Educational research

We conduct educational research aimed at understanding how aerosol science can be taught effectively and ways in which this can be improved, as well as the experiences of our postgraduate researchers, and issues related to doctoral education more broadly – our list of publications and presentations below gives a sense of our work in this area.

Publications and presentations

• Building a UK Research and Innovation Pipeline in Aerosol Science, Murnane, D., Boies, A., and Reid, J. P., UK Aerosol Society, 2018
• Press release relating to the award of EPSR funding for the CDT, UK Aerosol Society, 2019
• Training the next generation for aerosol science, Reid, J. P., Knox, K. J., Boies, A., Miles, R. E. H. & Murnane, D., Drug Delivery to the Lungs, 11 Dec 2019, p. 52-53; Volume 30
• Implementing a Team-Based Learning approach to teach a multidisciplinary cohort of graduate students an interdisciplinary science, Miles, R. E. H., Knox, K. J. & Reid, J. P., presented at the 20th Annual Meeting of the Team-Based Learning Collaborative, March 2021
• Revolutionizing education in aerosol science, Reid, J. P., Knox, K. J., Boies, A., Miles, R. E. H. & Murnane, D., International Environmental Technology, 2022, 32.1 (January/February)
• Aerosol Science: Revealing Complexity and Exploring Multi-Disciplinarity, Reid, J. P., Knox, K. J., Boies, A., Miles, R. E. H. & Murnane, D., presented at the University of Hertfordshire Physics, Engineering and Computer Science Research Conference, April 2022
• Cohort-based doctoral training through Team-Based Learning, Knox, K. J. & Miles, R. E. H., presented at the 20th Annual Meeting of the Team-Based Learning Collaborative, April 2022
• The Centre for Doctoral Training in Aerosol Science, Knox, K. J., Reid, J. P., Boies, A., Miles, R. E. H. & Murnane, D., presented at the Annual Aerosol Society Conference, York, UK, November 2022
• The EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Aerosol Science, Miles, R. E. H., Knox, K. J., Murnane, D., Boies, A., Lucas, K., Hartley, Y., Archard, S., Hardy, D. A. & Reid, J. P., presented at the Annual Aerosol Society Conference, York, UK, November 2022
• Interdisciplinary doctoral education through multidisciplinary Team-Based Learning, Knox, K. J. & Miles, R.E.H., accepted for presentation at the European Team-Based Learning Symposium and TALENT Project Showcase but cancelled owing to illness, University of Bradford, UK, November 2022
• Building an inclusive community and cohort identity in the EPSRC CDT in Aerosol Science, Miles, R.E.H. & Knox, K.J., presented at the Bristol Institute for Learning and Teaching: Postgraduate Research Supervisor Symposium, University of Bristol, UK, December 2022
• The Centre for Doctoral Training in Aerosol Science: A Case Study. Knox, K. J., 2023, in The Science Education Initiative Handbook, Chasteen, S. V. and Code, W. J. (ed.), first published 2018
• Building interdisciplinary learning communities for doctoral education through multidisciplinary Team-Based Learning. Knox, K.J. & Miles, R.E.H., Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching Conference 2023, Anglia Ruskin University, UK, April 2023
• Building community through assessment pedagogy: Two-stage assessments, Miles, R. E. H., Knox, K. J. & Reid, J. P., presentation at the Bristol Institute for Learning and Teaching Annual Conference, University of Bristol, UK, July 2023.
• An inclusive recruitment and training process for postgraduate researchers in a multi-institutional, multidisciplinary centre for doctoral training, Miles, R. E. H., Knox, K. J. and Reid, J. P., poster presentation at the GW4 EDI STEMM conference, Cardiff University, UK, September 2023.
• Developing an inclusive recruitment process in the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Aerosol Science, Miles, R. E. H., and Knox, K. J., invited oral presentation to the Yorkshire Consortium for Equity in Doctoral Education Quarterly Meeting, online, Dec 2023.
• Peer-to-peer learning and support: Two-stage assessments, Miles, R. E. H., Knox, K. J., and Reid, J. P., case study published by the Bristol Institute for Learning and Teaching, Feb 2024.
• Co-creation and implementation of an inclusive doctoral training programme, Miles, R. E. H., Knox, K. J., Reid, J. P., Boies, A., and Murnane, D., oral presentation at the UKCGE 6^th International Conference on Developments in Doctoral Education & Training, Bath, UK, March 2024.