Level 2 Study Guide 2012-13 Biosciencesx - Swansea University

INTRODUCTION TO BIOSCIENCES
STUDYING AT SWANSEA
The purpose of this Handbook is to provide you with information on all stages of your
academic programme. We hope that it will answer many of your questions. However, if,
after reading it, you still have some unanswered queries, please feel free to discuss these
with Dr Dan Forman, the degree coordinators and/or your personal tutor who will be
assigned to you soon after the start of the first term. You should also consult the College
Undergraduate Taught Awards Handbook and the University’s Academic Handbook for
Undergraduate Taught Awards 20012/2013.
BIOSCIENCES ACADEMIC STAFF
Head of Department:
Programme Director:
Professors:
Senior Lecturers:
Lecturer:
Senior Tutor :
Tutors:
Rory P Wilson BA MA Oxford PhD Cape Town
Dan W Forman BSc Coventry PhD Wales
Paul F Brain BSc PhD Hull FIBiol (part-time)
Tariq M Butt BSc PhD Bristol
Kevin J Flynn BSc PhD Wales
Graeme C Hays BSc Southampton PhD Aberdeen
Andrew F Rowley BSc PhD DSc Wales
Carlos Garcia de Leaniz BSc Victoria PhD Aberdeen
Charles R. Hipkin BSc PhD Wales (part-time)
Patricia L M Lee BSc Concordia DPhil Oxon
Dan Eastwood BSc PhD Liverpool
John Griffin BSc Nottingham MSc Bangor PhD Plymouth
Mike Fowler BSc PhD Glasgow
Andrew King BSc Cardiff PhD London and Zoological Society London
Emily Shepard BSc Oxford PhD Swansea
John E Lancaster BSc PhD Wales (part-time)
Wendy Harris BSc PhD Swansea
Ian M Horsfall BSc London MSc Southampton PhD Liverpool
Penny Neyland BSc PhD Wales
Laura Roberts BSc PhD Wales
Gethin Thomas BSc Bangor MSc Liverpool School Tropical Medicine
PhD Swansea (Welsh Language Tutor)
As well as the staff listed above the following staff in the College of Medicine are involved in the
delivery of Year 1 modules in Biosciences:
Ed Dudley BSc PhD Wales (Senior lecturer)
D. Hugh Jones BA, D.Phil Oxon (Senior lecturer)
Colin J. Restall BSc PhD London (Lecturer)
David O.F. Skibinski BSc (London), D.Phil (Oxon) (Professor)
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