Tracy Galvin

Lecturer in Higher Education Practice

Curriculum Enhancement & Approval

Belfast campus

Room BD-04-030,
2-24 York Street,
Belfast,
BT15 1AP,
Lecturer in Higher Education Practice

Tracy Galvin


Overview

Tracy started her teaching career as a secondary school teacher and moved into lecturing in Teacher Education for ten years before the shift to academic practice in Higher Education. Tracy’s key areas of expertise are initial teacher education, academic practice, and professional development in inclusive, equitable, and accessible curriculum design. Her research and professional practice within EDI in the Curriculum are underpinned by Universal Design for Learning principles (UDL). Tracy has led institutional projects and change across several universities to inform inclusive pedagogies to better support learner outcomes and experiences. She holds SFHEA and SFSEDA, where she also acts as a mentor and assessor and is currently completing a PhD at UU. She co-leads the professional development team with INCLUDE (International Collaboratory for Leadership in Universally Designed Education), an international community of practice network for UDL.