Area of expertise
Philosophy of education. Catholic teaching on education. The philosophies of Martin Heidegger, Jacques Derrida and Bernard Lonergan. Educational leadership.
Courses taught
Catholic Education and the Common Good
Bio
Uttley read Philosophy, Politics and Economics at the University of Oxford before undertaking a Master’s program in the economics of education at University College London, Institute of Education. His Doctoral thesis examined authenticity in education through the lens of the works of Martin Heidegger, Jacques Derrida and Bernard Lonergan. In addition to designing and teaching Catholic Education and the Common Good at the Notre Dame London, Uttley is the visiting full Professor in Catholic Education and one of the founding members of the Centre for Catholic Education, Research and Religious Literacy at St Mary’s University, Twickenham, London. His academic work centers on the philosophy of education and his current action research involves aligning the work of the Catholic university with UK State-funded Catholic schools. Uttley is a Visiting Lecturer at UCL Institute of Education, London, where he lectures on the professional development of teachers, and also Visiting Lecturer at Dominican University, Chicago. A recipient of the National Professional Qualification in Executive School Leadership, the highest professional award in English schools’ systems’ leadership, he is the Headteacher of a Catholic High School in Reading, England, and an experienced Executive School Leader, providing support to other schools. He is the founder and program director for The Koinonia Group - a network of Catholic schools in England and overseas committed to collaborative working.
His recent research, speaking and writing, has addressed the pernicious effect of ‘post-truth’ on the young. A founding Fellow of the Chartered College of Teachers, in addition to holding a Fellowship with the UK Higher Education Academy, he is a licensed inspector for Catholic schools across the Hierarchy of England and Wales. He is the co-Founder and co-Chair of the Eastern Slovakia Education Conference.
Works
- ‘Forming Catholic school teachers and leaders as ‘missionary disciples’: a view from England and Wales’ in Educatio Catholico – Rome: Sacred Congregation for Catholic Education. 2020 vol 1-2 pp 165-173
- 2022 ‘Don’t look back in anger – love, hatred, school life and an unexpected lunch with Iris Murdoch’ Pastoral Review (April/May/June 2022)
- 2023 ‘Grief ; Observed’ Pastoral Review (July/Aug/Sept 2023)
- 2023 ‘The sheep do not get smellier than this: the place of the English Catholic secondary school in supporting clerical formation’ Pastoral Review Jan/Feb/March 2024 Vol 20 Issue 1 pp’ 12-17
- 2023 ‘Care for the poor, Laudato si’ and the Catholic educational mission: a philosophical reimagination’ in Educatio Catholico Anno IX 3-4/2023 pp. 371 - 381 Rome: Sacred Congregation for Catholic Education
- 2024 ‘Look back in anger – Catholic school leadership and the peace-making tradition’ in Whittle, S. and Wodon, Q. Leadership Matters in Catholic Education, Gateway East, Singapore : Springer