Neuroscience for Teachers

CPD Programme

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Welcome to the Neuroscience for Education programme - an innovative and accredited CPD course designed to provide teachers with a comprehensive understanding of the latest neuroscience knowledge and skills to enhance their teaching. Led by Professor Patricia Riddell, a renowned expert in applied neuroscience and a Chartered Psychologist, this course will equip you with practical and effective ways to apply neuroscience principles to your classroom teaching.


New Course Starting on 21st January 2026


Course Price -

£1800

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Course starts

21st January 2026

6-Workshop Course

CDP Accredited

Online

via Zoom


Neuroscience for Teachers (NFT)

This highly rated CPD course will provide qualified and experienced teaching professionals with advanced knowledge and skills to enhance their teaching practice through the application of evidence-informed concepts from cognitive psychology and neuroscience.

6 CPD Accredited Workshops

This 6-workshop course, scheduled for 1 workshop per half-term, is designed to increase your understanding of the brain's impact on teaching and learning. We are now enrolling our fourth cohort of practitioners in the field of education to join this innovative program.


Online workshops with recordings to fit your schedule.

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Course Dates

Workshop 1 – Motivation and Engagement

  Wed 21st January
Workshop 2 – Learning and Cognitive Load
  Wed 11th February
Workshop 3 – Memory
  Wed 18th March
Workshop 4 – Decision Making and Unconscious Bias
  Wed 15th April
Workshop 5 – Mental Health and Well-Being

  Wed 6th May

Workshop 6 – Understanding Difficult People

  Wed 3rd June

Online Presentation

  Wed 24th June

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Your Trainer

Professor Patricia Riddell is a professor of Applied Neuroscience and a Chartered Psychologist. She studied at the University of Glasgow and Imperia College before completing a doctorate at the University of Oxford. She has worked as an academic in the field of neuroscience and developmental psychology for over 20 years.


Tricia is passionate about sharing the expanding knowledge that we have about the brain and how it drives behaviour to teachers generally. She believes teachers, parents, and children can gain huge benefits from knowing how the brain works and how we can behave more effectively using this knowledge.



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Our Workshops

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Workshop 1 - Motivation and Engagement

Wed 21st January 2026


This workshop covers key aspects of motivation and engagement in the classroom. We will explore the psychological safety needed in schools and classrooms to create a safe and engaging learning environment. We will discuss the adolescent brain and how it affects learning and development, including regulatory focus and values. We will also delve into the importance of setting both intrinsic and extrinsic goals for students and how teachers can positively impact motivation and mindset behaviours. 

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Workshop 2 - Learning and Cognitive Load

3rd December 2025


Our Learning and Cognitive Load workshop explores the fascinating world of the brain and its relationship with learning and technology. From genetics and neuroplasticity to attention and cognitive control, this workshop covers the latest research on the brain's role in learning. Discover how to develop metacognition, self-regulation, and self-regulated learning, and explore the benefits of using gaming in the classroom. 

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Workshop 3 - Memory

Wed 18th March  2026


Our Memory workshop discovers the world of memory and the brain! Explore the different types of memory, from sensory to semantic, and how they are stored and retrieved in the brain. Learn about the parts of the brain involved in memory and what memory is for. Discover how to improve your own memory and that of your students. Dive into the perceptual and autobiographical aspects of episodic memory, and understand the different functions of forgetting.

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Workshop 4 - Decision Making

Wed 15th April


In Workshop 4 of our Neuroscience for Teachers course, you'll learn about the fascinating world of decision making. We'll cover fast and slow decision making, cognitive biases and heuristics, and the importance of diversity and inclusion. You'll explore unconscious biases and schemas for people, and learn how to identify and challenge them in your own thinking. We'll delve into adolescent decision making and Kegan's model of self-awareness, and examine ego depletion and temporal discounting.

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Workshop 5 - Health and Well-Being

Wed 6th May  2026


This workshop delves into crucial aspects of mental health and well-being, equipping educators with essential insights and strategies. We will navigate the intricate terrain of mental health by addressing key topics such as rumination and breaking the ruminative cycle. Understanding the physiology of stress is pivotal, and we will explore stress levels and the transition from good stress to tolerable stress. Delving deep into the neuroscience of the self, we will evaluate self-perception and build positive self-assessment mechanisms.

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Module 6 - Understanding Difficult People

Wed 3rd June  2026


This workshop delves into the greater understanding of what challenges people and how to improve relationships by understanding how the brain creates emotional responses. 


We will look into key topics such as how to increase empathy for self and others, how to be more assertive, using rights and responsibilities to frame difficult conversations, increasing emotional intelligence and giving great feedback.




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Online Presentation

Wed 24th June  2026


One presentation, to be held on the last day of the programme, of something that you have learned from the programme that you will either:

  • Share with staff, pupils, and/or parents from your school
  • Use to change your own teaching practice
  • Will allow other participants to reflect on the outcome of the group intervention they participated in (only one per group)

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Course Price - £1800

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How Our Past Participants Have Applied Neuroscience in the Classroom

Our course participants have used their learning to positively impact their classrooms and students, producing innovative and effective ways of teaching. Strategies such as mnemonics, teaching fast and slow thinking in maths, and increasing intrinsic motivation have been used to improve outcomes. Previous cohorts have produced highly successful interventions including conscious states for learning and using an escape room to teach literature. These interventions have helped students understand stress and build resilience. 

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The Chameleon Recovery Programme

We work directly with schools to provide a package of workshops and interventions to support schools to empower school communities to flourish and thrive in a post-Covid world.



Covid Anxiety Workshops

This series of workshops for teachers, pupils and parents, explains the effect of the Covid pandemic on the adolescent brain which is particularly vulnerable at this stage of development.

What our past participants have to say...

“The application of neuroscience to the practical was brilliant”


“I loved meeting other teachers and sharing ideas – also those ‘lightbulb’ moments”


“Considering the different types of memory and using that knowledge to consider the content of my courses”


“I have loved the course, it has tested my knowledge and allowed me to ensure the best outcomes for my pupils”


“It was great to learn strategies that I could try for myself in the classroom and see the interest from pupils”

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Covid Anxiety Workshops

Workshops for teachers, students and parents to help understand the effect of the pandemic on the adolescent brain.

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