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Dr Rachel Shanks

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Senior Lecturer in the School of Education, The University of Aberdeen

Dr Rachel Shanks is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Education at the University of Aberdeen and Programme Director of its BA in Professional Development. She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Her research interests cover professional learning, mentoring, informal learning and children’s rights in education. She is a co-convenor of Network 6 of the European Educational Research Association whose focus is on Open Learning.