I am Associate Dean (Education) for the Faculty of Science and Engineering at the University of Hull. I am also University Director of Curriculum Transformation, and Professor of Bioscience Education.
My research focuses on two areas: bioscience pedagogy and behavioural ecology
I am interested in how students learn, and evaluate the effectiveness of learning and teaching strategies. Projects have focused on assessment and feedback, data skills development and the benefits of, and barriers to, participation in fieldwork.
My disciplinary research focuses on how animals respond to their environments and how they interact with one another. Mostly using species of fish, my group have investigated the link between laterality, parental care and reproductive behaviours; the behavioural responses of small fish to increasing environmental turbidity; the effect of resource density on attack rates by foraging insects; and understanding how predators target prey, using principles taken from human psychology.
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