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Personal profile
Personal Statement
Current Responsibilities
Seconded to the Office of the Vice Principal (2017-present)
Undertake duties to support the Vice Prinicpal's portfolio in Learning and Teaching.
Chair of Strathclyde Online (2017-present)
Committee which oversees the coordination and development of digital education activity across the institution with the aim of realizing opportunities, maximizing connectivity and support.
Vice Dean Academic, Faculty of Science (2015-present)
Responsible for the strategic development of teaching and learning in the Faculty of Science, playing a key role in the development of the Faculty academic plan and guiding departments in determining their academic strategy to support this plan.
Key areas of activity include:
- student recruitment
- curriculum development
- learning enhancement
- retention
- widening participation
- quality assurance
Research Interests
My research interests centre on the enhancement of learning and teaching within the following areas of focus:
- Student Transitions in Higher Education
- Students as Partners in Academic Development
- Personal Development Planning
- Employability
- Widening Participation
Previously, my research profile centred on the synthesis of ferrocene derivatives and metal carbonyl complexes and their use as chiral auxiliaries in asymmetric synthesis.
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Network
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Projects
National Project for BGE Pupils: Analysis of Soil in Scottish Schools
Project: Knowledge Exchange
National Project for BGE Pupils: Global Challenges of Clean Water
Willison, D., Davidson, C. & Scott, F.
1/07/19 → 1/07/20
Project: Research
Research Output
BGE Pupils: Analysis of Soils in Scottish Schools (SPELT)
Willison, D. & Davidson, C., 24 Jan 2019, Glasgow: University of Strathclyde.Research output: Working paper › Other working paper
Measuring copper, lead and zinc concentrations and oral bioaccessibility as part of the Soils in Scottish Schools project
Davidson, C. M., Duncan, C., MacNab, C., Pringle, B., Stables, S. J. & Willison, D., 11 Mar 2019, In : Minerals. 9, 3, 13 p., 173.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
File
1
Citation
(Scopus)
12
Downloads
(Pure)
Datasets
School Resources For: How Safe is Your Playground? Analysing Soil in Scottish Schools Through a University Outreach Project
Scott, F. (Creator), Willison, D. (Creator), Davidson, C. (Creator), University of Strathclyde, 13 Mar 2020
DOI: 10.15129/c58a7928-a9fe-462d-b3f9-8b5e4df164f4
Dataset
Prizes
Chartered Chemist of the Royal Society of Chemistry
Debbie Willison (Recipient), 1990
Prize: Election to learned society
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Debbie Willison (Recipient), 2008
Prize: Election to learned society
Activities
University of Manchester
Debra Willison (Visiting researcher)26 Feb 2020
Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Visiting an external academic institution
Multidisciplinary Perspectives of Sustainable Development
Debra Willison (Speaker)29 Jan 2020 → 30 Jan 2020
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation