I have found that many academics in my school are keen to improve their teaching but very time poor and sceptical of centrally run training. Understandably they prefer to see specific examples of how pedagogical theory can be applied in physics.

In October 2017 I presented a colloquium on "What does research tell us about good teaching?". This was very well attended and did lead to a

As First Year Director from 2011-2023 for the School of Physics, I coordinated courses with over 3500 enrolments each year. To put this into context, in the past year I coordinated around 45% of the EFSLs taught by Physics, and around 6% of the EFSLs taught by the Faculty of Science. I consider making these courses run effectively and efficiently as the core of my job at UNSW.

I am have mentored a number of staff members. Some through the UNSW peer mentoring program https://teaching.unsw.edu.au/academic-mentoring , others through providing formative peer review followed by discussion of their teaching and other people who are direct reports or working in a similar area to myself.

I have also