Melissa Leighty, MEd

Melissa is an education content specialist with over 15 years of experience as a classroom teacher and deep expertise in education research and leadership. She holds two postgraduate degrees in education, including a Master’s in Educational Leadership. As Content Marketing Specialist at Learnlife, she writes about learner autonomy, wellbeing, and meaningful learning experience design.

Creating Pathways to Limitless Possibilities

Learnlife's innovative approach to assessment and curriculum empowers learners to create a personalised educational path that gets them to where they want to be.

Autonomous Learning: The Way Forward

At Learnlife, autonomous learning is our north star, our tool for developing confident, lifelong learners.

Passion Projects: A Launchpad for Transformative Learning

In passion-based labs, students explore personal interests, growing their autonomy and creativity while fostering lifelong learning.

Impuls digital: Inspiring a passion for learning in Catalunya

Learnlife trained over 85 educators in passion-based learning, promoting learner-centred education and innovation in 10 schools in Catalunya.

Rwanda: Lessons in Resilience, Community & Hope

Learnlife's transformative Rwanda trip offers learners a rare opportunity to build deep cultural and socio-emotional learning.

A Human-centred Approach to Secondary Maths

Learnlife's human-centred approach to secondary maths transforms the conventional classroom paradigm into a dynamic, personalised and purposeful learning adventure.

Meet Claudio: Learnlife’s Design Alchemist Crafting Creativity and Connection

Meet Claudio, one of Learnlife’s passionate studio experts, who orchestrates a symphony of cross-disciplinary learning daily. He moulds spaces where creativity thrives, inspiring learners to explore and develop a fusion of diverse skill sets while building their personal learning journey.

Five Fonts of Inspiration for Educators, Leaders and Edupreneurs

What inspires us? Enjoy five fonts of inspiration for educators, leaders and edupreneurs hand-picked by our team.