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“you just look at rocks, and have beards” Perceptions of Geology From the United Kingdom: A Qualitative Analysis From an Online Survey (2024)
Journal Article

In the last few decades, Geology courses, particularly in the Global North, have seen a decline in student enrolment. Geologists have linked this downturn to a lack of exposure to the subject at school and college level. This work seeks to understand... Read More about “you just look at rocks, and have beards” Perceptions of Geology From the United Kingdom: A Qualitative Analysis From an Online Survey.

Introducing Patchwork Assessment into Natural Science curricula (2023)
Journal Article

Patchwork Assessment (or Patchwork Text Assessment) is an alternative to exams or traditional coursework, and may be particularly appropriate for introduction as part of a module being redesigned for flexible digital delivery. It involves students cr... Read More about Introducing Patchwork Assessment into Natural Science curricula.

Experiential and authentic learning in a Living Lab: the role of a campus-based Living Lab as a teaching and learning environment (2023)
Journal Article

Strategies for making geoscience PhD recruitment more equitable (2023)
Journal Article

Admission to doctoral study is a crucial step in the academic pipeline, but discriminatory procedures can disproportionately impact students from ethnic minority backgrounds. We show how these policies contribute to inequity in the geosciences and pr... Read More about Strategies for making geoscience PhD recruitment more equitable.

Autistic voices in geoscience: towards greater inclusion of neurological diversity (2023)
Presentation / Conference

Changing the narrative: the hidden histories of British colonial mineral exploitation in Africa (2023)
Presentation / Conference

Decolonising UK Earth Science pedagogy - from the hidden histories of our geological institutions to inclusive curricula (2023)
Presentation / Conference

The Equator Project- how to remove barriers, improve access and enhance experience for ethnic minority students in Geography, Earth and Environmental Science postgraduate research (2023)
Presentation / Conference

“you just look at rocks, and have beards” Perceptions of geology from the UK: a qualitative analysis from an online survey. (2023)
Journal Article

The Equator Project (2023)
Journal Article

Ovummuridae (calcareous microfossils) from the Much Wenlock Limestone Formation, Shropshire, UK (2022)
Journal Article

Ovummuridae are calcareous, egg-shaped microfossils with an unknown taxonomic affinity. Their limited observation is due to their occurrence only within exceptionally preserved carbonate rocks that have undergone little to no diagenesis or aggrading... Read More about Ovummuridae (calcareous microfossils) from the Much Wenlock Limestone Formation, Shropshire, UK.

Geology uprooted! Decolonising the curriculum for geologists (2022)
Journal Article

Geology is colonial. It has a colonial past and a colonial present. Most of the knowledge that we accept as the modern discipline of geology was founded during the height of the post-1700 European empire's colonial expansion. Knowledge is not neutral... Read More about Geology uprooted! Decolonising the curriculum for geologists.

An assessment of requirements in investments, new technologies, and infrastructures to achieve the SDGs (2022)
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Background The implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) requires much planning and the provision of resources, especially regarding the necessary investments, technologies and infrastructures needed. Yet, it is presently unclear how... Read More about An assessment of requirements in investments, new technologies, and infrastructures to achieve the SDGs.

Thinglink and the Laboratory: Interactive Simulations of Analytical Instrumentation for HE Science Curricula (2022)
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Access to laboratory facilities and associated instrumentation represents a major barrier to learning in physical science education, due to constraints introduced by limited time and financial resources, cost 20 of acquisition, and health and safety... Read More about Thinglink and the Laboratory: Interactive Simulations of Analytical Instrumentation for HE Science Curricula.

Extended reality (XR) virtual practical and educational eGaming to provide effective immersive environments for learning and teaching in forensic science (2022)
Journal Article

Online virtual learning resources have been available for learning and teaching in forensic science for some years now, but the recent global COVID-19 related periods of irregular lockdown have necessitated the rapid development of these for teaching... Read More about Extended reality (XR) virtual practical and educational eGaming to provide effective immersive environments for learning and teaching in forensic science.

eXtended Reality (XR) virtual practical and educational eGaming to provide effective immersive environments for learning and teaching in forensic science (2022)
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Online virtual learning resources have been available for learning and teaching in forensic science for some years now, but the recent global COVID-19 related periods of irregular lockdown have necessitated the rapid development of these for teaching... Read More about eXtended Reality (XR) virtual practical and educational eGaming to provide effective immersive environments for learning and teaching in forensic science.

A UK perspective on tackling the geoscience racial diversity crisis in the Global North (2021)
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Geoscientists will play key roles in the grand challenges of the twenty-first century, but this requires our field to address its past when it comes to diversity and inclusion. Considering the bleak picture of racial diversity in the UK, we put forwa... Read More about A UK perspective on tackling the geoscience racial diversity crisis in the Global North.

A flexible, open, and interactive digital platform to support online and blended experiential learning environments: Thinglink and thin sections (2021)
Journal Article

Abstract. This study investigates the potential value of, and provides a method for, the creation of flexible, digital, and asynchronous platforms to create student-centred materials for use in an online and/or blended learning environment. We made u... Read More about A flexible, open, and interactive digital platform to support online and blended experiential learning environments: Thinglink and thin sections.

Diversity Crisis in UK Geoscience Research Training (2020)
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Cheap, accessible, and virtual experiences as tools for immersive study: a proof of concept study (2020)
Journal Article

Virtual and augmented reality technology is becoming more commonly available within a plethora of environments in which we exist, including educational environments. With advances in technology, and more exposure to its capabilities, there is a great... Read More about Cheap, accessible, and virtual experiences as tools for immersive study: a proof of concept study.