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National Teaching Fellowship | Summary Curriculum Vitae | Curriculum Vitae
Summary Curriculum Vitae: Dr Helen Louise King
Qualifications
| 2006 |
Higher Education Academy National Teaching Fellowship |
| 2006 |
Fellowship: Staff & Educational Developers’ Association (SEDA) |
| 2000 |
Associate Fellowship: Staff & Educational Developers’ Association |
| 1996 |
PhD in Geophysics & Geochemistry (University of Liverpool) |
| 1992 |
BSc (Joint Honours) Physics & Geology (IIi, University of Manchester) |
Recent Positions of Responsibility
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April '08 - |
Joint Earth Science Senior Advisor to the Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences (GEES) (http://www.gees.ac.uk/home/disciplines.htm#earthsa) |
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Oct '07 - |
Associate Editor: Journal of Geoscience Education (http://www.nagt.org/nagt/jge/) |
| August 2004 |
Promoted to full time Assistant Director of the Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences (GEES). |
| May 00 – July 04 |
Full time Manager: GEES Subject Centre. |
| Jan 02 – Dec 04 |
Chair: SEDA Fellowships Committee. |
| Dec 96 – Apr 00 |
Full time Project Manager: Earth Science Staff Development FDTL project. |
| Jan – Dec 1999 |
¼ time Faculty of Science Teaching & Learning Co-ordinator (University of Southampton). |
| Sept 99 – Sept 02 |
Earth Science Teachers’ Association (ESTA)
• Elected Deputy Editor: Teaching Earth Sciences (ESTA Journal)
• Co-opted Higher Education Representative. Web master (to 2001) |
Teaching Responsibilities
| 2004 |
Postgraduate Key Skills workshop facilitator (Plymouth) |
| Oct 97 – May 00 |
Team Development course tutor: 1st year Law; 2nd year & PG Chemistry; 1st year Geophysics (Southampton) |
| Oct 99 – April 00 |
Key Skills / PBL Tutorials: GS101 Fieldwork & Computing for Geophys |
| 1993 – 1996 |
Practical Computing Demonstrator: Introductory Computing & Statistics; School of Archaeology, Classics & Oriental Studies (Liverpool) |
Other Relevant Responsibilities
| January 2005 |
Member of Plymouth’s Experiential Learning CETL Steering Group
Member of Leicester’s SPLINT CETL Advisory Committee |
| June 2005 - 2007 |
Member of C-SAP Subject Centre’s Advisory Board |
| August 2004 |
Co-convenor, HE session: 32nd International Geological Congress, Florence |
| August 2003 |
Co-convenor, Pedagogic Research workshop: GeoSciEd IV, Calgary |
| July 2002 |
Invited to participate in USA workshop on “Research on Learning in the Geosciences” as UK representative |
| Oct 2005 - 2006 |
Member of SEDA Advisory Board |
| 2003 - 2006 |
Member of SEDA Research Committee |
| Jan 02 – Dec 04 |
Chair of SEDA Fellowships Committee |
| Jan 2002 - 2007 |
Member of SEDA Executive Committee |
| 2000 – 2001 |
Member of SEDA Professional Development Framework group |
| 2000 - 2007 |
Member of HE Academy working groups on CPD; Educational Development Needs Analysis; Brokerage: International Liaison; External Examining; Subject Centre Staff Development |
| March – Nov 1999 |
Member of GEES Subject Centre Bid Development Working Group |
| May 99 – May 00 |
Secretary to Earth Science, Environmental Science & Environmental Studies QAA Benchmarking Panel |
| April 2000 |
Co-convenor: Current and Future Trends in Geoscience HE: Geoscience 2000
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Successful Funding Applications
Whilst at the GEES Subject Centre I have brought in an additional £154, 100 to support a wide variety of learning and teaching projects including employability, widening participations, ethics, CPD and pedagogic research. I was also involved in developing the original bid for the Subject Centre. Whilst at the University of Southampton I bid for and gained an additional £68, 255 for learning and teaching related initiatives including the Faculty of Science L&T Co-ordinator, Graduate Teaching Assistants’ Training Programme and FDTL continuation funding.
Publications
I have published widely on various themes including: managing programmes of small-scale research and development funding, continuing professional development in higher education, discipline-based pedagogic research, dissemination and evaluation for learning and teaching projects, threshold concepts in the disciplines, and learning and teaching at Masters level.
Web-based Publications
Earth Science Staff Development Case Studies. 2000: http://www.gees.ac.uk/essd/
Enterprise, Skills & Entrepreneurship Resource Pack: Enhancing the Curriculum in Geography, Earth & Environmental Science.
2006: in hard copy or on-line at http://www.gees.ac.uk/projtheme/entrep/entrepres.htm
Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences Employability Profiles. 2005. http://www.gees.ac.uk/projtheme/emp/empprofs.htm
A Staff Resource Book to Support Earth Sciences Learning & Teaching in Higher Education. 2000: in hard copy or on-line at http://www.gees.ac.uk/essd/resource.htm
Presentations
I have provided over 30 presentations and workshops on learning and teaching at a wide variety of local, national and international events and conferences. Themes have included: school students perceptions of the disciplines, integrating entrepreneurship in the curriculum, team-based approaches to educational development, and continuing professional development.
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