Presenter Profile

Rachel Horrocks-Birss

Session Title(s)

Graduate Teaching Assistants: What Training Do They Want?

Do diagnostics and/or confidence-reflection tools help LD teams to personalise learning development for students?

Biography

Rachel is an Academic Literacies Developer at the University of Dundee. She coordinates embedded academic skills teaching across the university and leads the Learning to Teach in Higher Education course for new GTAs. Rachel also leads the development of the Writing for Success Diagnostic Tool, which allows students to self-assess their academic writing skills. Before joining the university in 2019, Rachel completed a PhD in Renaissance Drama.

Last modified: 15/09/2025