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Tom Burns

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ALDcon Proposals | Take5 Blog | Mentor for a Research Funded Applicant

Biography

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.

Last modified: 17/04/2023