Ms Sophie Mackay

I am a senior lecturer in Education in the School of Law and Education. I have worked at LSBU since 2008. I am currently level 6 lead for BA Education students in the final year of their undergraduate degree, and I am module leader for the final year Dissertation and Constructing Childhood modules. I also supervise students on UG and PG programmes. I am a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

My pedagogic practice as lecturer focuses on creative forms of assessment, empowering students to make choices in how they are assessed and the use of creative practices in academic writing.

Prior to joining LSBU I worked as a lecturer in Children’s Literature and a researcher on children's reading at Roehampton University. I have also worked as a primary school teacher and as a Local Authority advisor in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

My research interests are in forest schools, outdoor learning and the relationship between childhood and society.

I am in the final year of my Professional Doctorate in Education. The focus of my research is on parental perspectives on forest schools and constuctions of nature. I am a co-investigator on a funded reseach Project with colleagues from the School of Health on the relationship between risky play and cognitive development in Early Years settings. 

2025-(date) Employabilty lead in the School of Law and Education

2024-2025 Lead for Assessment and Feedback LSS Cluster Group

BA Education modules

PG and UG dissertation supervision 

Research Methodologies at level 6 and level 7 

Children's Literature and literacy

Primary PGCE modules