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Dr Bill Lynch

Bill Lynch

Contact:
w.lynch@dundee.ac.uk
Tel:+44 (0)1382 385321
Fax:+44 (0)1382 388588
Postal Address:
Town & Regional Planning
University of Dundee
Perth Rd
Dundee
DD1 4HN

Bill Lynch is a lecturer in Town and Regional Planning and Programme Director for the undergraduate Environmental Sustainability degree. His research interests include personal development planning, teaching and learning and environmental justice. Current teaching includes Management in the Built and Natural Environments; Environmental Law & Practice and Business & Environment. He is Year 4 leader for the students within the School. He is an Adviser of Studies within the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, a member of Faculty Board and a member of the Faculty Teaching and Learning Committee. Bill represents the University on the Dundee Partnership for the Environment (DPE) and he is a Board member of the Tayside Foundation for the Conservation of Resources (TFCR) a charitable recycling company. He is a member of the Higher Education Academy and is a current member of the Open University Validation Service. He is also a part-time student entering the final phase of a PhD in Educational Research at the University of Lancaster.

Career

With an early background in industrial-relations, Bill graduated from the Open University in 1984 and took a further degree here at Dundee in Economics graduating in 1986. A Postgraduate Diploma in Information Technology from the University of Abertay in 1987 was followed with short spells as an Economics Tutor at both Abertay and St Andrews Universities. Bill joined the newly formed Pharmacoeconomics Research Unit (jointly run by the Universities of Dundee and St Andrews) as its first Research Assistant in 1989 becoming Senior Research Fellow in 1991. Bill has a number of publications and conference papers in the health arena from his time at the Research Unit more especially on hospital-acquired-infections. He was given a lectureship in the Department of Management at the University of St Andrews in 1991 teaching elements of Health Care Resource Management as well as Industrial Relations. Bill then joined Town and Regional Planning in 1992.

Qualifications

1984 - BA Open University

1986 - MA (Hons) 2:1 Economics Dundee University

1985 - Linda Tosh Memorial Essay Prize for Labour Economics, University of Dundee

1987 - Post Graduate Diploma in Information Technology (PGDIT) Dundee Institute of Technology

Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (AMIEMA) Associate Member by examination

Institute of Learning and Teaching (ILTM) Full Member

International Association of Impact Assessment , Member

Research

A recent study conducted by Bill examined student feedback and was sponsored by the Centre for Education in the Built Environment (CEBE). Bill collaborated recently with colleagues on 3 recent research projects. He co-led a Special Interest Group with Deborah Peel funded by the Centre for Education in the Built Environment to examine educational research in Planning. He undertook a joint evaluation of a mental health project, Abbeytext with Greg Lloyd and Deborah Peel funded by the Scottish Association of Mental Health. The Perth & Kinross woodfuel study funded by SCARF was undertaken jointly with Barbara Illsley and Rory O'Riordan (Architecture).

His current research links to his PhD topic examining the interface between term-employment and full-time-study. The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences has provided a research grant for Bill and two colleagues, Barbara Illsley and Kirsty Miller (Careers Service) to instigate and examine the introduction of Personal Development Plans within the School leading to a wider roll-out throughout the University.

Recent publications