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Helen teaches on both the MA and MEd degrees. With a specialism in International Education, she leads modules on International Baccalaureate Practicum (undergraduate) and Reflection Upon Leadership in the International Baccalaureate (postgraduate).
Additionally, she supervises student dissertations at Masters level and student theses at undergraduate level, and also contributes to Masters modules on Leadership and International Education.
Helen's work has moved between teaching and education liaison, always consistent with her interest in international education. Initially, Helen taught within Primary Education for 11 years, in schools in England, Italy, Egypt and Malaysia.
In 2008 Helen moved to the University of Dundee to take an operational lead role on international educational liaison and international student recruitment in Asia. After taking a family career break from 2015, during which period Helen completed her Masters degree in Education, Helen returned to the University of Dundee in 2019 as Lecturer (Teaching and Research) in the School of Education and Social Work.
With a research focus on international education and curriculum internationalisation, Helen is mid-way through Doctoral studies. Her work asks how we measure the student learning outcomes of curriculum internationalisation, and examines the cultural diversity inherent within what is measured. She challenges dominant Global Northern perspectives on how success is defined, in internationalisation.
Helen holds a Divisional Lead role in Student Recruitment and Internationalisation, working across academic and professional services teams to coordinate and represent Education and Social Work's work on recruitment, admissions and internationalisation. Additionally, Helen takes a lead role in University of Dundee's relationship with the International Baccalaureate Organisation, managing the relationship, delivering IB certificate modules and speaking at IB conferences.
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Master of Education, Adopting an ACEs-Aware Approach: Examining Challenges and Successes in Scottish Primary Schools, University of Dundee
Award Date: 14 Nov 2019
Bachelor of Education, Indoctrination and Religious Pluralism in the Primary School, University of Exeter
Award Date: 6 Dec 1996
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Working paper/Preprint › Preprint
Cunningham, H. (Recipient), Apr 2023
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Cunningham, H. (Recipient), Apr 2023
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Cunningham, H. (Recipient), 17 Apr 2023
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Cantali, D. (Speaker) & Cunningham, H. (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Holme, R. (Speaker) & Cunningham, H. (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Cunningham, H. (Invited speaker)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
Cunningham, H. (Participant)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
Cunningham, H. (Speaker)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference