Dr Joyce I-Hui Chen has recently been awarded her PhD in Education Studies. She has been working in different educational sectors for more than 20 years in Taiwan and in the United Kingdom (UK), from primary education to higher education. Her current job role includes initial teacher education, organisational development and teachers’ professional development and learning in a general further education college in England. She has undertaken several practitioner research projects over the last 10 years in the further education sector. Her main research interests are FE policies, practice-focused professional development and learning and ethical practice. She is passionate about connecting and collaborating with practitioners across different educational sectors and has been supporting practitioners with research. She has recently co-founded a research and innovation forum to engage with internal and external colleagues who can exchange knowledge and research.