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Dr Steven Rogers

    Dr Steven Rogers

    Title
    Senior Lecturer in Geology
    Location
    William Smith WS1.33a
    Role
    Role: Director of Education, Student Voice Champion
    Phone
    +44 (0) 1782 733752
    Email
    s.l.rogers@keele.ac.uk

    Biography

    Biography

    I initially arrived at Keele as an undergrad in 2005, enrolled on the (now defunct) single honours Earth System Science degree. Within two years I transferred to the integrated Masters course; MGeoscience. I graduated in 2009. Later that year I was appointed to a dual role at Keele: a Teaching Fellow in Geology and PhD student. My PhD focused on a population of carbonate mounds (from the Cantabrian Mountains, Spain) investigating their palaeoecology, sedimentation, geochemistry and ultimately, formation. I completed my PhD in 2014 and graduated the following year.

    I have since gained an MA in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, with my thesis focusing on staff and students perceptions of Lecture Recordings. I have become increasingly involved in education, scholarly and pedagogic pursuits; I am particularly interested in curriculum design and development, Education for Sustainability and immersive learning. I led on the creation and launch of our school wide undergraduate research programme (the GGE-UROP) and an online, peer reviewed journal, which focusses on the publication of work and scholarly training of undergraduate and postgraduate students (The Student Journal of Natural Sciences), of which I am still Chief Editor. Current projects are focused on the use of accessible digital teaching resources, making use of our campus as a teaching environment, and decolonising the curriculum.

    I teach on multiple undergraduate modules at all levels, generally teaching sedimentology and structural geology, and supervise postgraduate masters projects. I currently hold the role of Director of Education for the school of Geography, Geology and the Environment. Heading up a recent portfolio review of the schools programmes. I am the Student Voice Champion for the school and I am always looking to get students more involved with curriculum design and development in the school! I have previously held the role of deputy Equality and Diversity Champion (incl. Athena Swan) for the GGE and organised the Geography, Geology and Environment Seminar Series.

    I am an Associate Editor for Geoscience Communications. I am a Senior Fellow of The Higher Education Academy and Associate Member of the Association of Learning Technology. I am also a member of the Geography, Geology and Environment Education Cluster and an affiliate to the Basin Dynamics Research Group (BDRG) here at Keele.

    School of Life Sciences,
    Huxley Building,
    Keele University,
    Staffordshire,
    ST5 5BG
    Tel: +44 (0) 1782 734414