樱花动漫

I am Director of Postgraduate Taught Programmes for Mathematics and was previously Director of Digitally Enhanced Learning for the College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences, an Academic Lead, and a Director of Education. I also teach on the Academic Professional programme for staff new to teaching in Higher Education.

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My research interests include representation theory and the various guises in which it appears in theoretical physics (particularly quantum field theory and string theory). In particular, I enjoy building bridges between disparate areas of mathematics and physics and trying to understand much of the mathematics in theoretical physics papers from a rigorous mathematical perspective . In recent years, I have also become interested in the practical and theoretical aspects concerning pedagogy.

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I have led various education projects, including:

• "Virtual spaces in a blended environment" (2021) exploring and evaluating the ways in which virtual spaces and ”digital twins” can be used to bridge the divide between the physical and virtual in a blended learning environment;
• "Improving the student programming experience via continuous automated feedback and industry-standard tools" (2021) piloting the use of GitHub Classroom for managing and automating aspects of assessment on programming assignments;
• "Rethinking education through the lens of parallel texts" (2020) bringing together experts across subject disciplines — including digital humanities, artificial intelligence, data science, and e-learning — to understand how education can be thought of as the curation of corpuses of parallel texts, and how we can develop tools and protocols to support this approach to learning;
• "The Exeter Spectrum Programme Project" (2019) aiming to better support autistic students through: developing a network of trained staff across the institution; hosting an Autism in HE conference; working with the third sector to promote best practice;
• Embracing a digital pedagogy in mathematics (2017) assessing the potential for using Jupyter notebooks as a tool for developing interactive lecture notes and worksheets;
• a HEA Teaching Development Grant (2013) aiming to improve the quality of feedback provided by markers;
• an internal e-assessment project (2012) with Steve Rose, developing randomised computer-marked quizzes for mathematics in Moodle;
• four HE STEM projects (2012) focusing on employability, employer engagement and widening participation;
• the HEA/JISC-managed project "Open STEM" (2011), which produced high quality training resources for mathematics and biosciences teachers in Higher Education.

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Selected conferences, workshops and publications include:

• “Competencies, challenge, and co-curation: selected strategies for inclusive assessment in mathematics” (2021), Invited speaker at LMS workshop “Engaging students from diverse backgrounds”, Royal Holloway, University of London.
• “Autism in Higher Education conference” (2021), Co-organiser and speaker, 樱花动漫.
• “Fast effective feedback — the search for the Holy Grail” (2019), Invited speaker at IMA workshop “Effective feedback in mathematics: provision and student engagement”, Cardiff University.
• “Must, should, could: competency testing and pathways to more inclusive assessment practices” (2019), Inclusive Practice Network Annual Conference, University of Bath.
• “Reforming the fractured curriculum” (2018), Invited speaker at Cardiff University, University of Bath EduFest, and London Mathematical Society Education Day.
• “Deconstructing assessment and feedback” workshop (2018), Invited speaker at IMA workshop “Transitions in the Mathematical Sciences”, University of Warwick.
• “Embracing a digital pedagogy in mathematics” workshop (2018), HEA STEM Conference 2018: “Creativity in Teaching, Learning and Student Engagement”, Newcastle.
• “Assessment & Feedback” workshop (2016), Invited speaker at HEA workshop for new lecturers in mathematics, University of Greenwich.
• “Mathematical literacy” workshop (2016), Organiser and presenter, funded by Sigma South-West, 樱花动漫.
• HEA STEM Conference (2014), Improving assessment and feedback literacy for students and staff, University of Edinburgh.
• HEA STEM Conference (2012), Embedding student-led change in the curriculum, Imperial College London;
• Workshop (2012), Employability in the curriculum, Sheffield;
• ALDinHE (2012) with Trevor Day, Generic graduate attributes and writing development: how do they fit together?, Leeds;
• HE STEM workshop, Addressing the needs of employers: writing development and other?forms of engagement on undergraduate STEM programmes, Bath (2012) and Manchester (2011);
• HE STEM workshop (2012), Group work and Asperger syndrome, Bath;
• MSOR Conference (2011), Summer internships in sigma-sw, Coventry;
• ALT Conference (2011), Open STEM: open educational discipline-specific?resources for professional development in HE, Leeds;
• HEA Conference (2011), Open STEM: discipline-specific resources for CPD in mathematics and biosciences, Nottingham;
• OER11 (2011) with Tom Browne, Promoting effective engagement with UK PSF for STEM, Manchester.