I am an Assistant Professor of Education at ֲýƵ, Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) and a Qualified Teacher (QTS). Before embarking on an academic career I taught across primary, middle and secondary phases in England and internationally where I became a leading teacher of Geography, Information Technology and a senior leader. I joined Northumbria to work in Initial Teacher Education (ITE), and have gained extensive experience of programme leadership, curriculum development and quality assurance in this area.
Currently I hold a leadership position within the School of Communities and Education that extends beyond ITE.
My research interests are embedded in this multidisciplinary context and include Higher Education policy, practice and the student experience; climate justice education, formative assessment through AI and education for death, dying & bereavement.
I completed my PhD in Higher Education Research, Evaluation & Enhancement at the University of Lancaster and have a particular interest in using visual methods to support innovative qualitative research.
- Climate change mitigation and workers’ interests: why framing a Green New Deal as redistributive and security-enhancing is key to popularity, Ardron, K., Stark, G., Meller, S., Reed, H., Johnson, M., Johnson, E. 13 Jan 2026, In: F1000Research
- From classrooms to communities: creating inclusive and expansive pathways to climate justice, Walker, C., Ardron, K., Bryan, A., Kavanagh, A., Runeckles, H. 27 Mar 2026, In: Environmental Education Research
- Climate justice in the classroom: opportunities and affordances, Ardron, K., Walker, C., Kavanagh, A., Bryan, A., Ruckles, H. 21 Jul 2025
- Student engagement with learning: A sociomaterial conceptualisation, Ardron, K. 14 May 2024
- Document Analysis, Rapley, T., Ardron, K., Littlefair, D., Mulholland, K., Jenkings, K. 1 Nov 2022, International Encyclopedia of Education, Elsevier
- E-Portfolios in Initial Teacher Education, Ardron, K. 8 Jun 2010, Effective Use of PebblePad, Telford, Pebble Learning Ltd
- How should information communications technology (ICT) be used to enhance teaching and learning in the early years? An investigation into the perceptions and attitudes of a group of early years trainee teachers, Ardron, K. 2009, ETEN 19, Glostrup, Denmark, ETEN
- How should technology be used to enhance teaching and learning in the Early Years?: An investigation into the perceptions and attitudes of a group of trainee teachers., Ardron, K. 2009
- Oral presentation: Classrooms for climate justice: inquiry graphics and dialogic pedagogy in justice-oriented approaches to climate education. 2025
- Invited talk: Beyond celebratory narratives of young people's climate activisms 2025
- Oral presentation: Classrooms for Climate Justice: Educators’ Use of Images in Justice-Oriented Approaches to Climate Education 2025
- Oral presentation: The secret diary of laptops: tethers that bind us to the precariousness of academia or ubiquitous epistemic objects in a posthuman story of hope and playfulness? 2025
- Publication Peer-review: Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability (Journal) 2023
- Visiting an external academic institution: Swansea University 2023
- Oral presentation: Researching student engagement: the application of Inquiry Graphics Analysis to develop a sociomaterial conceptualisation 2022
- Other: North-East Regional Assessor for Level 6 Teaching Apprenticeships 2022
- Publication Peer-review: Student Engagement in Higher Education Journal (Journal) 2022
- Publication Peer-review: Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education (Journal) 2021
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- Education PhD January 23 2023
- Education MA July 15 2009
- Education June 30 1989
- Education PGCE September 01 1988
- Geography BA (Hons) September 01 1983
- Senior Fellow HEA SFHEA 2018
- National Professional Qualification for Headship (NPQH) NPQH 2002
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