Emma Rogers

Emma Rogers is an experienced literacy and learning expert. She is the English lead for the School of Teacher Development and Senior Lecturer at the Bishop Grosseteste University (BGU). Emma leads an OU/UKLA Teachers’ Reading group to develop Reading for Pleasure Pedagogies with teachers and students and contributes to a range of programmes within Teacher Development, including undergraduate and PGCE courses, at BGU.

Emma has previously worked as a learning and literacy consultant offering professional development packages and training to teachers, schools, networks and local authorities aiming to develop children’s learning and achievement in literacy.

She worked for several years for the Primary National Strategies leading the successful Every Child a Writer programme and has developed languages curricula and assessment guidance in over 150 countries.

She has previously worked as a classroom teacher and senior school leader and in 2018, she became a Fellow of the Higher Education Association.