AND THE WINNER IS!!!
We were honoured to receive the Nick Robinson Newcomer Award at the IPG Independent Publishing Awards 2014! Many thanks to the IPG and all our friends in the business who supported us through our start-up phase
....and we're here to help people in education, health and social work become the best students and professionals they can be.
Having both worked in publishing for many years, we (Di and Julia) founded Critical Publishing in 2012. We met up in the cafe of the British Library, ordered coffee and cake, and hatched a plan. We felt we could produce learning resources for education and social work students and professionals that were fresher and better than what was already around.
We believe we do this by offering a more critical approach (in all the best senses) that helps our readers think and encourages them to analyse, evaluate, question and challenge. But without making it too difficult or daunting.
So our readers achieve better skills, increased awareness and greater success in their chosen professional paths.
We’ve now published over 100 titles in print and digital format, and readers love them. We also have exciting plans for our future offerings ...
Di Page | di@criticalpublishing.com
I have worked in professional and higher education publishing for the last 30 years including a range of roles at Pearson, Thomson Reuters and the ICAEW, during which time I have created many successful products, both hard copy and electronic. Prior to setting up Critical Publishing, I worked for Learning Matters where I launched and built a market-leading social work list and developed other series within the health & social care HE market
"Di is a pleasure to work with and for. As an author and editor I have found her to be consistently supportive and quick to respond to queries. Her significant experience within the publishing world means that she is able to offer constructive guidance that is effective and helpful. Di is the ideal publisher: professional and with a sense of humour. It has been a pleasure to work with her." Angie Bartoli - Senior Lecturer and Author, University of Northampton
We are always pleased to hear from you. You can contact us by email at the addresses above or you can contact our sales and marketing address below:
Critical Publishing
3 Connaught Road, St Albans Herts AL3 5RX
01727 851 462 | admin@criticalpublishing.com
Safeguarding Adults Together under the Care Act 2014
A multi-agency practice guide
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Essential Guides for Early Career Teachers: Assessment
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Essential Guides for Early Career Teachers: Mental Well-being and Self-care
An accessible, carefully researched, quick-read on mental well-being and self-care for all early career teachers.
Classroom Talk
Written for teachers, this concise guide takes an evidence-based approach to oracy / classroom talk with practical advice on how to engage with and evaluate the ideas explored.
In the Zone
Helping children rise to the challenge of learning
In the Zone argues that challenge is an essential element of true learning, without which there can be no progress. It brings together supportive materials to encourage teachers to reflect on their present practice, take sensible risks with their teaching, and understand the importance of enjoyment and engagement for both teachers and pupils.
Co-creating Learning and Teaching
Towards relational pedagogy in higher education
Highlights the benefits of classroom-level, relational, dialogic pedagogy and co-creation, with examples of practice and practical guidance, and a unique perspective in bringing together the concept of co-creation with relational pedagogy within higher education learning and teaching.
Conversations to Change Teaching
An essential text for all academics highlighting the importance of staff having focused conversations about teaching, to build individual and team capacity and to bring about institutional change.
Engaging in Transnational Education
A clear and concise introduction to transnational practice in higher education, drawing on research, current sector guidance and policy.
Julia Morris | julia@criticalpublishing.com
I am an experienced publisher who has been involved in educational publishing at a range of levels for 28 years. I have worked for Hobsons, Ward Lock and Hodder, and most recently for Learning Matters, building up their best-selling HE Education list (ITT, Early Years, Education Studies,) as well as undertaking HE publishing in Sport, Psychology, Policing and Admissions Tests.