Dr Katharine Hubbard
| Biography | Dr Hubbard (she/her) is passionate about inclusive and effective pedagogies within STEM and Higher Education more widely. She is particularly interested in inclusive education, higher education policy, awarding gaps, practical science teaching and the development of student scientific identity. Dr Hubbard is a National Teaching Fellow (2019) and Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and was a member of the QAA Subject Benchmark Statement working group for Biosciences (2023). She was awarded the Royal Society of Biology HE Bioscience Teacher of the Year (2016), and the Society for Experimental Biology's President's Medallist for the Education section (2017). Her scientific background is in plant cell biology, the impact of circadian rhythms on plant physiology and fitness, and the use of fluorescence imaging techniques to investigated plant responses to the environment. |
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| Research Interests | Katharine's research is into how science education can be more effective, and more inclusive of students from different educational backgrounds. She is particularly interested in the following topics: - Inclusive education and awarding gaps - Higher education policy around widening participation and educational equity - How students and scientists read scientific research papers - Inclusive teaching in the laboratory environment |
| Teaching and Learning | Katharine's teaching is primarily focussed on cell and molecular biology, and plant sciences. She is a leader in the field in laboratory based teaching, and places the development of student practical skills at the heart of her modules. Specific modules Katharine teaches on are: - Cells and Organelles (1st year) - Bacterial Genome Sequencing (3rd year) - Cellular Regulation and Biotechnology (2nd year) - Independent Research Projects (3rd year) |
| PhD Supervision Availability | Yes |
| PhD Topics | Undergraduate STEM education |