From Foothills to Summits? Developing your academic career in the GEES disciplines

A 24 hour event on career and professional development for GEES staff

5/6 December 5pm – 4pm

Ramada Jarvis Hotel, Leeds Parkway

This 24-hour residential event is designed for GEES academics in early or mid career who would like to develop their potential. The event will enable you to meet GEES colleagues from a wide range of institutions, share ideas and experiences and to develop a personal action plan.

Closing date for bookings: Monday 20 November.

Registration fee: £65 (subsidised by the GEES Subject Centre) includes dinner and accommodation on Tuesday 5th and lunch on Wednesday 6th December.

Attendance at this event could count towards continuing professional development requirements of your professional body.

Directions to the Ramada Jarvis Hotel, Leeds Parkway

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Speakers and Facilitators

Michael Bradford

is Professor of Geography at the University of Manchester . He has occupied a number of leadership positions over the last 20 years. In the late 80s he was responsible for the curriculum in Geography. 1992-6 he was Undergraduate Dean of the Faculty of Arts. 1996-2000 he was Head of School. 2001-2004 he was Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Teaching and Learning and in the latter part of the period co-chaired a group that helped prepare the merger with UMIST (Associate Vice President after the merger). He has helped run Change Academy now in its third year. This is co-sponsored by the HE Academy and the Leadership Foundation, and facilitates complex change within HE institutions. He has led a team within the university to devise and deliver the ILT recognised programme for New Academics on Teaching and Learning (1997-2004). He has also devised a specification and chaired an A-level Exam Board. He has been President of the Geographical Association (2000) which involved leading major staff developments. He has served on the Council of the RGS/IBG and the GA for long periods and was a founder member of GEES. He has facilitated workshops in a range of universities, reviewed many Geography departments and is a university reviewer for QAA Scotland and is currently working as a Senior Associate of the HE Academy.

Brian Chalkley

is Director of the Higher Education Academy National Subject Centre for Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences which is based at the University of Plymouth . He combines this post with a continuing commitment to teaching and research as Professor of Geography at the University of Plymouth . His main pedagogic interests lie in the areas of key skills, work-based learning and student employability. His main areas of geographical specialisation are in urban policy and Australia . Brian is also a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Geography in Higher Education and of the Courses and Education Committee of the Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers (RGS/IBG). When not wearing his academic hat, Brian is known as a fan of Glen Miller, Fred Astaire and Ella Fitzgerald (musical tastes his family label as 'sad'). Worse still, he is a lifelong supporter of Brentford Football Club and a lifelong opponent of DIY and gardening.

Dr Simon Jones

is Senior Lecturer in the School of Applied Sciences at the University of Glamorgan , where he is scheme leader for the BSc in Physical Geography. Simon’s area of expertise is in Coastal Zone Management and teaches the modules Dutch/European CZM Governance organisational theory, and Planning theory and environmental lobbying. His current research interests include the management of the Pembrokeshire Coastal Forum in terms of its governance and stakeholders' awareness of issues.

Helen King

is Assistant Director of the GEES Subject Centre for Geography, Earth Sciences and Environmental Sciences (GEES) based at the University of Plymouth , and a National Teaching Fellow. She has a UK-wide role working with subject-based academic and support staff to help them enhance their students’ learning experience. Her teaching responsibilities at Plymouth include supporting the postgraduate skills development programme, and she holds a Fellowship of the Staff and Educational Development Association ( SEDA ). In her previous role as manager of a Fund for the Development of Teaching and Learning (FDTL) project at the University of Southampton , she organised a series of popular UK-wide workshops and conferences on learning and teaching which solicited over 55 case study examples of good practice. Helen’s research interests include employability, entrepreneurship, and continuing professional development, and she is currently researching school students’ perceptions of the GEES disciplines and their various needs at the point of transition to higher education.

Pauline Kneale

is 'Professor of Applied Hydrology with Learning and Teaching in Geography' at the University of Leeds . She is one of the Leeds ProDeans for Learning and Teaching and a National Teaching Fellow. Aside from water quality floods and neural network modelling Pauline is interested in understanding skills and motivations of students and staff, intrapreneurship and making PDP a really effective process. Further details and resources can be found at the University of Leeds staff profile webpage for Pauline Kneale.

Professor Alan Pearman

Alan Pearman was Pro-Vice Chancellor Learning and Teaching at the University of Leeds for the five years to 2006, and is now Pro-Dean for Research in the Business School Faculty. His interests include decision research, embracing both behavioural and quantitative aspects of decision making under risk and with multiple criteria. Recent applications have been to transport investment appraisal, risk and public-private partnerships; and environmental assessment of nuclear industry options; some of this work is undertaken within the Centre for Decision Research, an inter-departmental centre within the University of Leeds with strong links with other institutions in the UK and Europe . Professor Pearman has been a member of the expert advisory committees for the INFREDAT (EC 4th. framework) and SPOTLIGHTS (EC 5th. framework) projects. He is an editorial board member for Innovation: the European Journal of Social Science; the Journal of the Spanish Statistical and Operations Research Society; the Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis; the Journal of Behavioral Decision Making and the International Abstracts in Operational Research.