Professor David Tree
Vice Dean Education/Professor of Life Sciences Education
Heinz Wolff 240
- Email: david.tree@brunel.ac.uk
- Tel: +44 (0)1895 265207
Summary
Qualifications:
- BSc, Genetics, The University of York, UK, 1996
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Ph.D, The University of Cambridge, UK, 1999
- PG-Cert Higher Education, Brunel, 2008
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, 2016
- Senior Fellow of Advance HE, 2019
Responsibility
Vice Dean (Education), College of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences 2023-presemt
Director of the CHMLS Education Hub 2022-2023
Director of Teaching and Learning (Life Sciences) 2017-2022
Reader 2020-Present
Programme Lead for Life Sciences BSc 2017-2023
Senior Lecturer 2017-2020
Senior Tutor for Biosciences 2015-2017
Level 2 Co-Ordinator Biomedical Sciences BSc, 2007-2017
Appeals and Disciplinary Officer for Biosciences 2007-2015
Lecturer 2005-2017
Newest selected publications
Tree, D., Harvey, A. and Rand-Weaver, M. (2025) 'Integrated Programme Assessment: 10 years on'. Open Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 4 (1). pp. 166 - 180.Open Access Link
Otermans, PCJ., Livingstone, CC., Tree, DB., Nasar, LA. and Baines, SA. (2025) 'Navigating assessment challenges: Students’ reflection on preparation for exams, essays, presentations, and reports'. Open Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 4 (1). pp. 85 - 104.Open Access Link
Harvey, A. and Tree, D. (2025) 'From silos to synthesis: ensuring interdisciplinary education through synoptic assessment'. Biochemist, 47 (1). pp. 27 - 34. ISSN: 0954-982X Open Access Link
Baines, S., Otermans, P., Tree, D. and Worsfold, N. (2024) 'Measuring and mapping authentic assessment with a novel quantitative typology'. Teaching in Higher Education, 30 (3). pp. 663 - 682. ISSN: 1356-2517 Open Access Link
Harvey, A., La Rooy, A., Kent, S., Rand-Weaver, M. and Tree, D. (2021) 'A tale of two CATES – improving assessment through collaboration', in Tolson, D., Watchman Smith, N., Irving-Bell, D. and Weaver, M. (eds.) The CATE Collection: Together in Collaborative Educational Leadership. York : Advance HE. pp. 48 - 61. ISBN 10: 1-9163593-6-1. ISBN 13: 978-1-9163593-6-9.