Dr
Jo Beukers-StewartProfile page
Senior Lecturer
Faculty of Science, Business and Enterprise
TEACHING INTERESTS
Programme Leadership: Strategic lead for BSc Marine Biology (2019-2023) and MSc Marine & Coastal Processes (2024-2025), including validation, curriculum design, quality assurance, and student experience. Successfully led cohort recovery strategies and developed innovative international field programmes.
Module Leadership: Lead coordinator for large interdisciplinary module (NS4001; 20 staff), implementing structured team management, assessment standardisation, and R-based data skills innovation to enhance student attainment and consistency. Also lead Reefs, Roots and Meadows, a specialist module (NS6016), delivering cutting-edge content focused on seascape ecology and ecosystem connectivity, enabling in-depth, research-informed understanding of linked marine habitats.
Teaching & Student Experience
- · Deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching across marine biology, animal behaviour, ecology, conservation and sustainability.
- · Supervise student dissertations, including field-based and international research projects.
- · Designed and led international field expeditions integrating research-led teaching and employability skills.
- · Strong focus on inclusive, applied, and skills-based learning, including development of quantitative (R) resources.
- · Consistent commitment to enhancing student outcomes, progression, and engagement.
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
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- COURSE DEVELOPEDMarine Biology BSc1 Sep 2020Joanne Beukers-Stewart, University of Chester