Teaching Experience

Summary

I have experience teaching science subjects to university students at both the undergraduate (BSc) and postgraduate (MSc) levels. I successfully facilitated learning for students encompassing a spectrum of neurodiverse conditions, sensory impairments, mental health conditions, and learning differences, including dyspraxia and dyslexia, demonstrating a strong commitment to accessibility and individualised instruction.

In my teaching positions, I led seminars and tutorials, facilitated practical demonstrations, marked coursework, and invigilated exams.

The students I have previously taught were studying towards the following degrees:

• Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery (BM BS)
• MSci Medical Neuroscience / Biomedical Science / Biochemistry / Genetics
• BSc Medical Neuroscience / Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence / Genetics / Biochemistry / Biology / Biomedical Science / Zoology
• BSc Psychology / Psychology with Neuroscience / Psychology with Clinical Approaches / Psychology with Criminology / Psychology with Business and Management / Psychology with Economics
• CertHE Psychology with Neuroscience

I previously supervised five undergraduate students and currently supervise two MSc students in laboratory research, including practical techniques and theoretical knowledge, and guiding them on research design and execution, whilst providing constructive feedback on coursework and assessments.

Teaching qualifications

🎓 2023 – 2024, University of Sussex, Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education (PGCertHE)

🎓 2019 – 2020, University of Sussex, Associate Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA)

Teaching positions

Jan 2024 - Present, Postgraduate (MSc) student (x2) supervisor, University of Sussex

Nov 2023 – Dec 2023, Undergraduate student (x5) supervisor, University of Sussex

Oct 2019 – July 2023, Associate Tutor for Life Sciences, Neuroscience and Psychology, University of Sussex

May 2022 – July 2022, University of Sussex, Supervised the lab activities and taught practical research skills to an NHS foundation doctor as part of their Specialised Foundation Programme (SFP) placement.

Oct 2019 – Aug 2022, University of Sussex, Supervised and taught practical research skills to undergraduate, Master's and PhD students in the lab day-to-day.

Courses taught at BSc or MSc level

• Advanced Techniques in Neuroscience

  • Course level: Master's degree
  • Teaching mode: seminars, coursework marking
  • Total students taught: 43
  • Typical class size: ~20 students
  • Topics covered: ethics of human and animal research

• Structure and Function in the Human Brain

  • Course level: third year undergraduate
  • Teaching mode: coursework marking
  • Total students taught: 40
  • Typical class size: 40 students
  • Topics covered: brain organoids

• Drugs, Brain & Behaviour

  • Course level: third year undergraduate
  • Teaching mode: test administration, exam invigilation
  • Total students taught: 8
  • Typical class size: 8 students

• Techniques in Neuroscience

  • Course level: second year undergraduate
  • Teaching mode: lab practicals
  • Total students taught: 45
  • Typical class size: 15 students
  • Topics covered: action potentials, mechanoreceptors, human visual system, motor units

• Medical Neuroscience

  • Course level: second year medical students
  • Teaching mode: tutorials
  • Total students taught: 45
  • Typical class size: 15 students
  • Topics covered: synaptic transmission

• Principles of Neuronal Function

  • Course level: second year undergraduate
  • Teaching mode: tutorials, coursework marking
  • Total students taught: 19
  • Typical class size: 6-7 students
  • Topics covered: signalling by neurons and synapses, neurotransmission and information coding, nervous system plasticity, neurodevelopment

• Brain and Behaviour

  • Course level: second year undergraduate
  • Teaching mode: seminars, coursework marking
  • Total students taught: 158
  • Typical class size: ~25 students
  • Topics covered: action potentials, synaptic transmission, neuropharmacology of anti-depressants and anxiolytics, neuroanatomy, brain development and neurogenetics, motor behaviour, initiation of voluntary actions, plasticity and learning, individual differences

• Neuroscience and Behaviour

  • Course level: first year undergraduate
  • Teaching mode: seminars, coursework marking
  • Total students taught: 46
  • Typical class size: 23 students
  • Topics covered: mechanisms and functions of behaviour, basics of neuroscience and ethology

• Physiology and Disease

  • Course level: first year undergradute
  • Teaching mode: seminars, coursework marking
  • Total students taught: 109
  • Typical class size: 20-35 students
  • Topics covered: control and regulation through nervous, hormonal and other homeostatic mechanisms, from cellular and molecular levels, to the major organ systems

• Cell Biology

  • Course level: first year undergraduate
  • Teaching mode: lab practicals
  • Total students taught: 120
  • Typical class size: ~30 students
  • Topics covered: microscopy, comparison of procaryotic and eucaryotic cells

• Psychobiology

  • Course level: first year undergraduate
  • Teaching mode: seminars, coursework marking
  • Total students taught: 196
  • Typical class size: ~25 students
  • Topics covered: synaptic neurotransmission, hormonal actions, intracellular electrical processes, biological basis of emotions, homeostatic and non-homeostatic peripheral and central mechanisms underlying drinking and eating behaviour, learning and memory, evolutionary adaptation and selection