Role
Senior Lecturer in Environmental Studies
Qualifications & background
BSc(Hons) P.G.C.E., Dip ASHE, PhD
Teaching interests
I teach on a variety of undergradute modules conerned both with science and environmental education
Research interests
Science Education
Education for Sustainability
Sustainability Science
Other research
Member of the Outdoor and Environmental Education Research Network
Co-convener of the Transitions in Adult Education Research Network
Publications
1. Cutting, R. & Kelly (2010) Science and Sustainability: Contextualising Problem Based Learning. Proceedings of the XIV IOSTE Symposium, June 2010, Bled, Slovenia. p512-518
2. Cutting, R. & Garrett, B. (2010) Using Web 2.0 Technologies to Develop International Interdisciplinary Study Partnerships: A Case Study. Proceedings of the 5th eLearning Africa International Conference on ICT for Development, Education and Training. Lusaka, Zambia, May 25-28, 2010. p30-32
3. Cook, R., Cutting, R. & Summers, D. (2010) If Sustainability Needs New Values; Whose Values? Initial Teacher Training & the Transition to Sustainability. Chapter 8. In Jones, P. Selby, D., & Sterling, S. Sustainability Education Earthscan.
4. Cook, R & Cutting, R. (2009) An evaluation of the experiential learning opportunities afforded to graduate students through voluntary placements in minimal impact communities in the South West of England. The Proceedings of the 5th World Environmental Education Congress (2009) Montreal, Canada, May 10th – 14th p525-527
5. Cutting, R. (2009) A Warning for Education & Deep Ecology. The Proceedings of the 5th World Environmental Education Congress (2009) Montreal May 10th – 14th
6. Waite, S., Cutting, R., Cook, R., Burnett, J. & Opie, M. (2009) Learning Outside the Classroom. Environments for Experiential Enrichment. In: Nygaard, C., Holtham, C. & Courtney N. Improving Students’ Learning Outcomes. Copenhagen. Copenhagen Business School Press. p239 - 256
7. Cutting, R. (2009) Widening Participation in Adult Education. In: Gibson, S & Haynes, J. Perspectives on Participation & Inclusion: Engaging Education. London. Continuum. p147-165
8. Cutting R, & Cook, R. (2009) The World Environmental Education Congress 2007: a critical appraisal. Environmental Education Research Vol. 15 No. 2 p177-187
9. Kelly, O & Cutting, R. (2008) Going Up Alleys To See If They’re Blind: The use of problem solving as a basis for teaching undergraduate science programmes. The Proceedings of the International Organisation for Science & Technology Teaching Symposium. Kursadasi, Turkey. 21-26 September 2008. p944-952
10. Cutting, R. & Cook, H. (2008) The contribution of ancient water meadows to future agricultural sustainability. The Journal of Farm Management Vol 13, No. 5 p351-361
11. Cutting, R. & Cook, H. (2008) The Harnham Water Meadows trust. Complex management for a heritage landscape by the voluntary sector. The Journal of Farm Management Vol 13, No. 5 p361-368
12. Cutting, R. & Cook, R (2007) “Intergenerational Conflict and Education for Sustainable Development” The Proceedings of the 4th World Environmental Education Congress, Durban, South Africa 2-6 July 2007 available on-line http://www.bgci.org/worldwide/event/0045
13. Cutting, R. (2007) Drowning by Numbers: The mechanics of floated water meadows. In Cook, H. F. & Williamson, T. Water Meadows: History, Ecology & Conservation Windgather Press. p70-82
14. Cummings I.P.F. & Cutting, R. (2007) The Effects of Floating on Plant Communities. In: Cook, H. F. & Williamson, T. Water Meadows: History, Ecology & Conservation. Windgather Press. p82-94
15. Everard, M., Cook, H. F. & Cutting, R. (2005) The origins of water meadows. In Everard, M. (Ed) Water on the Landscape. Keele University Press. Chapter 1 p5-19
16. Cutting, R. & Cook, H.F. (2005) Physical & Chemical Impacts. In Everard, M. (Ed) Water on the Landscape. Keele University Press. Chapter 2.08 p103-109
17. Cutting, R. & Cook, H.F. (2005) Sediment, nutrients & grass growth In Everard, M. (Ed) Water on the Landscape. Keele University Press. Chapter 4.02. p267-277
18. Cutting,R., Cummings I.P.F. & Cook H. F. (2003) Hydraulic conditions, oxygenation, temperatures & sediment relations of bedwork watermeadows. Hydrological Processes.17 pp 1823-1843
19. Cutting,R., Cummings I.P.F. & Cook H. F. (2003) Influences of the ‘floating’ method of water meadow management on early growth, productivity & floristic diversity. In Jarvet, A & Lode E, (Eds) Ecohydrological Processes in Northern Wetlands - Selected Papers. Tallinn - Tartu. pp138 – 143
20. Cook, H.F., Cummings, I.P.F. & Cutting, R. (2003) Flooding, irrigation & sequestration of carbon, phosphorus & nitrogen in floodplain topsoil under grass. In Jarvet, A & Lode E, (Eds) Ecohydrological Processes in Northern Wetlands - Selected Papers. Tallinn - Tartu. pp181 - 188
21. Cutting,R., Buhler, W., Cummings I.P.F. & Cook H. F. (2003) Productivity & Soil Nutrient Relations of Bedwork Watermeadows. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment
22. Cutting R. (2002) Attenuation of suspended sediments & nutrient fluxes during the flooding of Water Meadows. In: A New Treatise on Watering. The Harnham Water Trust
23. Cutting, R., & Cummings, I.P.F. (2000) Water meadows: their form operation & plant ecology. In Cook, H.F. & Williamson, T. (Eds) Water Management in the English Landscape: Field, Marsh & Meadow. Edinburgh University Press p157-178
24. Cutting, R., Cook, H.F. & Cummings, I.P.F. (2000) Tales from the River Bank: An interim report on current research into the form & function of water meadows. The Research Bulletin: A Journal of Reflections on Work in Progress. Vol 6 pp105 -116
25. Cutting, R., (2000) Accessing Science: Changing perceptions to learning of a student cohort from entry to degree. The Research Bulletin: A Journal of Reflections on Work in Progress. Vol 6 pp105 -116
