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If you're stepping into leadership for the first time, you may be feeling a mixture of excitement and uncertainty. You might be wondering whether you're ready, whether your voice is strong enough, or whether you truly belong in the room. If so, I...

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In conversations about gender and leadership in education, the idea of a “confidence gap” is often presented as a key reason why fewer women progress into senior roles.

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We often talk about careers as progression, but for many women in education, they are better understood as a process of becoming. I can see the transition of my professional identity through roles shaped by my personal life.

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by Salina Ventress @salinaventress Two years ago I published a blog celebrating the 'lockdown babies' turning 3 . Somehow, remarkably, our own lockdown baby turns 5 this week, leaving me wondering where that half-decade has gone. It's hard to decide...

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by Rosie Boparai @physicsrosie When I first read Crenshaw's (1991) Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence Against Women of Color , the concept of intersectionality surfaced two important parts of myself, which I...

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By Kate Sida-Nicholls @SidaNicholls The use of technology in teaching and learning has developed exponentially since COVID. Three years ago, colleagues from the #EdTech world were confused and disheartened about how teachers could not appear to...

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By Flora Burt @MrsB_FCCT Network Leader @WomenEdEastern 2021 has been a challenging year for all. However, it was also the year that I became a Network Lead for #WomenEd and connected with a truly inspirational group of women in education. In recent...

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by Imogen Senior @MrsSeniorStBens1 When I offered to speak at the #WomenEdEastern unconference on 23rd September, 2021, I hoped that I had something to offer. I have been a headteacher of a secondary school of 900 students for over two years and...

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by Christalla Jamil @ChristallaJ This year’s International Women's Day 2021 was marked by a campaign focused on 'challenge'. When we support each other, women accomplish amazing things. For me, once again, this was illustrated on Saturday 6th March...

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by Vivienne Porritt @ViviennePorritt We started WomenEd because women's voices on twitter were often silenced, harrassed or our views were not valued. It's one of the reasons we included a mic in our logo. So we encouraged women to tweet and to...

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by @MrsB_hums Since having my first daughter in 2014, I have experienced many emotions – love, contentment, stress, desperation, absolute joy but most regularly, guilt. Guilt about my role as a mother, guilt about my role as a wife, guilt about my...

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by Caroline Doolan @caroline_doolan I’ve been in my current school for almost 4 years and I’ve absolutely loved it. It made me grow as a leader. And as a person. In my previous school I was Head of English in a Secondary school in Luton and let’s...

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by Binks Neate-Evans @BinksNeateEvans (Executive Principal, Evolution Trust) I have recently blogged about disappointment for @headsroundtable here where I refer to disappointment on a spectrum with hope.

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