:

  • School Age Childcare leaders’ experiences of interprofessional collaboration with their host schools
  • Investigating the impact of parental involvement in children's development
  • Children's rights in school age childcare
  • Leadership of change in childhood practice
  • Analysis of gender representation in STEM teaching
  • Attitudes towards mental health education: an international students' perspective
  • Elite education in Chinese higher education and it's impact on students' leadership skills 
  • Home schooling in urban areas of China
  • How behaviourist, cognitive and constructive learning theories are used to guide adult education
  • The impact of family background on access to higher education in China 
  • Exploration of the effects of jigsaw learning methods on students' outcomes
  • English language teaching in China 
  • International comparisons of secondary education policy
  • Critical analysis of China's compulsory inclusive policy - a literature review

     

     

Teaching

I am Programme Leader for BA Childhood Practice

I am Course Leader for:

BA Childhood Practice

  • Leadership Skills in Childhood Practice

  • Key Themes in Childhood Practice

PGD Childhood Practice

  • Contemporary Perspectives on Children and Childhood

MSc Educational Studies

  • Key Themes in Early Childhood Education and Care

Additional information

External Examiner - University of Highlands and Islands

Editorial Team - University of Glasgow SoTL Podcast

Member of Creative Scotland's Screen Education Advisory Group

Member of Scottish Government Research Advisory Group - Childcare

Member of Scottish Government Advisory Group on National Occupational Standards

Member of National Steering Group on Playwork

Member of World Educational Research Association Task Force: Global Research for Extended Education.

Board member - Scottish Out of School Care Network

Board member - PEEPLE

 

 


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