Biography:

Qualifications and position:
o MA, PhD, PGCE, MBA, FIBiol, FRSA
o Assistant Director of Research, Consultancy and Knowledge Transfer
o Professor of Science Education

Faculty:
o Faculty of Culture and Pedagogy

Department:
Department of Geography, Enterprise, Mathematics and Science

Summary:
My research, teaching and consultancy are in science education, bioethics and sex education. After a PhD and post-doctoral work in animal behaviour and evolutionary biology at the University of Cambridge, I trained to be a teacher and taught in schools before starting an academic career in education.

Research Projects:
Understanding Participation rates in post-16 Mathematics and Physics Project (funded by ESRC)
Evaluation of 'Stimulating Physics' project (funded by Institute of Physics)
Improving Practical Work in Science programme (funded by DCSF)

Postgraduate Research:
My main research interest is in understanding how science is learnt and improving the way it is taught in schools and elsewhere. I also have research interests in school sex education and in bioethics.

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