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Dawne Irving-Bell, PhD, is a Reader and Senior Learning and Teaching Fellow with extensive experience of working in secondary, further and Higher Education settings.

As a teacher, Dawne is passionate about inspiring students, enabling them to achieve their full potential. Dawne’s experiences shape her values, and she believes that effective learning is cultivated from positive relationships with students, which starts with excellent teaching. With students at the heart of her practice she creates ‘conversational’ environments where mutual respect nurtures the spirit as well as the mind, engaging learning opportunities that help all students to reach their potential.

Dawne is dedicated to raising the profile of SoTL and passionate about creating opportunities for others. She established and leads #OER The National Teaching Repository, a platform where colleagues can share interventions that lead to real improvements in teaching and learning in a way that secures recognition for their practice, making it citable, sharable and discoverable.