Leanne Henderson is a lecturer in education studies in the School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work at Queen’s University Belfast. Her research centres on young people’s educational trajectories and transitions. She was postdoctoral research fellow on the Arts and Humanities Research Council’s Modern Languages Leadership Fellowship Language Policy project 'Foreign, indigenous and community languages in the devolved regions of the UK: policy and practice for growth', led by Janice Carruthers, where her research engaged with young people to understand the factors influencing uptake of modern languages qualifications in the UK. Leanne has experience as a French teacher and head of modern languages at secondary level.