Completed projects

The following projects were supported by funding from our Teaching Development Fund or our Departmental Teaching Enhancement Scheme. At the bottom of this page are details of a number of e-learning and entrepreneurship projects we assisted via targeted funding streams. You can also find out about larger-scale bioscience FDTL projects which were funded by HEFCE.

You can also view a list of current projects or read about funding from the Centre.

Completed Reps Fund Projects
Project Members	Joy Perkins, University of Aberdeen; Morven Shearer, St Andrews University and Anne Tierney, University of Glasgow
Title	Networking Events Designed to Encourage Participation of PhD Students and post-Doctoral Fellows with the UK Centre for Bioscience, and Promote Engagement and Innovation in Teaching and Learning Development

Project Members	Kay Yeoman, University of East Anglia; Julian Park, University of Reading; Damian Parry, Liverpool Hope University and Dave Lewis, University of Leeds
Title	The development of an e-mentoring scheme for bioscience staff whose primary focus is teaching and scholarship

Completed Departmental Projects
Project Lead	Dr Alan Cann
Institution	University of Leicester
Title	Personal Learning Environments, Personal Development Planning and Lifelong Learning

Project Lead	Dr Tina Smith
Institution	Roehampton University
Title	Physical principles for bioscience students: A problem based learning tool

Project Lead	Dr Graham Scott
Institution	University of Hull
Title	Switching on the skills for lifelong learning: revision of programmes and modules to enhance the development of learning autonomy

Project Lead	Dr Ann Pullen
Institution	University of Bristol
Title	Reinventing laboratory teaching in Mircobiology & Pathology

Project Lead	Dr Jane McKenzie
Institution	Queen Margarent University
Title	Enhancing the Student Experience of the Application of Scientific Techniques in Practice

Project Lead	Dawn Hawkins
Institution	Anglia Ruskin University
Title	Creating a departmental web-based resource centre to support the teaching and learning of numerical techniques

Project Lead	Dr Nicola King
Institution	University of Exeter
Title	ELE-BioLabs

Name	Dr Emma Creighton
Institition	University of Chester
Title	A 'toolbox' for the development of student research skills and related employability

Name	Dr Karen Gresty
Institution	University of Plymouth
Title	Enhancing Final Year Projects: A Stakeholder Perspective

Name	Dr Stephen Merry
Institution	Staffordshire University
Title	The Role of Data in the Development of Scientific Knowledge

Name	Dr Dylan Gwynn-Jones
Institution	Institute of Biological Science, University of Wales, Aberystwyth
Title	Towards sustainable teaching of bioscience

Name	Dr Harriet Jones
Institution	University of East Anglia
Title	Improving levels of literacy in science undergraduates

Name	Dr Maureen Dawson
Institution	Manchester Metropolitan University
Title	Development and implementation of a policy for delivering effective feedback to students

Project Lead	Dr Harriet Jones
Institution	University of East Anglia
Title	Students' initial reaction to the feedback they receive on coursework

Name	Dr Paul McLaughlin
Institution	University of Edinburgh
Title	A system to deliver oral and visual feedback on-line, personal to each student

Name	Dr Annette Payne
Institution	Brunel University
Title	Development of a fully interactive simulation based e-learning package to assist bioethical teaching

Name	Ruth Grady
Institution	Faculty of Life Science, The University of Manchester
Title	Combining 'Peer' and 'Online' assessment methods for large-class laboratory practicals to enhance the effective feedback to and learning experience for students

Project lead	Dr Kay Yeoman, University of East Anglia

Title	The development of a science communication course for undergraduates

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Completed Individual Project Details
Name	Dr Kenneth Hudson
Institution	The Open University
Title	The development and evaluation of an online, interactive (virtual) laboratory exercise in medical microbiology, designed to assist in the acquisition of practical skills by unviersity bioscience students

Name	Dr Jim Cunningham
Institution	University of Brighton
Title	A learning package to develop and assess employability of bioscience students taking work placements

Name	Dr Mark Goodwin
Institution	University of Leicester
Title	Engaging students, staff and employers in a collaborative attempt to develop the employability of bioscience graduates

Name	Dr Mark Huxham
Institution	Edinburgh Napier University
Title	Improving feedback: the effects of student choice and of examplars

Name	Dr Jim Gazzard
Institution	Royal Veterinary College
Title	Sandwich Filling: Improving Learning Support During Bioscience Industrial Placement Years

Name	Dr Alan J Cann
Institution	University of Leicester
Title	Postgraduate Scientific Writing Skills Pilot Programme

Name	Dr Maria Neonaki
Institution	Institute for Health & Policy Research, London Metropolitan University
Title	A virtual approach to promoting the Biosciences in secondary schools

Name	Dr Catherine Hack
Institution	School of Biomedical Science, University of Ulster
Title	Evaluation of problem based learning to deliver bioinformatics education to life science undergraduates

Name	Dr Caroline Angus
Institution	Department of Biological Sciences, University of Essex
Title	Addressing diversity of student needs in large class teaching using Personal Response Systems

Name	Bob Lauder
Institution	Department of Biological Sciences, Lancaster University
Title	Attendance and assessment outcomes: relationships and coping strategies

Name	Dr Peter Chevins
Institution	Keele University
Title	Online Assessment: comparison with paper-based testing

Name	Dr Peter Randerson
Institution	Cardiff University
Title	Aquatic Ecosystem Simulator

Name	Dr Martyn Gorman
Institution	University of Aberdeen
Title	The MyMuseum Project

Name	Dr Jane MacKenzie
Institution	University of Glasgow
Title	Enhancing the development of experimental design skills in life science undergraduates

Name	Dr Jac Potter
Institution	School of Biological Sciences, Chester University
Title	Just in Time Teaching: can it deliver improvement in undergraduate communication skills?

Name	Anne Tierney
Institution	Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow
Title	Development of Enquiry-Based Learning for Biology Undergraduates

Name	Dr Jane Calvert
Institution	School of Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Newcastle University
Title	Deployment and trialling of e-portfolios to promote skills development amongst Bioscience undergraduates

Name	Dr Maureen Dawson
Institution	Department of Biological Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan University
Title	Plagiarism: do students know what it is?

Name	Dr Annette Payne
Institution	Department of Biological Science, Brunel University
Title	Development and Evaluation of a Computer-Based Learning Package for Teaching Bioinformatics

Name	Dr Chris Willmott
Institution	Department of Biochemistry, University of Leicester
Title	Briefing papers on bioethics issues

Name	Dr Alan Fielding
Institution	Department of Biological Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan University
Title	Distant access to an ecological field experiment

Name	Dr Darren Griffin
Institution	Department of Biological Sciences, Brunel University
Title	A series of interactive virtual lectures in genes and chromosomes

Name	Dr Julian Park
Institution	Department of Agriculture, University of Reading
Title	Development of web learning resources to promote preparation for final year dissertations

Name	Dr Mike Mattey
Institution	Department of Bioscience, University of Strathclyde
Title	Evaluation of interactive teaching in bioscience degree courses

Name	Dr Richard Parsons
Institution	School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee
Title	Development of authoring software for peer or self assessment of text base exercises using the web as an interface

Name	Professor Christopher Branford-White
Institution	Institute of Health Policy, London Metropolitan University
Title	Widening student participation in the biosciences: a three centre study

Name	Dr Peter Klappa
Institution	Biosciences Educational Research Group, Department of Biosciences, University of Kent
Title	Assessment of Practical Skills

Name	Dr Peter Chevins
Institution	School of Life Sciences, Keele University
Title	Programmed learning to replace lectures

Name	Dr Jac Potter
Institution	Department of Biology, University of Chester
Title	Development of an in-house Journal of Undergraduate Research in the Biological Sciences

Name	Dr Celia Knight
Institution	School of Biology, University of Leeds
Title	Establishment of an Undergraduate Research E-journal

Name	Dr Olivier Sparagano
Institution	Department of Agriculture, Newcastle University
Title	Case study of a student conference on animal nutrition

Name	Dr Denis Murphy
Institution	School of Applied Sciences, University of Glamorgan
Title	Developing new teaching and learning methods for enhancing the relevance of bioscience education at universities and in schools within local communities

Name	Dr Ray Harper
Institution	Department of Biology & Health Science, University of Luton
Title	Web-based formative assessment -- WebOL-Lite

Name	Dr Henry Keil
Institution	Department of Biological Sciences, Brunel University
Title	A virtual disease gene cloning project - from pathology to protein structure and function

Name	Dr Ray Harper
Institution	Department of Biology & Health Science, University of Luton
Title	Web-Based Formative Assessment with Question & Test Interoperability (QTI)

Name	Dr Paul Gent
Institution	School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Leeds
Title	Using student barcode information for monitoring student attendance in large groups

Name	Dr Martin Dempster
Institution	School of Psychology, Queen's University Belfast
Title	Emotional consequences of cadaver dissection - correlates and mediating factors

Name	Dr Janet Pearce
Institution	Institute for Science Education, University of Plymouth
Title	An analysis of student absenteeism in first year biology students

Name	Dr Joanna Verran
Institution	Department of Biological Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan University
Title	The production and evaluation of learning support material to accompany selected video resource material, as part of a student centred project activity

Name	Dr Helen Hooper
Institution	School of Applied Sciences, Northumbria University
Title	Can computer-aided formative assessment impact on student performance?

Name	Dr Helen Hooper
Institution	School of Applied Sciences, Northumbria University
Title	Learning to think critically through practical classes

Name	Dr Mark Langan
Institution	Department of Environmental and Geographical Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan University
Title	Networks and learning styles: how students interact to complete residential Enquiry Based Learning projects

Name	Dr Peter Lumsden
Institution	University of Central Lancashire
Title	Student engagement with learning; using student reflections to inform practice

Name	Dr Stephen Merry
Institution	Staffordshire University
Title	Does providing academic feedback to students via mp3 audio files enhance learning?

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E-learning (funded stream) projects
Name	Dr Alan Fielding
Institution	School of Biological Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan University
Title	Clustering and classification methods for biologists: a web resource

Name	Dr Alan Cann
Institution	University of Leicester
Title	Assessed online discussion groups in biology education

Name	Emilia Bertolo
Institution	Canterbury Christ Church University
Title	Enhancing students’ learning experience of chemistry: VLE module to support Bioscience students with general chemistry

Name	Dr Neil Morris
Institution	University of Leeds
Title	Embedding mobile formative assessments in blended learning resources for final year bioscience students

Name	Dr Timothy Barry
Institution	University of Cumbria (Lancaster)
Title	Podcasting Exercise Physiology - Enhancing the student experience

Name	Dr Christine Smith
Institution	Lancaster University
Title	VIRTUBeS²: Video Representations of Tutorials for Bioscience Supervisors and Students

Many projects can appear in more than one category. A combined list is available.

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Entrepreneurship projects
Name	Dinah Bennet
Institution	Durham University
Title	Bioscience Enterprise - Ideas into action

Name	Zoe Dann
Institution	Liverpool John Moores University
Title	A framework for enterprise development and entrepreneurship

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