Dr Clare Dowdall

Dr Clare Dowdall is a lecturer in language and literacy education, in the School of Education. Clare is Programme Lead for the MA Education Online. She joined the University in 2020, having previously worked as a lecturer at University of Plymouth (2001 - 2020). Clare has extensive teaching experience and is an active literacy researcher. She is a qualified Primary school teacher. 

Clare's current research focuses on children’s writing and text production in a variety of school-based and informal contexts. In March 2022 she was awarded a British Academy/ Leverhulme SR grant to investigate teaching narrative writing with digital resources and apps.

Clare has an active interest in all aspects of literacy education and policy. She is a long-standing member of the United Kingdom Literacy Association, and holds a position as a Trustee on their Executive Council, with responsibility for convening the UKLA Research Sub-Committee. From 2015-2018 Clare co-edited the UKLA’s journal Literacy.

Clare is an experienced doctoral supervisor. She supervises doctoral candidates on the MPhil/ PhD and EdD Programmes. She has extensive experience of teaching, supervising and examining across the full range of educational programmes, including PhD, EdD, MA, and PGCE.