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Learning by design: 2018 OUP Bioscience Education Summit (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Tierney, A., & McQueen, H. (2019). Learning by design: 2018 OUP Bioscience Education Summit.

Learning by Design’ was the theme of the 2018 OUP Bioscience Education Summit. There were forty-eight delegates from 20 different UK HE institutes in attendance, representing a wide range of biology specialisms and roles. The meeting was held over... Read More about Learning by design: 2018 OUP Bioscience Education Summit.

The Role of SoTL in Classroom Innovation (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Tierney, A. (2016). The Role of SoTL in Classroom Innovation. In Conference Proceedings 2015

The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) is being promoted as an activity for teaching-focused academics in the UK. However, support for SoTL is not a priority for most institutions, and formal provision for such support may not extend beyond... Read More about The Role of SoTL in Classroom Innovation.

Transition to Research: experiencing new paradigms. (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Tierney, A., & Barkess, G. (2015). Transition to Research: experiencing new paradigms

The transition from undergraduate study to postgraduate research is a difficult one for students to negotiate. Similarly, the transition from disciplinary researcher to pedagogic researcher is a difficult transition for staff to undertake. There are... Read More about Transition to Research: experiencing new paradigms..

Social Entrepreneurship and Event Management (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Tierney, A. (2014). Social Entrepreneurship and Event Management. In Conference proceedings

Final year undergraduates in the School of Life Sciences at the University of Glasgow may take a two week, intensive course called Business & Bioscience. Student teams work together on the development of innovative bioscience products. After the two... Read More about Social Entrepreneurship and Event Management.

Engaging postgraduates in teaching and learning - networking events (2011)
Conference Proceeding
Tierney, A., Perkins, J., & Shearer, M. (2011). Engaging postgraduates in teaching and learning - networking events. In Proceedings of the Effective Learning in the Biosciences Conference. , (42)

The role of postgraduates is increasingly important in undergraduate teaching. In the biosciences, this most commonly takes the form of graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) in laboratory practicals, but GTAs may be called upon to take on a number of t... Read More about Engaging postgraduates in teaching and learning - networking events.