Dr Steph Allen
- Principal Academic
- Weymouth House W402, Talbot Campus, Fern Barrow, Poole, BH12 5BB
Biography
Dr Steph Allen has been working at Bournemouth University since 2002 and is a fused lecturer in the FMC’s Learning Development Team.
Steph works with students intensely around practical and technical academic skills with students at all levels (UG – PhD) throughout the FMC faculty and wider. Specialist interests focus on holistic academic and personal support in an ever-changing and highly marketised HE environment. Throughout her years in HE Steph has taught at Masters and Doctoral level, as well as at all levels of large undergraduate cohorts in Marketing programmes. She promotes and proactively utilises real-life project-based learning with national and international organisations.
Key interests: assessment, grading, and feedback/forward, academic offences, and academic integrity.
Steph actively seeks to make a positive impact within the institution by understanding and challenging policies, procedures, and practices for positive change to enhance the academic and student community.
Her roles encompass that of a blended professional, engaging in teaching, research, and professional practice... She is involved in launching, leading, devising, and driving forward the University’s strategic priorities in Teaching and Learning, aligned to the overall University Strategy, within the faculty, classroom, community, and professional arena.
Steph has been Head of HE, a programme leader, a lecturer, and international partnerships coordinator. Steph has also led multiple international partnerships, focusing on recruitment and student experience. She is currently a Senior Lecturer and a trade union activist/representative focused on working conditions.
She frequently guest lectures in universities and institutions worldwide: China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Ukraine, and the Middle East. She also draws heavily on her previous experiences in STEM-related career paths and London based advertising agencies to add context to her teaching.
Steph graduated from the University of Southampton with a doctorate in Education, a BA in Post Compulsory Education Training, and a Masters in Marketing Communications from Bournemouth University. She holds a raft of professional and academic credentials that span education, marketing, and Trade Union qualifications. Steph has received over 37 student-awarded ‘You’re Brilliant’ Certificates, and was nominated twice for the Vice Chancellor’s Award. She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
moreResearch
Examining Change: The Future of Learning Development in HE
Favourites
- Birks, M., Mills, J., Allen, S. and Tee, S., 2020. Managing the mutations: Academic misconduct Australia, New Zealand, and the UK. International Journal for Educational Integrity, 16 (1).
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person's work contributes towards the following SDGs:
Good health and well-being
"Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages"
Quality education
"Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all"
Peace, justice and strong institutions
"Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels"
Partnership for the Goals
"Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development"
