Dr Debbie Ravenscroft
Senior Lecturer
Biography
Dr Debbie Ravenscroft is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Education as part of the Faculty of Arts, Humanities, Social sciences and Education at the University of Chester. She provides teaching, planning and assessment across a range of Undergraduate programmes including Early Childhood Studies and is the Programme leader for the Early Childhood & Primary Education single honours degree. At Postgraduate level, Deb teaches and assesses on the MA Early Childhood and the PGCERT Attachment, Trauma & Mental Health. Deb is the Childhood, Education & Professional Development Safeguarding Lead and acts as link tutor to students undertaking a Foundation year.
Teaching and Supervision
Dr Deb teacher on a range of modules at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. She teaches across a suite of programmes concerned with young chjildren and families drawing on specialised knowledged gained at both masters and doctorate level study. At postgraduate level, she teaches adverse childhood experiences and trauma informed practice to a multi disciplinary cohort of students who are seeking to broaden and deepen their knowledge to support their work in a range of disciplines. Deb holds a PGCERT in LifeLong Learning (QTLS) and Advanced Fellowship
Research and Knowledge Exchange
Dr Deb completed her Doctorate thesis in December 2023. Her research maintains a close connection to her field of expertise and study through considering how young children manage their grief following the death of a sibling. Her Masters research was undertaken at the renowned Pen Green Research Base in Northampton and explored how young children's mental health is supported in a day nursery setting through the use of transitional objects. These two areas have a close link exploring the underresearched areas of children's lives; in partiuclar death and bereavement are rearely spoken about with young children and their grief is often misunderstood. Dr Deb's reserach interest inform her teaching across a wide range of study.