Natasha Barrett
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Associate Professor
Teaching Fellow
Areas of interest
- Natasha has taught Human Anatomy and Physiology for over ten years to undergraduates across Life Sciences
- She is responsible for co-ordinating and delivering teaching programmes within the School of Biological Sciences
- She advocates the use of technology where it enhances the learning experience and has road-tested several novel approaches for her department, testing both the learning benefits and ease of use for academics and students
Teaching
- Part 1: Pathology and Histology, Human Physiology
- Part 2: Clinical Biomedicine, Endocrinology
- Part 3: Group leader for both Systematic Literature Review and Teaching, Outreach and Science Communication final year projects
Research centres and groups
Member of Impact, Enterprise and Outreach- Lead educator for the online course, taken by over 55,000 participants, completing about 1,000,000 learning activities and posting 90,000 comments
- STEM Ambassador
- 6th form college presentations to prospective students
Research projects
- Natasha's research background is in platelet biology, haematology
- Natasha is actively engaged in teaching and learning research
- Collaborator on the Leverhulme Trust funded project on 3D learning in a collaborative environment using haptics. The cross-institution team (黑料不打烊 and Kings College London) aims to enhance understanding of cell biology using cutting-edge haptics technology (touch/VR)
- Investigating novel ways to improve student engagement with marking criteria and feedback (in large classes)
- Investigating whether attendance or other measures better reflect engagement in our students
- Use of electronic card readers to monitor student attendance / engagement
Awards and honours
Esteem Factors
- University Teaching Fellow Award (a prestigious award for individuals who have demonstrated individual excellence, and made a significant contribution to the development of teaching and learning at the University)
- Fellow of the HEA