Professor Ruth Taylor, Vice Principal (Education), University of Aberdeen
Areas of responsibility include: quality and innovation in learning, teaching and assessment; student experience and engagement, including student support; student success; employability and entrepreneurship; quality assurance and enhancement across the provision. Ruth is also responsible for leading the University’s work on the Race Equality Charter.
Ruth was previously Senior Pro Vice Chancellor and Dean of a Faculty of Health, Education, Medicine and Social Care, and Professor of Nurse Education, at Anglia Ruskin University from 2013. She held an institutional role in the leadership of the student retention strategy. Prior to that she worked at The Robert Gordon University in a leadership role in the School of Nursing and Midwifery having had a career in clinical nursing practice for 15 years.
Ruth’s research interests include student retention, the first-year student experience, social capital in the context of the student experience, compassion in healthcare practice, and student leadership in healthcare practice
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Dr Mirjam Brady-Van den Bos, University of Aberdeen
She is especially interested in how students learn, the role of lecturer-student interaction in learning, and how students react to and use feedback.
Dr Greg Bremner, AFG College with the University of Aberdeen, Doha, Qatar
Dr Emma Dolan, University of Aberdeen
She teaches in the Department of Sociology as well as Politics and International Relations and is Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Her research focuses on the gendered politics of state apologies.
Mr Stephen Fettes, AFG College with the University of Aberdeen, Doha, Qatar
He completed an MBA in 1994, and for the past twenty years he has concentrated on teaching and lecturing.He has taught on various university programmes (The University of Hull, The University of Plymouth, The University of Northampton, and The University of Wolverhampton), at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He was an external examiner for The University of Teesside and an Examiner for the Chartered Institute of Marketing.
Stephen brings a wealth of experience both as a theoretician and a practitioner in management, marketing and strategy. In his professional and academic roles he has travelled widely around the globe and has experience of delivering programmes externally in China other Asian countries and across the African continent.
Dr Tatiana Gladkikh, AFG College with the University of Aberdeen, Doha, Qatar
A Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Chartered Linguist, she advances transnational education through her teaching in diverse educational contexts, pedagogic research, programme and curriculum design, and mentoring of staff seeking to enhance their transnational education expertise. She has presented on internationalisation of HE at a number of international conferences and serves as a Conference Committee member at the European Conference on Management, Leadership and Governance (ECMLG).
Dr Christopher Gray, University of Aberdeen
Chris Gray (FHEA) has been the Programme Director for the University of Aberdeen’s BMus (Hons) Community Music programme since its commencement in September 2012. Prior to his work at the University of Aberdeen Chris has worked nationally and internationally as a Community Musician, Double Bass player and Conductor. Chris is a PhD candidate in the School of Education.
Masudul Haq, AFG College with the University of Aberdeen, Doha, Qatar
Munshi has published peer-reviewed research papers in reputed international journals such as Economics Letters, Middle East Economics and Finance. Munshi also has working experiences on Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) funded projects.
Laila Mahran, AFG College with the University of Aberdeen, Doha, Qatar
Laila has always been passionate about teaching and was an Instructor Assistant in the Department of Management at the University of Toronto since 2012. She primarily taught Accounting related courses in both, graduate and undergraduate programs. Laila has over five years of work experience in public accounting in Canada, starting off her career in banking.
Laila worked as a Manager at KPMG LLP & Ernst & Young LLP, where her practice focused on global compliance & reporting, advising real-estate clients on structuring cross-border acquisitions, divestitures, corporate reorganizations and financing transactions.
Dr John McKeown, University of Aberdeen
He is currently overseeing the implementation of the Enhanced GP Curriculum for the University.
Dr Tavis Potts, University of Aberdeen
Dr Potts is actively involved moving between social science and polity in the UK. He is a member of the Scottish Coastal Forum; MASTS Marine Spatial Planning Forum; a non-executive member of the UK Government Marine Science Coordination Committee and Chair of the Marine Social Science Task Group that promotes dialogue and knowledge sharing between social scientists and policy makers.
Professor Derek Scott, University of Aberdeen
Derek has served as Education Theme Lead for the UK’s Physiological Society and sits on their Education, Public Engagement & Policy Committee. He is the international member of the North American task force for physiology learning outcomes. He has served as an external examiner/reviewer at several UK institutions, given invited lectures on his pedagogic work, and regularly presents the work of his team at national and international conferences.
Derek’s research interests include working with students as partners in educational innovations, using infographics to enhance student learning/communication, adapting learning/assessment methodologies from other disciplines to enhance medical science education, and developing better resources to help university teachers advance their careers.
Professor Jan Skakle, University of Aberdeen
She has a background in both physics and solid state chemistry and teaches and researches at the interface of the two, as well as contributing to a number of interdisciplinary and non-specialist courses.