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Personal profile
Personal Statement
I joined the Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry in January 2018 and specialise in teaching organic chemistry and spectroscopy, lead the departmental employability agenda and co-facilitate the industrial placement programme for MChem students.
Prior to my career in academia, I worked in the not-for-profit sector and also in industry.
I have an interest in chemistry education research with a particular focus on student employability skills, adoption of new teaching practices and comparison between experts and novices in solving chemical problems.
Teaching Interests
My current teaching responsibilities include:
CH107 Organic Chemistry and Spectroscopy
CH208 Fundamental Organic Chemistry and Spectroscopy
CH214/218 Practical and Transferable/Employability Skills
CH315/CH306 Practical and Transferable/Employability Skills
CH450/458 Distance Learning - Organic Chemistry
CH437 - Final year BSc programme Career Skills
I am also the Departmental Employability Lead.
Industrial Relevance
Chair of SCI (Society of Chemical Industry) Scotland Group and have an interest in fostering links between academia and industry and also increasing students' employability skills.
Operations Lead (Department Industrial Placement Team), working closely with industrial partners and assisting MChem students (~60 annually) with obtaining an industrial placement during their 4th year of study.
Academic / Professional qualifications
PGCert (Learning and Teaching)
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry
Education/Academic qualification
Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Higher Education Academy HEA
Award Date: 31 Jul 2015
Doctor of Philosophy, The Development of Pd(II) catalysed oxidative Heck reactions and CH functionalisations, Heriot-Watt University
Award Date: 24 Jun 2015
Member, Royal Society of Chemistry
Master of Chemistry, University of Durham
External positions
Chair, Scotland National Group, Society of Chemical Industry
Oct 2018 → …
Treasurer - Scotland National Group, Society of Chemical Industry
Sept 2017 → Oct 2018
Keywords
- Employability
- Pedagogy
- Organic Chemistry
- Spectroscopy
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EPSRC IAA: Vlog Outreach Project
Scott, F., Willison, D. & Walker, S.
1/05/23 → 30/04/24
Project: Internally funded project
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Tetrazine‐responsive self‐immolative linkers
Neumann, K., Jain, S., Gambardella, A., Walker, S. E., Valero, E., Lilienkampf, A. & Bradley, M., 3 Jan 2017, In: Chembiochem. 18, 1, p. 91-95 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile38 Citations (Scopus)171 Downloads (Pure) -
Oxidative Heck desymmetrisation of 2,2-disubstituted cyclopentene-1,3-diones
Walker, S. E., Lamb, C. J. C., Beattie, N. A., Nikodemiak, P. & Lee, A. -L., 7 Mar 2015, In: Chemical Communications. 51, p. 4089-4092 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile30 Citations (Scopus)12 Downloads (Pure)
Prizes
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Associate Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry
Walker, Sarah (Recipient), 2011
Prize: Election to learned society
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Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Walker, Sarah (Recipient), Sept 2019
Prize: Election to learned society
Activities
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Examining the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on student employability: An employer’s perspective
Sarah Walker (Speaker), Fraser Scott (Contributor) & Lorraine Gibson (Contributor)
7 Jul 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Outreach that reaches all
Fraser Scott (Interviewee), Debra Willison (Interviewee) & Sarah Walker (Interviewee)
6 Jul 2022Activity: Public Engagement and Other Activities › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation