Talks

Talks about teaching-related issues

Lights, camera, action… producing digital videos Centre for Bioscience Reps Forum, Birmingham, September 2009

Different approaches to ethics teaching Ethics Education Workshop, FEBS2009, Prague, July 2009

So you want your students to produce digital video: some practical 3rd Science Learning and Teaching Conference, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, June 2009

The Science and ethics of cybrids Teaching Ethics to Bioscience Students, University of Cambridge, December 2008

Knowing where it’s at: find it? flag it? share it? (or how delicious saved my life) Exploiting New Research Tools training event, University of Leicester, July 2008

Sharing the vision: exploiting Web 2.0 technologies in promoting the use of multimedia in bioethics education DIVERSE2008, InHolland University, Haarlem, Holland, July 2008

Sharing the vision: exploiting Web 2.0 technologies in promoting the use of multimedia in bioethics education British Universities Film and Video Council, Learning on Screen 2008; York, March 2008

Tackling bioethics in the classroom – some practical ideas (workshop) Lincolnshire Cross-Phase Science Conference; Lincoln, February 2008

Sharing the vision: exploiting Web 2.0 technologies in promoting the use of multimedia in bioethics education Learning Futures 2008: The Campus and Beyond; Leicester, January 2008

Getting published – writing papers for pedagogic research journals Getting started in educational research in the sciences; Salford, October 2007

Using case studies to promote ethical thinking and awareness The future of teaching ethics in the biological sciences; Leeds, September 2007

Getting published – writing papers for pedagogic research journals Getting started in educational research in the sciences; Oxford, May 2007

You don’t want to do it like this, you want to do it like that – seven lessons about PedR methodology (that I learnt the hard way) ABC of Pedagogy, East Midlands CETL Network; Leicester, January 2007

Tackling bioethics in the classroom – some practical ideas 5th Hatter Seminar, Bioscience and Technology, World ORT; London, January 2007

You don’t want to do it like this, you want to do it like that – seven lessons about PedR methodology (that I learnt the hard way) Medical education conference; Leicester, December 2006

Teaching ethics – a case-studies approach (workshop) Teaching ethics to bioscience students; Wrexham, November 2006

Tackling bioethics in the classroom – some practical ideas (workshop) East Midlands Science Learning Centre; Leicester, June 2006

Tackling bioethics in the classroom – some practical ideas (workshop) ASE West of England Conference; Bristol, June 2006

Putting bioscience into context: exercises to enhance engagement Society for Experimental Biology annual meeting; Canterbury, April 2006

Problem-based learning in science Society for Experimental Biology annual meeting; Canterbury, April 2006

Website production as a means to teaching ethics: an example from the biosciences Pushing the boundaries – setting the e-learning research agenda; Leicester, January 2006

As seen on TV: video clips as a tool for teaching about ethics Teaching ethics to bioscience students: challenges old and new; Belfast, December 2005

Introducing undergraduate students to scientific reports Research links throughout the bioscience curriculum: effective learning?;York, October 2005

Putting the Es into bioscience education Making bioscience education fun!; symposium within Bioscience 2005; Glasgow, July 2005

A contextualised writing programme for biological science students Valuing and Evaluating Writing in Higher Education; Writing Development in Higher Education; Sheffield, May 2004

Tackling plagiarism in biology on behalf of the Institute for Biology; Association for Science Education annual meeting; Reading, January 2004

Producing bioethics websites Society for Experimental Biology annual meeting; Southampton, April 2003

Producing bioethics websites LTSN Centre for Bioscience; Stirling, February 2003

Public lectures and talks for schools

Biomedicine and the new genetics
De Lisle Catholic Science College, Loughborough, February 2007; De Lisle Catholic Science College, Loughborough, March 2006

Gene therapy: are we nearly there yet?
John Cleveland College, Hinckley, March 2007; Nottingham High School for Girls, March 2007; Campion School, Leamington Spa, April 2006

How antibiotics work, and why they sometimes don’t
Loughborough High School, April 2008; Loughborough High School, May 2007; Loughborough High School, May 2006; John Cleveland College, Hinckley, March 2006; John Taylor High School, Barton-under-Needlewood, January 2006; Loughborough High School, April 2005; John Cleveland College, Hinckley, April 2005; Tonbridge School, February 2005; John Taylor High School, Barton-under-Needlewood, January 2005; Oakham School, January 2005; Uppingham School, January 2004; BA Festival of Science, Leicester, September 2002 (under title “Cipro, anthrax and all that”)

Multiple drug resistance in bacteria: how do they do that?
Tonbridge School, February 2005

Stem cells: what’s all the fuss about?
The King’s School, Peterborough, February 2009; Shrewsbury High School, November 2008; Shrewsbury Sixth Form College, November 2008; The King’s School, Peterborough, July 2008; East Midlands Science Technicians’ Conference, Hinckley, June 2008; Nottingham Girls’ High School, April 2008; Shrewsbury Sixth Form College, April 2008; Oakham School, February 2008; Shrewsbury Sixth Form College, April 2007; Shrewsbury High School, April 2007; Ashlawn School, Rugby, July 2006; Association for Science Education conference, Bristol, June 2006

Xenotransplantation: anyone for a pig’s heart?
De Lisle Catholic Science College, Loughborough, March 2007; Leicester Grammar School, January 2007; De Lisle Catholic Science College, Loughborough, March 2006; Leicester Grammar School, March 2006; John Cleveland College, Hinckley, March 2005; Leicester Grammar School, February 2005; BA Festival of Science, Exeter, September 2004

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