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Biography
Linda is Professor of Higher Education and Academic Practice, and Dean of the School. Linda has worked at the University of Dundee for over 20 years and was previously Associate Dean Learning and Teaching. She has wide experience in online / distance education, as well as expertise in curriculum development, particularly for professional programmes.
Research
Linda’s research and scholarship interests are in the areas of thresholds concepts, academic leadership, expert teaching in HE and more recently education for sustainable development.
Linda’s recent work has included collaborative autoethnographic research, focusing on academic leadership during the Covid pandemic and she continues to develop work around threshold concepts and liminality related to development of expert teachers in HE. She is co-lead of a futures research case study, focusing on sustainable higher education. Linda has jointly edited two special issues of the International Journal of Practice-Based Education in Health and Social Care and is now co-editor for the journal.
Teaching
Linda continues to teach, supervising MSc dissertations and doctoral students. She also co-leads the first module of the University’s professional doctorate programme and is external examiner for the Professional Doctorate in Health Sciences at the University of Portsmouth.
Stories
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The next generation of nurses can take the first step on their career paths by undertaking their studies in Kirkcaldy.
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A University of Dundee graduate who passed away hours after giving birth to her daughter has been honoured by classmates at an event in Fife.