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Professor Emmajane Milton
NTF SFHEA
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Teams and roles for Emmajane Milton
Professor in Educational Practice
Overview
Emmajane has worked in the field of Education for over 20 years, enjoying a wide range of senior leadership roles within academia, policy development and the statutory school sector. In 2018 she became an Advance-HE National Teaching Fellow and her research/scholarship interests are focused on educational practice, teacher/educator professional learning and enquiry, educative approaches to leadership and mentoring and the recruitment and retention of education professionals.
Emmajane is currently a Professor in Educational Practice at Cardiff University and has a deep and sustained commitment to improving education practice in all spheres of Education. Her work is interdisciplinary and supports the educational leadership and practice of educators across all sectors and subject disciplines. She is dedicated to ensuring that practitioners have access to high quality professional learning that can support the ongoing development of their practice.
Emmajane is a co-founder of the National Learning and Teaching-focused Network for HEIs and has held strategic leadership roles in the University and beyond, including for the International Professional Development Association and both third sector and arts organisations in Wales. In November 2024 Emmajane was appointed by the Cabinet Secretary for Education to the board of Qualifications Wales and took up her role in January 2025.
Publication
2025
- Morgan, A. and Milton, E. 2025. Double trouble: The legacy of COVID-19 for early-career teachers and their pupils in Wales. Practice 6(2-3), pp. 127-143. (10.1080/25783858.2023.2279619)
- Milton, E., Yhnell, E. and Jones, K. 2025. An overlooked EDI issue… can valuing the diversity of third space professionals support a more sustainable future in higher education?. Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education(33) (10.47408/jldhe.vi33.1241)
2024
- Davies, A. J., Morgan, A., Connolly, M. and Milton, E. 2024. Addysg yng Nghymru ers datganoli: Tair Ton Polisi, a'r her fawr o ran gweithredu. Wales Journal of Education 26(2), pp. 24-40. (10.16922/wje.26.2.3cym)
- James Davies, A., Morgan, A., Connolly, M. and Milton, E. 2024. Education in Wales since devolution: Three waves of policy and the pressing and reocurring challenge of implementation. Wales Journal of Education 26(2), pp. 23-38. (10.16922/wje.26.2.3)
- Morgan, A., Davies, A. J. and Milton, E. 2024. Using discourse analysis to inform content analysis: a pragmatic, mixed methods approach exploring how the headteacher role is articulated in job descriptions.. In: Kara, H., Mannay, D. and Roy, A. eds. The Handbook of Creative Data Analysis. Bristol: Policy Press
- Jones, K. and Milton, E. 2024. Revitalising higher education: thinking inclusively to enable teaching-focused colleagues to flourish. Presented at: Te Puna Aurei LearnFest Conference 2022, Online, 23-24 November 2022 Presented at Bowell, T. et al. eds.Revitalising Higher Education: Insights from Te Puna Aurei LearnFest 2022. Cardiff: Cardiff University Press pp. 3-8., (10.18573/conf2.a)
- Yhnell, E. and Milton, E. 2024. Learning and teaching: it's not about you.. it's all about your students.. [Online]. Staff and Educational Development Association (SEDA). Available at: https://thesedablog.wordpress.com/2024/02/21/learning-and-teaching-its-not-about-you-its-all-about-your-students/
2023
- Milton, E. and Morgan, A. 2023. Enquiry as a way of being: a practical framework to support leaders in both embracing the complexity of and creating the conditions for meaningful professional learning. Professional Development in Education 49(6), pp. 1072-1086. (10.1080/19415257.2023.2251122)
- Milton, E., Morgan, A., Davies, A. J., Connolly, M., Donnelly, D. and Ellis, I. 2023. Framing headship: a demand-side analysis of how the headteacher role is articulated in job descriptions. International Journal of Leadership in Education 26(2), pp. 339-358. (10.1080/13603124.2020.1811898)
2022
- Morgan, A., Milton, E., James, D., Kneen, J., Clement, J., Bryant, A. and Beauchamp, G. 2022. Pandemic-related assessment experiences and innovations: implications for initial teacher education. Welsh Government.
- Milton, E., Daly, C., Langdon, F., Palmer, M., Jones, K. and Davies, A. J. 2022. Can schools really provide the learning environment that new teachers need? Complexities and implications for professional learning in Wales. Professional Development in Education 48(5), pp. 878-891. (10.1080/19415257.2020.1767177)
2020
- Daly, C., Milton, E. and Langdon, F. 2020. How do ecological perspectives help understand schools as sites for teacher learning?. Professional Development in Education 46(4) (10.1080/19415257.2020.1787208)
2019
- Morris, C., Milton, E. and Goldstone, R. 2019. Case study: suggesting choice: inclusive assessment processes. Higher Education Pedagogies 4(1), pp. 435-447. (10.1080/23752696.2019.1669479)
- Langdon, F., Daly, C., Milton, E., Jones, K. and Palmer, M. 2019. Challenges for principled induction and mentoring of new teachers: lessons from New Zealand and Wales. London Review of Education 17(2), pp. 249-265. (10.18546/LRE.17.2.14)
- Penikett, J., Daly, C. and Milton, E. 2019. A study of mentors in Wales 'coming to closure'. Professional Development in Education 45(3), pp. 405-417. (10.1080/19415257.2018.1465449)
2018
- Davies, A., Milton, E., Connolly, M. and Barrance, R. 2018. Headteacher recruitment, retention and professional development in Wales: challenges and opportunities. Cylchgrawn Addysg Cymru / Wales Journal of Education 20(2), pp. 204-224. (10.16922/wje.20.2.11)
- Connolly, M., Milton, E., Davies, A. J. and Barrance, R. 2018. Turning Heads: the impact of political reform on the professional role, identity and recruitment of head teachers in Wales.. British Educational Research Journal 44(4), pp. 608-625. (10.1002/berj.3450)
2017
- Daly, C. and Milton, E. 2017. External mentoring for new teachers: mentor learning for a change agenda. International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education 6(3), pp. 178-195. (10.1108/IJMCE-03-2017-0021)
Articles
- Morgan, A. and Milton, E. 2025. Double trouble: The legacy of COVID-19 for early-career teachers and their pupils in Wales. Practice 6(2-3), pp. 127-143. (10.1080/25783858.2023.2279619)
- Milton, E., Yhnell, E. and Jones, K. 2025. An overlooked EDI issue… can valuing the diversity of third space professionals support a more sustainable future in higher education?. Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education(33) (10.47408/jldhe.vi33.1241)
- Davies, A. J., Morgan, A., Connolly, M. and Milton, E. 2024. Addysg yng Nghymru ers datganoli: Tair Ton Polisi, a'r her fawr o ran gweithredu. Wales Journal of Education 26(2), pp. 24-40. (10.16922/wje.26.2.3cym)
- James Davies, A., Morgan, A., Connolly, M. and Milton, E. 2024. Education in Wales since devolution: Three waves of policy and the pressing and reocurring challenge of implementation. Wales Journal of Education 26(2), pp. 23-38. (10.16922/wje.26.2.3)
- Milton, E. and Morgan, A. 2023. Enquiry as a way of being: a practical framework to support leaders in both embracing the complexity of and creating the conditions for meaningful professional learning. Professional Development in Education 49(6), pp. 1072-1086. (10.1080/19415257.2023.2251122)
- Milton, E., Morgan, A., Davies, A. J., Connolly, M., Donnelly, D. and Ellis, I. 2023. Framing headship: a demand-side analysis of how the headteacher role is articulated in job descriptions. International Journal of Leadership in Education 26(2), pp. 339-358. (10.1080/13603124.2020.1811898)
- Milton, E., Daly, C., Langdon, F., Palmer, M., Jones, K. and Davies, A. J. 2022. Can schools really provide the learning environment that new teachers need? Complexities and implications for professional learning in Wales. Professional Development in Education 48(5), pp. 878-891. (10.1080/19415257.2020.1767177)
- Daly, C., Milton, E. and Langdon, F. 2020. How do ecological perspectives help understand schools as sites for teacher learning?. Professional Development in Education 46(4) (10.1080/19415257.2020.1787208)
- Morris, C., Milton, E. and Goldstone, R. 2019. Case study: suggesting choice: inclusive assessment processes. Higher Education Pedagogies 4(1), pp. 435-447. (10.1080/23752696.2019.1669479)
- Langdon, F., Daly, C., Milton, E., Jones, K. and Palmer, M. 2019. Challenges for principled induction and mentoring of new teachers: lessons from New Zealand and Wales. London Review of Education 17(2), pp. 249-265. (10.18546/LRE.17.2.14)
- Penikett, J., Daly, C. and Milton, E. 2019. A study of mentors in Wales 'coming to closure'. Professional Development in Education 45(3), pp. 405-417. (10.1080/19415257.2018.1465449)
- Davies, A., Milton, E., Connolly, M. and Barrance, R. 2018. Headteacher recruitment, retention and professional development in Wales: challenges and opportunities. Cylchgrawn Addysg Cymru / Wales Journal of Education 20(2), pp. 204-224. (10.16922/wje.20.2.11)
- Connolly, M., Milton, E., Davies, A. J. and Barrance, R. 2018. Turning Heads: the impact of political reform on the professional role, identity and recruitment of head teachers in Wales.. British Educational Research Journal 44(4), pp. 608-625. (10.1002/berj.3450)
- Daly, C. and Milton, E. 2017. External mentoring for new teachers: mentor learning for a change agenda. International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education 6(3), pp. 178-195. (10.1108/IJMCE-03-2017-0021)
Book sections
- Morgan, A., Davies, A. J. and Milton, E. 2024. Using discourse analysis to inform content analysis: a pragmatic, mixed methods approach exploring how the headteacher role is articulated in job descriptions.. In: Kara, H., Mannay, D. and Roy, A. eds. The Handbook of Creative Data Analysis. Bristol: Policy Press
Conferences
- Jones, K. and Milton, E. 2024. Revitalising higher education: thinking inclusively to enable teaching-focused colleagues to flourish. Presented at: Te Puna Aurei LearnFest Conference 2022, Online, 23-24 November 2022 Presented at Bowell, T. et al. eds.Revitalising Higher Education: Insights from Te Puna Aurei LearnFest 2022. Cardiff: Cardiff University Press pp. 3-8., (10.18573/conf2.a)
Monographs
- Morgan, A., Milton, E., James, D., Kneen, J., Clement, J., Bryant, A. and Beauchamp, G. 2022. Pandemic-related assessment experiences and innovations: implications for initial teacher education. Welsh Government.
Websites
- Yhnell, E. and Milton, E. 2024. Learning and teaching: it's not about you.. it's all about your students.. [Online]. Staff and Educational Development Association (SEDA). Available at: https://thesedablog.wordpress.com/2024/02/21/learning-and-teaching-its-not-about-you-its-all-about-your-students/
Research
My research/scholarship interests are focused on educational practice, teacher/educator professional learning and enquiry, educative approaches to leadership and mentoring and the recruitment and retention of education professionals. I am also interested in what teaching-focused and/or thrid space professional can bring to the academy and how they can be best supported to flourish.
Teaching
I currently teach on a range of modules and programmes for the School and University.
Contact Details
MiltonE@cardiff.ac.uk
+44 29208 70398
Glamorgan Building, Room 0.63, King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff, CF10 3WA
+44 29208 70398
Glamorgan Building, Room 0.63, King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff, CF10 3WA
Research themes
Specialisms
- Educational Practice
- Professional learning
