Staff Profile:Professor Julian Park

Name:

Professor Julian Park

Job Title:

Professor of Agricultural Systems and Education

Responsibilities:

• Faculty of Life Sciences Director of Teaching and Learning
• Subject advisor, HEA Centre for Bioscience 
• University Teaching Fellow (2007-)
• National Teachning Fellow (2008-)

Areas of Interest:

• Teaching: Practical Environmental Science, Environmental Management, Approaches to Sustainable Development
• Research: Land use change and agriculture, Sustainable farming systems, Technology transfer in agricultural and environmental systems, Rural development and environmental change and Innovative teaching and learning methods

Research groups / Centres:

Publications:

Recent Publications

• Crook, A. C, Mauchline, A., Orsmond, P., Maw., S. J., Gomez, S., and Park., J. R. (2011) The use of video technology for providing feedback to students: Can it enhance the feedback experience for staff and students? Computers in Education Vol. 58(1): 386-396.
• Orsmond, P., Maw., S. J. Park, J. R., Gomez, S., and Crook, A. C. (2011) Moving feedback forward: theory to practice. Accepted, Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education.
• Mauchline, A. L., Mortimer, S. R., Park, J. R., Finn, J. A., Haysom, K., Westbury, D. B., Purvis, G., Louwagie, G., Northey, G., Primdahl, J., Vejre, H., Kristensen, L. S., Teilmann, K. V., Vesterager, J. P., Knickel, K., Kasperczyk, N., Balázs, K., Podmaniczky, L., Vlahos, G., Christopoulos, S., Kroger, L., Aakkula, J. and Yli-Viikari, A. (2011) Environmental evaluation of agri-environment schemes using participatory approaches: experiences of testing the Agri-Environmental Footprint Index. Land Use Policy. ISSN 0264-8377 (In Press)
• Park, J.R., Macfarlane I, Phipps R., and Ceddia, G (2011) The impact of the EU regulatory constraint of transgenic crops on farm income. New Biotechnology DOI:10.1016/j.nbt.2011.01.005
• McFarlane,I.,Park.,J.R., Phipps, R.H, and Ceddia, G (2011) Transgenic Soyabeans: Economic Implications for EU livestock sector. Accepted by Quality Assurance and Safety of Crops & Foods.
• Peacock, J, Mauchline, A and Park J.R. (2011) Effective fieldwork learning. In Effective Learning in the Life Sciences: how students can achieve their true potential. Ed Adams D. Forthcoming September 2011. Wiley-Blackwell
• Maw, J., Mauchline, A., and Park, J.R. (2011) Biological Fieldwork Provision in Higher Education. Accepted for publication in Bioscience Education.
• Westbury, D.B., Park, J.R., Mauchline, A.L., Crane, R.T. & Mortimer, S.R. (2010) Assessing the environmental performance of English arable and livestock holdings using data from the Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN). Journal of Environmental Management, DOI 10.1016/j.jenvman.2010.10.051
• Park.,J.R., McFarlane,I., Phipps, R.H, and Ceddia, G (2010) The role of transgenic crops for sustainable development. Accepted by Plant Biotechnology Journal. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2010.00565.x
• Tate,G. and Park, J.R. (2010) Farming and Food Production Developments in the Shropshire Hills Environmentally Sensitive Area (SHESA) 1997-2008. Journal of Farm Management. Vol 13, 779-789.
• Mortimer, S.R., Mauchline, A.L., Park, J.R., Finn, J., Edwards, D. and Morris, J. (2010) Evaluation of Agri-Environment and Forestry Schemes with Multiple Objectives. Eurochoices Vol 9, Published Online: Apr 1 2010. DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-692X.2010.00149.x
• Purvis, G., Louwagie, G., Northey, G., Mortimer, S., Park, J., Mauchline, A., Finn, J., Primdahl, J., Vejre, H., Vesterager, J., Knickel, K., Kasperczyk, N., Balázs, K., Vlahos,G., Christopoulos, S. and Peltolah, J. (2009) Conceptual development of a harmonised method for tracking change and evaluating policy in the agri-environment: The Agri-environmental Footprint Index. Journal of Environmental Science and Policy, Vol 12, p321-337 (see http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2009.01.005).
• Park, J.R., Stabler, M.J., Jones, P.J., Mortimer, S.R., Tiffin, J.R. and Tranter, R.B. (2009) Evaluating the role of environmental quality in the sustainable rural economic development of England. Environment, Development and Sustainability, Vol 11, p735-750 (see http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10668-008-9140-9).

Qualifications:

Cert Ed (Wolverhampton); BSc (Newcastle); Phd (Cranfield)
Professional Membership:
Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv)
Member of Association of Applied Biologists, British Ecological Society and the Institute of Agricultural Management
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Teaching Resource Development:

• Environmental Challenges in Farm Management website
• Centre of Excellence in the Teaching and Learning of Undergraduate Research Skills (CETL-AURS)
• Engage in Research Undergraduate Teaching Resource
• Bioscience Horizons, National Undergraduate Journal
• Engage in feedback Resource for tutors on enhancing feedback provision
• Video for feedback Resource site on the use of video for feedback