ScopeSEND - Policies for inclusion and belonging in education and lived experiences evidence from across 14 jurisdictions
We are delighted to host Dr Susana Castro-Kemp for the next talk in our Departmental Lecture Series. Susana is an Associate Professor at UCL Institute of Education and serves as Director of the UCL Centre for Inclusive Education.
| A School of Education lecture | |
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| Date | 28 January 2026 |
| Time | 11:35 to 13:00 |
| Place | Baring Court 114 |
| Provider | School of Education |
| Organizer | Katie Howard |
Event details
The lecture will be held on Wednesday 28th January in Baring Court BC114 from 11.35am to 1pm (and streamed via Teams for those unable to be on campus - link below).
Abstract: ScopeSEND offers a unique and comprehensive review of policies regulating Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) provision across 14 jurisdictions worldwide. These include the UK, Ireland, Australia, Finland, Switzerland, Belgium (Flanders), New Zealand, Singapore, Japan, Ontario, France, Poland, Estonia, and the Netherlands. Funded by the Nuffield Foundation, the project combines multiple methods to deliver a full policy analysis, covering inputs (policy regulations), processes, and outputs (lived experiences of implementation), in each context.
Through triangulation of document and corpus analysis, evidence review, and interviews in each country, the project identifies patterns linking policy elements to user experiences—both positive and negative—within and across jurisdictions. These insights are critically examined against the backdrop of England’s evolving SEND policy landscape.
Bio: Dr Susana Castro-Kemp is Associate Professor at UCL Institute of Education and serves as Director of the UCL Centre for Inclusive Education. She is the Principal Investigator of the ScopeSEND project, funded by the Nuffield Foundation, which contributed evidence, by invitation, to the House of Commons Education Select Committee’s report ‘Solving the SEND Crisis’.
Susana has a strong track record of successful research funding and high-impact publications in the fields of inclusive education, SEND policy, and early years as well as on intersections between education and health in SEND provision. Her previous and current research is funded by the Nuffield Foundation, National Institute of Health and Care Research (NIHR), British Academy, Department of Education (DfE) and the European Commission (Erasmus +), among others.
We look forward to seeing you there and please do send any questions about the event to Katie Howard (k.howard2@exeter.ac.uk).
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