A Handbook for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Enhancing academic and Practice

Contributors
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Joe Kyle was formerly Senior Lecturer and Director of Learning and Teaching in
the School of Mathematics and Statistics at Birmingham University. Mathematics
coordinator for the Higher Education Academy Mathematics, Statistics and
Operational Research Network, he is an editor of Teaching Mathematics and its
Applications.
Ursula Lucas is Professor of Accounting Education at Bristol Business School, University
of the West of England. Her research interests are in the development of a reflective
capacity within higher education and workplace learning. In 2001 she was awarded a
National Teaching Fellowship.
Gerry McAllister holds a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Electronic Engineering and Ph.D. in
Computer Science. He is currently Director of the Subject Centre for Information and
Computer Sciences at the University of Ulster, where he is Professor of Computer
Science and Head of the School of Computing and Mathematics.
Judy McKimm works at the Centre for Medical and Health Sciences Education,
University of Auckland, New Zealand. She was formerly a Visiting Professor at the
University of Bedfordshire. She has a long-standing interest and involvement in quality
enhancement.
Philip W. Martin is Pro Vice-chancellor of De Montfort University. He has responsibility
for Academic Quality and for all Learning and Teaching across the university. His remit
also includes the student experience. He is a Professor of English and was formerly
Director of the English Subject Centre (for the teaching of English in universities) at
Royal Holloway, University of London.
Peter Milford is Interim Associate Director of Education for the South West Strategic
Health Authority. Before rejoining the NHS in 2002, he was a Principal Lecturer
in Accounting and Finance at Bristol Business School, University of the West of
England.
Ann Morton is Head of Staff Development at Aston University. She was previously
Programme Director for the Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching at the
University of Birmingham and continues to teach on the similar programme for new
lecturers at Aston.
Stephen E. Newstead is Professor of Psychology at the University of Plymouth, though
recently he has ventured into management territory as Dean, Deputy Vice-Chancellor
and even Vice-Chancellor. Back in the days when he had time to do research, his
interests focused on cognitive psychology and the psychology of higher education,
especially student assessment.
Lin Norton is a National Teaching Fellow (2007), Professor of Pedagogical Research and
Dean of Learning and Teaching at Liverpool Hope University. Her research interests
include student assessment which she pursues through her role as Research Director
of the Write Now CETL.