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Profiles
Dr Rebecca Turner
Associate Professor in Educational Development
Educational Development - Academic Development (Library and Academic Development)
Biography
Biography
Qualifications
Employment History
2010 - to date: Educational Developer, Educational Development, University of Plymouth
2006 - 2010: Educational Researcher & Developer, HELP CETL, University of Plymouth
2003 - 2006: PhD (Late Quaternary fire history of the Eastern Mediterranean region), University of Plymouth.
2001 - 2002: MSc in Biological Diversity (Distinction), University of Plymouth
1999 - 2001 :BSc Geography 2.i (Hons), University of Hull.
Professional membership
Chair of SEDA (Staff and Educational Development Association) Publications Committee 2017 to date
Member of SEDA Executive 2017
Teaching
Teaching
Teaching interests
My teaching interests include:
First year experience
Assessment and feedback
Research methods
Student voice
Evaluation of teaching
Peer Review of Teaching
Research
Research
Research interests
My current research addresses issues relating to student academic representation and student voice, first year experience and transitions to higher education and learning gain.
Previously I have undertaken considerable work to examine the development of college-based higher education and continue to research this area.
I have also been involved with projects to develop evaluation practices in support of educational development work.
Pedagogic Research Income:
2020: Advance HE Accreditation Impact Evaluation: £60,000
2017: SEDA Identifying the Education Development of Education Sabbatical Officers: £1,000
2015-17 HEFCE Piloting and Evaluating Measures of Learning Gain: Employing research methods to measure and characterise learning gain in higher education (with Mark Stone, Dr Claire Gray, Carole Sutton, Julie Swain & Prof Pauling Kneale) £100,000
2015-16 PedRIO Funded project: Research methods training for the dissertation in contemporary Higher Education (with Dr Claire Gray, Carole Sutton, Julie Swain): £8,183
2014 HEA Tender: Evaluating Teaching Development: towards and impact assessment (with Prof. Pauline Kneale, Dr Jennie Winter & Dr Lucy Spowart, Plymouth University) £100,000
2013-14 HEA Social Science Strategic Project Supporting Research Methods Teaching in College Higher Education (with Claire Gray, Carole Sutton & Julie Swain, Plymouth University) £9,950
2012-13 HEA Social Science Strategic Project 2013: Mapping, Understanding, and Supporting Research Teaching within College HE networks (with Claire Gray, Carole Sutton & Julie Swain, Plymouth University) £9,998
2012-13 PedRIO Funded project International students' perspectives on employability: a missing voice (with Dr Rong Huang, Plymouth University) £9,134
2012-13 PedRIO Funded project: Becoming a university lecturer in the UK: Negotiating knowledge, experience and learning (with Dr Rong Huang, Dr Nick Pratt & Polly Magne, Plymouth University) £11,567
2012-13 PedRIO Funded project: The Application of Writing as Method of Inquiry and Pedagogic Practice: the promotion and enhancement of teaching, learning, research and scholarly activity within a framework of continuing professional development (with: Dr Ken Gale & Dr Liz McKenzie, Plymouth University) £8,298
2011-12 SEDA Research & Evaluation Small Grants 2011, Evaluation of a university teaching fellowship scheme as a tool to promote pedagogic research and development (with Priska Schoenborn, Plymouth University) £500
Grants & contracts
PRTI Funded project: Engaging international students in employability activities: an innovative approach (with Dr Rong Huang, Shirley Walker): £4,500
HEFCE Piloting and Evaluating Measures of Learning Gain: Employing research methods to measure and characterise learning gain in higher education. £100,000 (with Mark Stone, Dr Claire Gray, Carole Sutton, Julie Swain & Prof Pauling Kneale)
Pedagogic Research Institute and Observatory 2015:The research methods training for the dissertationin contemporary Higher Education £8,813 (with Dr Claire Gray, Carole Sutton & Julie Swain).
HEA Tender EvaluatingTeaching Development in Higher Education: towards an impact assessment: £100,000 (with Prof. Pauline Kneale, Dr Jennie Winter & Lucy Spowart, Plymouth University).
HEA Social Science Strategic Project 2014, Supporting Research Methods Teaching in College Higher Education: £9,950 (with Dr Claire Gray, Carole Sutton & Julie Swain, Plymouth University)
HEA Social Science Strategic Project 2013: Mapping, Understanding, and Supporting Research Teaching within College HE networks: £9,998 (with Dr Claire Gray, Carole Sutton & Julie Swain, Plymouth University)
Pedagogic Research Institute and Observatory 2013, University of Plymouth. International students' perspectives on employability: a missing voice: £9,134 (with Dr Rong Huang, Plymouth University)
Plymouth University Teaching Fellowship Scheme 2013, Subjectivity and assumption in assessment - exploring differences through a comparative evaluation: £8,094 (with Dr Claire Gray & Julie Swain, Plymouth University).
Pedagogic Research Institute and Observatory 2012, University of Plymouth, Becoming a university lecturer in the UK: Negotiating knowledge, experience and learning:£11,567 (with Dr Rong Huang, Dr Nick Pratt & Ms, Polly Magne, Plymouth University).
Pedagogic Research Institute and Observatory 2012, University of Plymouth, The Application of Writing as Method of Inquiry and Pedagogic Practice: the promotion and enhancement of teaching, learning, research and scholarly activity within a framework of continuing professional development: £8,298 (with: Dr Ken Gale & Dr Liz McKenzie, Plymouth University)
SEDA Research & Evaluation Small Grants 2011, Evaluation of a university teaching fellowship scheme as a tool to promote pedagogic research and development: £500 (with Priska Schoenborn, Plymouth University)
HEA HE in FE Enhancement Programme, To organise four one-day research skills workshops aimed at supporting HE in FE lecturers /managers to engage in scholarly activity and research: £5,000 (with Dr Angus Carpenter, City College Norwich)
University of Plymouth Teaching Fellowship Award Scheme 2010, Evaluate the use of enterprise to create synergies between graduate skills development, career management and successful induction: £5,000 (with Dr Ross Pomeroy, Claire Gray, Julie Georing (City College Plymouth) & Marc Lintern, Plymouth University)
HEA HE in FE Enhancement Programme, To organise three one-day research skills workshops aimed at supporting HE in FE lecturers / managers to engage in scholarly activity and research: £5,000 (with Dr Angus Carpenter, City College Norwich)
British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara: Travel Grant (£400) for fieldwork in Anatolia, Turkey.
Publications
Publications
Key publications
Key publications are highlighted
JournalsPersonal
Personal
Conferences organised
Conferences organised
The 2010 South West Learning & Skills Research Network Conference. Buckfast Abby, Totnes. 8 July, 2010.
The 2010 Vice Chancellors Teaching and Learning Conference, University of Plymouth, 30 June 2010.
The 2009 South West Learning & Skills Research Network Conference, Dillington House, Ilminister, 10 July 2009.
HE in FE Culture and Experiences: partnership perspective. University of Warwick, 30-31 March 2009.
The 2009 National Learning & Skills Research Network Conference, Thistle, Marble Arch London, 11 December 2009.
The Quaternary Research Association 4th International Postgraduate Symposium, 31 August - 2 September 2005, School of Geography, University of Plymouth. Co-organised with postgraduate members of the Quaternary Research Group.