Fiona Ranson has extensive experience working in the area of inclusion, in particular the inclusion of learners with English as an additional language (EAL). A qualified teacher, later Adviser within Education Improvement, and more recently initial teacher training education, Fiona has an M.Ed in Bilingualism in Education and was recently awarded a Studentship from Northumbria University, to undertake a PhD, which examines the rights of unaccompanied asylum seeking children in care.
She has direct experience of fostering young people from refugee backgrounds and was nominated in 2019 for ECPAT UK’s (Every Child Protected Against Trafficking) Children’s Champion Award, She is a trustee of the North of England Refugee Service(NERS), where she is working to highlight the rights of refugee children. She is a L1, OISC registered immigration adviser within NERS (Immigration and asylum and protection).
Fiona is deputy editor of NALDIC’s EAL Journal, a member of their publications committee and a co-opted member onto their executive committee. She is co-convenor of NALDIC’s Asylum and Refugee Children special interest group and is a member of the national Schools of Sanctuary steering group- advising on the accreditation process.
Fiona has worked extensively with external organisations to promote curriculum development in the area of Rights Education and is a Fellow in Holocaust Education (Imperial War Museum and Yad Vashem).