Colleges
Declaration of interest
I have a fractional contract as a Senior Lecturer in Educational Development at Oxford Brookes Centre for Academic Enhancement and Development (OCAED), Oxford Brookes University.
I coach academic faculty though to FHEA and SF HEA, and sit on the exam board for applications.
I am the IDEAS lead on supporting teaching faculty to promote a Sustainability Mindset, and on trans-disciplinary projects to develop capacity in sustainability and education..
I supervise MSc and MBA students undertaking dissertations on sustainability and business within Oxford Brookes Business School.
Louise Rickard
PhD, DIC, PGCert, MEd, SFHEA, CMALT,
Teaching Fellow Medical Education
Education & Sustainability
I am passionate about education and educational development. I teach on the MSc in Evidence-Based Health Care (EBHC) Teaching and Education and the MSc in Global Healthcare Leadership.
I have an interest in supporting colleagues in their teaching and promoting best practice both in the practice of teaching; and in programme, module and assessment design and evaluation.
I am specifically interested in sustainability and social justice; evidence based decision making and policy; dialogic teaching and critical thinking; and experiential learning in the "teachable moment" wherever that may be- at the bedside, in the back of an ambulance or in the mountains or woods.
I also retain a smaller role as Senior Lecturer in Educational Development with the Oxford Centre for Academic Enhancement and Development (OCAED) and the Business school, at Brookes University; where I teach and coach Staff on the Internal PGCHE (EXPLORE) course, provide internal programme and module design expertise across the university, and am the academic lead for embedding a sustainability mindset across the university. I have in 23-24 mentored 30 members of staff towards their FHEA and a handful of Senior staff towards their SF HEA. I regularly supervise sustainability and Business MSc and MBA theses.
Until end of 2021 I worked as a Senior Teaching Fellow in Business, Sustainability and Environment at the Centre for Environmental policy at Imperial College. I was elected Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in 2019, and received my CMALT with distinction for a project on the peer assessment of groupwork, in 2021.
My background is in theoretical ecology and sustainability science and policy, and applying that within consultancy and internationally in the public sector by providing credible and legitimate data, analyses and assessments to underpin evidence-based decision and policy making.
Outside work I love messing about in boats and getting people out into nature.