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Personal Profile For Prof Paul Hyland
Head of Learning and Teaching. Learning and Teaching Development.
BA [Lancaster], PhD [Lancaster], PGCE [Bath].
Personal Statement:
Paul Hyland is Head of Learning and Teaching at Bath Spa, and is responsible for leading the pedagogical research and scholarship strategy of Artswork, the university's Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning.
He has been Director of History in the Higher Education Academy's Subject Centre for the development of teaching and learning in History, Classics and Archaeology, based at Glasgow University (2000-2007); Head of the School of Historical and Cultural Studies at Bath Spa; and leader of the Higher Education Funding Council for England's national teaching development project 'History 2000' (FDTL, 1996-2001). In 2000 he became the first historian in Britain to be awarded a National Teaching Fellowship by HEFCE/ILT.
He has produced many books and articles in literary and cultural history, and in the development of History teaching and learning in higher education. He is co-founder and editor with Neil Sammells of the internationally-refereed quartlery journal 'Irish Studies Review' (Taylor and Francis, 1990 to date) and of the literature series 'Crosscurrents'. His most recent books are 'The Practice of University History Teaching', edited with Alan Booth (Manchester University Press, 2000), and 'The Enlightenment: a sourcebook and reader' (Routledge, 2003). He is currently researching subject-based conceptions of excellence in university teaching.
If you'd like to contact him, please email: p.hyland@bathspa.ac.uk
Professional Qualifications:
Postgraduate Certificate in Education (University of Bath)
Membership of Professional Bodies/Subject Associations:
Director of History in the Subject Centre for History, Classics and Archaeology, in the Higher Education Academy (2000-07)
National Teaching Fellow (2000)
Teaching Specialism:
Literary and Cultural History
Eighteenth-Century Studies
Key Publications/Exhibitions/Performances:
Journal
Co-editor of 'Irish Studies Review' (Taylor and Francis, 1990 - date)
Books
'Irish Writing: exile and subversion', ed. with Neil Sammells (Macmillan, 1991)
'Writing and Censorship in Britain', ed. with Neil Sammells (Routledge, 1992)
'Ned Ward's "London Spy". Studies in Literature and Language' (Colleagues Press / Michigan State University Press, 1993)
'History in Higher Education: new directions in teaching and learning', ed. with Alan Booth (Blackwell, 1995)
'Writing and Africa', ed. with Mpalive-Hangson Msiska (Longman, 1997)
'Writing and Ireland: essays and interviews' (Sulis Press, 1998)
'The Practice of University History Teaching', ed. with Alan Booth (Manchester University Press, 2000)
'The Enlightenment: a sourcebook and reader' (Routledge, 2003)
Current Scholarship:
Changing Conceptions of Teaching in Higher Education (book)
The World of Claver Morris (book)
External Examiners:
Examiner/Chief Examiner at various institutions since 1988.
Other External Roles:
External Assessor and Advisor for History/Humanities programmes
Member of the Higher Education Academy's Quality Enhancement Network Group
Member of the Quality Assurance Agency's review group for History Subject Benchmarking
Founding Member of the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Member of the Editorial Board, 'MountainRise: an electronic journal dedicated to the scholarship of teaching and learning'
Member of the Editorial Board, 'The International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning'
Member of the Steering Committee, The International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in History
Founder of the annual International Conference for History in Higher Education
Consultant/Reviewer for BBC History Trail, and publishers
Last Updated: 01 September 2009.
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