Subject Centre Staff
Centre Staff
The Subject Centre has a team of staff based in Plymouth.
- Centre Director - Professor Pauline Kneale
- Centre Associate Director- Dr Yolande Knight
- Administrative Support - Jane Dalrymple
- Dissemination Co-ordinator - Susie Bissell
- Resource Coordinator - Esther Bobek
- C&IT Manager - Mike Sanders
- Project Co-ordinator - Dr Sharon Gedye
Senior Advisors
The Subject Centre also benefits from 'Senior Advisors' who are based in their own institutions.
- Senior Advisor for Environmental Sciences - Mrs Jenny Blumhof
- Senior Advisor for Geography - Professor Mick Healey
- Senior Advisors for Earth Sciences- Dr Jim Andrews & Dr Helen King
Centre Director - Professor Pauline Kneale
email : pauline.kneale@plymouth.ac.uk
Tel: ++44 1752 584881
Pauline started her academic career as a geographer with research interests in hydrology and geomorphology. Her work has since evolved to concentrate on learning and teaching, with the GEES disciplines as a main focus, but she is increasingly working with colleagues across the disciplines.
In the past ten years her focus has shifted to learning, teaching and enterprise issues, with particular emphasis on developing innovative teaching and pedagogical research, and encouraging colleagues to engage in pedagogical research. In the last six years as ProDean for the Faculty of Environment at Leeds, which includes the 3 GEES disciplines and Transport Studies, she has been responsible for all aspects of learning and teaching quality assurance, promoting and enhancing student learning and the student experience. In parallel to this role, she has been Director of the Leeds White Rose Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning of Enterprise (http://www.leeds.ac.uk/wrcetle/). Pauline’s contribution towards the development of learning and teaching has also been recognised through the award of a National Teaching Fellowship in 2002, and a Higher Education Academy Senior Teaching Fellowship in the first round in 2007.
Associate Director - Dr Yolande Knight
email : yolande.knight@plymouth.ac.uk
Tel: ++44 1752 584531
Yolande's first degree was in Genetics, and in 1995 she gained a Ph.D. in Agricultural Plant Science funded by the Gatsby Charitable Foundation. Following time as a research fellow at Leeds University Departments of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Yolande joined LTSN Bioscience as a Subject Specialist in 2000, where she gained experience in learning and teaching support. Yolande joined the GEES Subject Centre in 2002 as Resource Coordinator, developing the Departmental Workshop Programme and initiating the Resource Database. In 2007 she undertook the SEDA Portfolio in Supporting Educational Change and became Subject Centre Manager. Yolande is now Associate Director and is responsible for both the day-to-day management of and, in collaboration with the Director, the strategic direction of the Subject Centre.
Administrative Support - Jane Dalrymple
email : jane.dalrymple@plymouth.ac.uk
Tel: ++44 1752 584529
Dissemination Co-ordinator - Susie Bissell
email : susie.bissell@plymouth.ac.uk
Tel: ++44 1752 585962
Resource Coordinator - Esther Bobek
email : esther.bobek@plymouth.ac.uk
Tel: ++44 1752 584871
Esther’s degree is in Geography and Scandinavian Languages which she obtained at Hamburg University in Germany. She has gained experience in environmental education and educational support in a number of roles, the latest whilst working as a Blended Learning Coordinator for Cornwall College. Esther is responsible for the Subject Centre’s resources and Departmental Workshops.
C&IT Manager - Mike Sanders
email : michael.sanders@plymouth.ac.uk
Tel: ++44 1752 584533
Mike is a graduate of the Environmental Sciences degree at the University of Plymouth. He has a number of years experience in learning and teaching development, IT support, and the environmental sector. His responsibilities at the Subject Centre include harnessing the work of recent and current C&IT Projects, collation and review of C&IT materials and supporting the IT needs of the Subject Centre.
Project Co-ordinator - Dr Sharon Gedye
email : sharon.gedye@plymouth.ac.uk
Tel: ++44 1752 584534
Sharon studied Geography at the University of Liverpool (1990-93) where she stayed to undertake her Ph.D., examining carbon balance in peatlands (1998). From 1996 to 2003 she lectured in Geography at Edge Hill University, specialising in the subject areas of environmental change and hydrology. Whilst lecturing, Sharon developed teaching interests in e-learning, skills development, Personal Development Planning (PDP), and employability. Since joining GEES in 2003, Sharon's work has primarily been focused on the theme of employability.