Key details
Dr Rachel George
Senior Lecturer in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
Dr Rachel George is a Senior Lecturer in HE Learning and Teaching, based in Academic and Learning Enhancement. Rachel teaches on the PGCert in HE and leads the University Award in Learning and Teaching in HE. Rachel supports applications for the AdvanceHE accredited GOLD Fellowship scheme and for the UKAT professional recognition scheme for personal tutors. Rachel is Co-Editor of Compass, Journal of Learning and Teaching in HE and Co-Chair of the Staff Wellbeing Network.
Rachel has held university roles such as School Quality Lead, Programme Leader for UG Psychology and dissertation supervisor for doctoral and masters students. Rachel is an experienced External Examiner and External Assessor.
Responsibilities within the university
Dr Rachel George is a Senior Lecturer in HE Learning and Teaching, based in Academic and Learning Enhancement. Rachel teaches on the PGCert in HE and leads the University Award in Learning and Teaching in HE. Rachel supports applications for the AdvanceHE accredited GOLD Fellowship scheme and for the UKAT professional recognition scheme for personal tutors. Rachel is Co-Editor of Compass, Journal of Learning and Teaching in HE and Co-Chair of the Staff Wellbeing Network
Awards
Senior Fellowship in HE (SFHEA) (Advance HE)
Recognised Senior Advisor (RSA) (UKAT)
Student-led awards for teaching and personal tutoring
Recognition
Rachel is a member of the British Psychological Society (BPS), the UK Advising and Tutoring Association (UKAT) and student member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).
Research / Scholarly interests
Rachel’s research interests include personal tutoring pedagogy, wellbeing in HE, assessment, shared modules.
Key funded projects
QAA collaborative project on shared modules (2022-current)
QAA collaborative project on the language of assessment (2021-22)
Embedding wellbeing in the curriculum (UoG internal funding) (2020-21)
Presentations
Decker, O.S., Sims, S. George, R. Mateo Recao, M.E., Girdley, R., Pullen, E., Pashchenko, A., Achilli, G., Caussat, P. and Cerasuolo, D. (2024) How do we design effective curriculum for shared modules? Paper presented at the SHIFT, Learning and Teaching Conference, University of Greenwich (January).
Rapley, E., and George, R. (2023) First steps in building an evidence-base for postgraduate personal tutoring; exploring diversity, challenges and solutions. Paper presented at the The Medway Learning And Teaching Festival (June).
Minett-Smith, C., Bennett, L. & George, R. (2021) Making the Language of Assessment Inclusive: Assessing students’ familiarity and confidence with assessment terminology. Paper presented at the online Society for Research in Higher Education Annual Conference (December).