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Tom Burns
Pronouns:
He/His
Institution
London Metropolitan University
Job Title
Senior Lecturer: Education Development
Accreditations
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Areas of Expertise
Academic Literacies | Academic Reading | Academic Writing | Assessment, Feedback and Course Design | Critical Pedagogies and LD | Digital Education | Inclusive Teaching | Induction, Transition and First Year Experience | Learning Spaces & Learning Communities | Peer Assisted Learning and Peer Mentoring | Playful and Creative Learning | Publishing in LD and Collaborative Writing | Research Methodologies and Data Collection | Study Skills | Visual Literacy and Multimodal Practices | Widening ParticipationBiography
Tom Burns has always been interested in theatre and the arts and their role in teaching and learning – and this is the focus of his current research. Tom has set up adventure playgrounds and devised Community Events and Festivals for his local community. Whilst still a student he set up and ran the first International Dario Fo Festival – with symposium, theatre workshops for students and local people and full dramatic performances by the Fo-Rame theatre troupe of The Tiger’s Tale and The Boss’s Funeral. Currently he is a Senior Lecturer, SFHEA, CeLP, University Teaching Fellow and CATE – and co-lead of the (Re)ImaginingHE research project 2023.
Tom Burns is co-author of Teaching, Learning and Study Skills: a guide for tutors and Essential Study Skills: the complete guide to success at university (5th edn 2022) – and is interested in writing as a learning process, collaborative writing as a method of enquiry and creativity as liberatory practice.
How can I help learning developers?
Tom Burns is co-author of Teaching, Learning and Study Skills: a guide for tutors and Essential Study Skills: the complete guide to success at university (5th edn 2022) – and as such is interested in helping people find their feet in the field of Learning Development.
Tom is also interested in writing as a learning process, collaborative writing as a method of enquiry and creativity as liberatory practice.
Last modified: 17/04/2023