My name is Tara Peters and I am a lecturer in Social Work Education, contributing to student learning across all of our qualifying programmes. I am a registered Social Worker and member of the Institute for Children’s Futures here at Manchester Metropolitan University.

As an experienced children’s social worker, workforce development officer and now educator I am dedicated to excellence in both social work education and professional practice. My passion for improving the lives of people in need of support services guides my work within education. My approach to teaching and learning includes relational and social constructivist pedagogy with strategies to encourage educational improvement and creativity. I hold a leadership role in personal tutoring prioritising a context of belonging and mattering for students. 

Academic and professional qualifications.

PhD Social Work - Northumbria University at Newcastle, 2024

PG certificate in Learning and Teaching in HE (Distinction), 2024

Fellow of the HEA, 2023

Parents under Pressure Therapist, 2017

PG Certificate in Professional Social Work Practice (Commendation) - University of Northumbria at Newcastle, 2017

Master of Social Work (Merit) - Durham University, 2012

BA (Hons) Applied Social Science - University of Lancaster, 2009

Professional Membership

Social Work England registration number: SW88255 

Fellow of the HEA 

External Examiner

2024 - ongoing: University of Winchester, PG Dip Social Work (Step up to Social Work).