The Global Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Pauline's work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

About Pauline

Pro-Vice Chancellor Teaching and Learning

Director, Pedagogic Reaserch Institute and Observatory (PedRIO) 

Professor of Pedagogy and Enterprise, University of Plymouth

Mini Biography

I started my career as an undergraduate geographerat University College London, moved to Bristol as a PHD student and stayed as atemporary lecturer or a year before migrating to Environmental Sciences atTrinity College Dublin, and then via Kingston,  to Geography at theUniversity of Leeds in 1985. I moved to University of Plymouth in autumn 2009as Director,  The Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for Geography,Earth and Environmental Sciences, and a Professor in The School of Geography,Earth and Environmental Sciences. In 2010 I took up the PVC post, and shortlyafterwards the Directorship of the Pedagogic Reaserch Institute and Observatory(PedRIO) 

Early research interests in slopes, hydrology and mires have slowly beendominated by moving to focus on learning, teaching and enterprise issues, withparticular emphasis on developing innovative teaching and pedagogical research,and encouraging colleagues to engage in pedagogical research. This led to aNational Teaching Fellowship in 2002, and a Higher Education Academy SeniorTeaching Fellowship in the first round in 2007.

I was  Director of the Leeds White Rose Centrefor Excellence in Teaching and Learning of Enterprise (2005-10). Thisproject worked with colleagues in Leeds, Sheffield and York to embedenterprise education across the curricula of all disciplines, and with studentsto develop their practical enterprise skills. As part of this project Ideveloped a suite of enterprise elective modules for undergraduates, developedmaterials for medical students, and created a Masters module for Dentalstudents.  WRCETLE-related projects centred on embedding enterprise inLeeds, working with medical colleagues in South Africa, and with InformationScientists in Ethiopia.

Recent research has focused on developinginnovative teaching and pedagogical research particularly at taught masterslevel. In 2010 she led two open educational resources projects funded by HEAcademy / JISC:  ‘The Open Fieldwork (OF) Project’; and ‘OpenEducational Resources for Accredited Courses for Teachers in HE EducationalDevelopment’.  

Current work includes an edited volume onteaching at masters level and a HEA funded project ‘Evaluating teachingdevelopment in HE: towards impact assessment’.

Supervised Research Degrees

1993 Alan Howard  Modelling cyanobacteria in lakes and reservoirs, with Prof A McDonald, University of Leeds.

1997 Sean Reynolds, Investigations of coloured water in forested catchment environments, with Prof A McDonald, University of Leeds.

1998 Sara Lewis Modelling the form and distribution of peat mires, with Prof MJ Kirkby, University of Leeds.

1996 James Marshall, An investigation of the processes involved in the movement of Cryptosporidial oocysts in large catchments, with Prof A McDonald and Prof D Kay, University of Leeds.

1997 Andrew Skellern, The application of a hydrologically based peat model to forecast global peat change, with Prof MJ Kirkby, University of Leeds. 

1998 Joanna Bull, Identifying, developing  and assessing undergraduate skills in Geography, with Dr CM Leigh University of Leeds and Prof G Brown.

1996  Katherine Heal,  Manganese in soils and runoff in upland catchments, with Prof A McDonald. University of Leeds.

2001 Beasley, G. Modelling the biological impact of metal contaminated runoff from urban sub-catchments

2010 Chaipimonplin, T. Exploring neural network modelling procedures for a monsoon catchment in Thailand, with Dr Linda See.  University of Leeds

Teaching

Current teaching through accredited and non-accredited workshops for academic staff development and CPD in HE. Recent workshops have focused on aspects of enterprise and enterprise learning; intrapreneurship; entrepreneurship; teaching at Masters level; being an enterprising researcher; career management for academics;  teaching employability and careers; and personal development planning. 

Geographers into Teaching

Enterprise, Skills & Entrepreneurship Resource Pack  2006  www.gees.ac.uk/projtheme/entrep/entrepres.htm  See sections

2a) Embedding business start-up in the university curriculum, 33-36
2c) Exploring gender issues in entrepreneurship 43-44
Example B: Verbal business card icebreaker, 79-84
Example C: You are on your own - ice breaker, 85-86
Example D: Two lectures to introduce the concepts of intrapreneurship, 87
Example E: Developing understanding of intrapreneurship and the links to entrepreneurship. An intrapreneur’s story: Education Officer and Senior Ranger, 89
An essay that for good marks needs some personal research, 92-93
Example G: Exploring the motivation and skills of entrepreneurs 95-102
Selling ideas, an enterprising activity for many modules - the elevator pitch, 103-105

Contact Pauline

( Room 101, 3 Endsleigh Place, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA
+44 1752 584881
pauline.kneale@plymouth.ac.uk