Dr Agnieszka Uflewska

  • Associate Tutor (School of Education)

Biography

Agnieszka Uflewska is a scholar and educator specialising in transformative lifelong learning. She holds a PhD in Education from the University of Glasgow, alongside advanced degrees in international relations, foreign service, and research methodologies. Her career bridges academia and international cooperation, with a strong focus on planet-centred, peaceful, and sustainable approaches to education.

Before re-joining the University of Glasgow in 2022, Agnieszka served as Lecturer in Political Science, University Coordinator for Internationalisation, and Chair of the Disciplinary Commission on Academic Misconduct of Students in Warsaw, Poland. In these roles, she built international partnerships across Asia, North America, and Europe, coordinated the successful CEEMAN International Quality Accreditation (2021), and led the university’s first UN PRME Sharing Information on Progress Report. She also advanced interdisciplinary programmes in cybersecurity, women’s leadership, and cross-sector collaboration.
 
Since re-joining the University of Glasgow in 2022, she has maintained a strong commitment to teaching, supervision, and mentoring, remaining dedicated to guiding students in developing academic confidence and distinctive scholarly identities, while nurturing their growth as ethical and empathetic lifelong learners in the age of Artificial Intelligence. Alongside her teaching, she worked with Prof. Anna Wilson on the Leverhulme Trust-funded Waste Stories project and continues to pursue independent research on the role of education in shaping and preserving local cultural identity in an increasingly digital and international context, education, empathy and (cyber)security, and the ethics of knowledge and teaching in AI-driven environments.

Research interests

  • Education and local cultural identity in the digital international contexts 
  • Ethics of knowledge and teaching in AI-driven education 
  • Transformative and humane approaches to lifelong learning 

Publications

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2024

Wilson, Anna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6928-1689, Robertson, George, Uflewska, Agnieszka ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8781-4423 and Humphreys, Penny (2024) Waste stories: networked imaginaries. Proceedings of the International Conference on Networked Learning, 14, (doi: 10.54337/nlc.v14i1.8097)

Uflewska, Agnieszka ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8781-4423 and Tordzro, Gameli Kodzo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9091-9309 (2024) Charting new horizons in lifelong education: planet-centred, peaceful and sustainable paradigms in the age of AI. In: Slade, Bonnie, Mayo, Peter and Bogossian, Thi (eds.) Adult Education and Difference. Series: International issues in adult education (36). Brill, pp. 191-211. ISBN 9789004692619 (doi: 10.1163/9789004692626_012)

Wilson, Anna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6928-1689, Robertson, George and Uflewska, Agnieszka ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8781-4423 (2024) Waste Stories. Working Paper. Centre for Research & Development in Adult and Lifelong Learning (CR&DALL).

2022

Osborne, Michael ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1609-385X, Maitra, Srabani ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1840-1294 and Uflewska, Agnieszka ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8781-4423 (2022) Smart learning cities promoting lifelong learning through working lives. In: Malloch, Margaret, Cairns, Len, Evans, Karen and O’Connor, Bridget N. (eds.) The SAGE Handbook of Learning and Work. SAGE Publications: London, pp. 376-389. ISBN 9781526491114 (doi: 10.4135/9781529757217.N24)

Uflewska, Agnieszka ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8781-4423 and Tordzro, Gameli K. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9091-9309 (2022) Beyond the WEIRD education system in the age of AI. Postcolonial Directions in Education, 11(2), pp. 215-247.

2021

Uflewska, Agnieszka ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8781-4423, Lido, Catherine ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6255-9905 and Dey, Soumi (2021) Innovative, interactive and individualised (i3) teaching and learning practice in higher and lifelong education. Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning, 23(2), pp. 55-69. (doi: 10.5456/WPLL.23.2.55)

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Articles

Wilson, Anna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6928-1689, Robertson, George, Uflewska, Agnieszka ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8781-4423 and Humphreys, Penny (2024) Waste stories: networked imaginaries. Proceedings of the International Conference on Networked Learning, 14, (doi: 10.54337/nlc.v14i1.8097)

Uflewska, Agnieszka ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8781-4423 and Tordzro, Gameli K. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9091-9309 (2022) Beyond the WEIRD education system in the age of AI. Postcolonial Directions in Education, 11(2), pp. 215-247.

Uflewska, Agnieszka ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8781-4423, Lido, Catherine ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6255-9905 and Dey, Soumi (2021) Innovative, interactive and individualised (i3) teaching and learning practice in higher and lifelong education. Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning, 23(2), pp. 55-69. (doi: 10.5456/WPLL.23.2.55)

Book Sections

Uflewska, Agnieszka ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8781-4423 and Tordzro, Gameli Kodzo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9091-9309 (2024) Charting new horizons in lifelong education: planet-centred, peaceful and sustainable paradigms in the age of AI. In: Slade, Bonnie, Mayo, Peter and Bogossian, Thi (eds.) Adult Education and Difference. Series: International issues in adult education (36). Brill, pp. 191-211. ISBN 9789004692619 (doi: 10.1163/9789004692626_012)

Osborne, Michael ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1609-385X, Maitra, Srabani ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1840-1294 and Uflewska, Agnieszka ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8781-4423 (2022) Smart learning cities promoting lifelong learning through working lives. In: Malloch, Margaret, Cairns, Len, Evans, Karen and O’Connor, Bridget N. (eds.) The SAGE Handbook of Learning and Work. SAGE Publications: London, pp. 376-389. ISBN 9781526491114 (doi: 10.4135/9781529757217.N24)

Research Reports or Papers

Wilson, Anna ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6928-1689, Robertson, George and Uflewska, Agnieszka ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8781-4423 (2024) Waste Stories. Working Paper. Centre for Research & Development in Adult and Lifelong Learning (CR&DALL).

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Grants

 

  • Leverhulme Trust (UK), Research Associate (2024): Collaborated with Prof. Anna Wilson on the Waste Stories project, exploring cultural narratives of waste, sustainability, and learning.
  • University of Glasgow, Master in Research Methods and Doctoral Research Studentship (2007–2017)
    Funded postgraduate and doctoral research in Central and East European Studies, and subsequently in Education, focusing on the emergence of fluid cultural identity in digital international contexts.

 

Supervision

Agnieszka incorporates tailored i³ mentoring methods: innovative, interactive, and individualised with a primary focus on supporting students to achieve excellence in their academic pursuits. In doing so, she fosters the development of transferable 21st-century skills and graduate attributes, while prioritising students’ mental health and overall well-being.

Currently, together with Anna Wislon and Sandy Brownlee (Computing Science and Mathematics, University of Stirling), Agnieszka has been co-supervising a PhD student:

Additionally, since re-joining the University of Glasgow in Feb 2022, Agnieszka supervised over 30 PGT  students with excellent record of achievements across the School's MSc and MEd Programmes.

Her postgraduate students have investigated a wide spectrum of themes reflecting contemporary educational challenges and transformations. Their work spans Humane and Planet-Centred Education, Decolonisation and Critical Pedagogies, and the Development of 21st-Century Skills in diverse cultural and institutional contexts. Many have focused on Equity and Inclusion, addressing issues of identity (class, gender) in education, bilingualism, and rural access to learning. Others have examined the Impact of AI and Digital Technologies on teaching and learning, while a further cluster of projects has engaged with Policy Analysis and the Psychology of Education and Leadership, exploring issues such as test anxiety, foreign language learning, stress, and the imposter phenomenon.
 
Some of her best students’ work is listed below, reflecting their dedication to advancing ethical, inclusive, and future-oriented educational practices.
 
Humane & Planet-Centred Education
  • Norma Umer, MEd (Educational Studies) 2025: Transforming Adult Literacy in Pakistan through AI-Supported Education: Insights from Social Reproduction, Digital Capital, and the Capabilities Approach.
  • Yingu Yang, MSc (Educational Studies) 2023: Humane Education and Human-Animal Interaction: Implications to Humane Primary Education in China.
    As of March 2025, Yingu is a PhD Researcher at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. Joint paper Heart of Learning in the Age of AI forthcoming.
Decolonisation & Critical Pedagogy
  • Zhao Wu, MEd (Educational Studies) 2024: Teaching for Resistance: Transforming English Language Teaching in Periphery States through Critical Pedagogy.
  • Wei Tang, MEd (Educational Studies) 2024: Transforming English Language Teaching in China: Rise of China English and Global Englishes Perspective.
  • Maureen O’Neill, MSc (Educational Studies) 2022: ‘You Don’t Belong Here!’ The Role of Scots Language in Closing the Poverty-Related Attainment Gap in Scotland.
Development of 21st-Century Skills
  • Anran Zhao, MEd (Adult Learning, Community Development & Youth Work) 2023: Blended Learning Pedagogies for Development of the 21st-Century Skills among International Students in Higher Education in Scotland.
  • Yihao Zhang, MSc (Educational Studies) 2023: Flipped Classroom for Development of Collaborative Skills in Teaching English as a Foreign Language in China.
  • Huishu Hou, MSc (Educational Studies) 2022: Foreign Language Teaching through Literature as the 21st-Century Capability.
  • Xiaoxuan Kong, MEd (Educational Studies) 2022: Using Social Networking Sites for Developing the 21st-Century Skills in ESL/EFL Education.
Inclusion & Equity
  • Jialu Zhu, MSc (Educational Studies) 2025: From Marginalisation to Empowerment: A Feminist Theoretical Analysis of Gender Inequity in Chinese Higher Education.
  • Xiaofan Lin, MSc (Educational Studies) 2024: Fostering Female Gender Equity in Education amidst China’s Aging Population.
  • Lyucqian Wu, MEd (Educational Studies) 2023: Cooperative Learning and Inclusion of Pupils with ADHD in China’s Primary Education.
  • Qianyi Hu, MSc (Educational Studies) 2022/23: Educational Experiences of Refugee Children in Scotland: Educational Equity and Multicultural Approach.
  • Min Liu, MSc (Educational Studies) 2022: Role of Inclusive Pedagogies in Education of Left-Behind Children in Rural China.
  • Yiwen Huang, MSc (Educational Studies) 2022: Role of Bilingual Online Programs in Fostering Inclusion in China.
  • Hengbin Qiao, MEd (Educational Studies) 2022: Shadow Education and the Challenge of Educational Equity in China.
Learning & Teaching in the Age of AI
  • Chenyu Zhao, MSc (Educational Studies) 2025: Reimagining Chinese as a Second Language Teaching through Multiliteracies: AI-Enhanced Pedagogies for Non-Character-Based Learners.
  • Jiawei Mao, MSc (Educational Studies) 2025: From Technology-Driven to Context-Responsive: Rethinking AI-Gamified Learning in Chinese Education.
  • Xin Long, MEd (Educational Studies) 2023/24: Impact of Mobile-Assisted Language Learning (MALL) on Students’ Learning Experiences across Higher Education Institutions in China.
  • Ying Liang, MSc (Educational Studies) 2023: Impact of Generative AI on Transforming Learning and Teaching Experiences across Higher Education Institutions in China.
  • Wei Liu, MSc (Educational Studies) 2022: Educational Value of Digital Games for Early Education Classroom Practice in China.
Policy Analysis
  • Xuan Ma, MSc (Educational Studies) 2023: Impact of China’s One Child Policy on Education of Millennial Women in China.
Psychology of Education
  • Xinuyue Wang, MSc (Educational Studies) 2023: Overcoming Foreign Language Anxiety among Students in Chinese English Classrooms.
  • Xuan Zhang, MSc (Educational Studies) 2023: Enhancing Experience of Task-Based Language Learning through Social Constructivism in Foreign Language Classes in Chinese Higher Education.
  • Sylwia Szymczyńska, MEd (Adult Learning, Community Development & Youth Work) 2023: Experiences of Education among Students of Higher Education Institutions in Scotland during the Covid-19 Global Pandemic.
  • Yawen Song, MSc (Educational Studies) 2022: Role of Educational Practitioners in Reducing Students’ Test Anxiety in Chinese Higher Education.
Psychology of Educational Leadership
  • Chaoqun Shi, MEd (Educational Studies) 2024/25: Imposter Phenomenon among Women in Chinese Higher Education Institutions: Causes, Manifestations, and Strategies.
  • Kejing Wu, MEd (Educational Studies) 2022: Overcoming Stress in Teaching Post-Covid-19: Online and Hybrid Teaching Impact on Occupational Stress across Higher Education in England.

 

Teaching

In the 2025-26 academic year Agnieszka teaches the following courses:

  • EDUC5406: Adult Learning for Transformation (Course Creator and Lead, course offered for students of MEd/PgDip Adult Learning, Community Development & Youth Work, and MEd/MSc Educational Studies)
  • EDUC5142P: Major Disseration (Supervision, MEd/MSc Educational Studies)

 In the past, she taught:

  • EDUC5410: Introduction to Educational and Social Research (MEd/MSc Educational Studies)
  • EDUC5935: Research Application (MSc Education, Online)
  • EDUC5156: Modern Educational Thought (MEd/MSc Educational Studies)
  • EDUC5406: Curriculum Development in Adult Education (Course Lead, MEd/PgDip Adult Education, Community Development & Youth Work)
  • EDUC51069: Perspectives on Youth and Young Adulthood (MEd/MSc Educational Studies) 
  • Advanced Research Methods (Course Lead, MSc in International Relations)
  • Educational Policy-Making in Action (MSc in Education, Public Policy & Equity)
  • Psychology of Adult Learning (MEd/MSc Educational Studies)
  • International Issues in Adult and Continuing Education (MEd/MSc Educational Studies)
  • Multilingual Learning in Globalised World (MOOC Future Learn)

Professional activities & recognition

Prizes, awards & distinctions

  • 2018: Recognising Excellence in Teaching (RET) (University of Glasgow RET Fellowship)
  • 2018: Fellowship of Advance HE (Advance HE/ HE Academy)

Professional & learned societies

  • Research Network 4: National Strategies for Lifelong Learning Member (Poland), ASEM Education and Research Hub for Lifelong Learning
  • Secretary (Group on Cybersecurity Education), International Centre for Chemical Safety and Security (ICCSS) Global Partners

Selected international presentations

  • 2022: Coding Morality: Ethical Aspects of AI (Innovatorium, Warsaw, Poland/ global online)
  • 2022: Cybersecurity Education as an Ecosystem: Pathways Forward (Internet Development Initiative, Georgia & CyBureau The Institute for Cyber Policy Studies, Israel/ global online)
  • 2021: When AI Meets Social Reality: Shifting Foundations of International Relations (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland, Warsaw/ global online)
  • 2021: Digital Education: Global Challenges, Local Voices (UN Internet Governance Forum Youth Summit, Poland/ global online)
  • 2021: Education, Security, and Trust in Cyber-Ready Industry (International Centre for Chemical Safety and Security (ICCSS), Warsaw, Poland/ global online)

Additional information

  • Invited speaker in international contexts on education, ethics, (cyber)security and AI.
  • Provided four-month mentorship to UN Youth Ambassadors globally through the UN Internet Governance Youth Forum, supporting preparations for the AGMs in Poland (2021) and Kenya (2022).
  • Peer reviewer for the Journal of Adult and Continuing Education (SAGE) and Studies in Continuing Education (Routledge/Taylor & Francis).
  • Deeply committed to pastoral and academic support for former, current, and prospective postgraduate students.