Staff Profile:Dr Michelle Reid

Name:

Dr Michelle Reid

Job Title:

Study Adviser

Responsibilities:

Study Adviser

Michelle gives one-to-one study advice sessions, teaches workshops on effective study practices, and works with departments on developing embedded study courses. She has recently taught and consulted on the new Part 1 module, "Skills for Psychology". She is nominated liaison Study Adviser for the Faculty of Social Sciences and Henley Business School.

Areas of Interest:

Michelle leads on developing study resources for postgraduate students, and is currently researching issues with study experienced by taught Masters students. She is also interested in all forms of academic writing, and has run very successful workshops on writing dissertations for both undergraduates and postgraduates. She is using ideas of informative writing, genre, writing for an audience, and academic literacies to inform her research on report writing. She is also interested in the technologies and strategies that different groups of students use to manage their time.

Michelle gained her PhD in "National Identity in Australian and Canadian Science Fiction" from Reading in 2005. She continues to research and publish on postcolonialism and science fiction in her spare time.

Research groups / Centres:

Michelle is Deputy Chair of the Association for Learning Development in Higher Education (ALDinHE) and Chair of ALDinHE's Professional Development Working Group. She was Research Officer at Reading for the LearnHigher CETL from 2007-2010, conducting research into report writing and time management in higher education. She is currently researching issues with study experienced by taught Masters students.

Publications:

Reid, M. (2010), 'More than just having the right headings: supporting students' report writing', Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education, Issue 2.

Papers presented include:

"A Model for an Embedded SkillsModule" - Learning Development in Higher Education Network (LDHEN) Symposium, University of Bradford 2007.

"What is a report? Differences in report writing across departments" - English for Academic Purposes Research Group, University of Reading 2007.

"Skills for Psychology: A New Collaborative Module" - Teaching and Learning Days, University of Reading 2007.