Professor Claire Lynch
Professor

Teaching

I feel strongly that degree programmes must meet the needs of students, intellectually, socially, and economically. As such, my approach to teaching is grounded in the idea of reflection, taking into  account the student I was, the academic I am, and the lifelong learner and teacher I hope to be. I am an advocate of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL), believing that high quality teaching does not ‘emerge simply from faculty enthusiasm for their subjects’ but is honed through continuous professional development and familiarity with up-to-date pedagogic principles (Auten & Twigg, 2015).

I am known for teaching innovation and leading projects designed to enhance student experience.  The Reading Resilience teaching model (Douglas et al, 2015) has been at the centre of my pedagogy for several years. My dissemination of this work, including establishing the ‘Brunel Reading Lab’, was shared with colleagues across the university via the ReThink Forum, the Employability Summit, and funded by the Teach Brunel initiative. This important work, designed to support students through the transition into university level reading, has been shared beyond Brunel at the Institute of Advanced Study Seminar series and via two national workshops funded by Higher Education Academy Grants. 

I have a sustained commitment to developing my own teaching practice and contributing to improved learning cultures in the sector. Most recently, as a Brunel Teaching Fellow, I led a CPD session for colleagues at all stages of their teaching careers as part of the ‘Re-booting the Academy’ series.

Curent teaching includes:

EN1708 Reading Resilience - Module Leader

EN2014: Modernism - Module Leader

EN3604: Writing Ireland- Module Leader

EN3003: Special Project- Dissertation Supervisor