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Rebecca Snell

Research Officer & Education Consultant

About me

Rebecca is interested in how to attract and select potential teachers, and then how to retain them in the profession.

Rebecca was a teacher, senior leader, and ITE mentor who was heavily involved in school based research implementation and sharing of best practice.

Procter-Legg, T., Snell, R., & Klassen, R. (2025). The five-year itch: motivational factors that influence the career decisions of early career teachers in England. British Educational Research Journal.

https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.4149 https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:38549229-f9dd-4901-850f-622f2ce17d35
Snell, R., Klassen, R., Thompson-Lee, S., & Wang, H. (2024). Back to basics with teacher recruitment: what do STEM undergraduates want?. European Journal of Education, 60(1).

https://doi.org/10.1111/ejed.12840 https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:714de0c0-6fb0-4fc8-b96d-af384072dc3b
Wang, H., Thompson-Lee, S., Snell, R., & Klassen, R. (2024). Unlocking STEM pathways: a person-centred approach exploring a teacher recruitment intervention. International Journal of STEM Education, 11(1).

https://doi.org/10.1186/s40594-024-00499-y https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:6fbd62fe-74c6-4d63-9c8c-58cb85c3432d
Thompson-Lee, S., Klassen, R., Wang, H., & Snell, R. (2024). Measuring the effects of motivation messages on STEM undergraduates’ interest in teaching. Teaching and Teacher Education, 146.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2024.104639 https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:7a6b033c-7e35-4f27-bc4e-30d8110b9f75

Rethinking teacher recruitment: New approaches to attracting prospective STEM teachers.

UK Economic and Social Research Council