I have initiated a series of get togethers for conveners of large first year courses in Science. We meet two-three times a year to discuss pressing issues and share practice. At the start of term 1 2020 we got together to discuss everyone’s plans for the introduction of flexibility week. I find these meet ups very useful, I think they are particularly useful to people new to

In 2017 I introduced the Visiting Teaching Fellow position to the school of Physics. The School of Mathematics and Statistics has had a visiting teaching fellow program for decades, I have been on their selection committee for a number of years and could see many benefits in introducing a similar position in physics. It has been very successful with the teaching fellow being very actively

Scientia Education Academy Lecture Series

Supporting secondary school teachers in becoming advocates for higher education

The shortage of high school teachers in certain subject areas can cause a ripple effect on students’ exposure to the various disciplines available in higher education.

How can we

In 2023 I chaired the IUPAP physics education conference. We published a "Lessons learnt" page on our conference website. I have reproduced this below.

Our aim with this conference was to be as inclusive as possible. We wanted a conference that was accessible to as many people as possible, which meant that we needed to keep costs low  and have scholarships available