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Dr Joe Allen - Lecturers in Industry


Dr Philip Riseborough, Head of Higher Qualifications and Awards, City and Guilds, Dr Joe Allen School of Education and Mrs Brenda McLaughlin Pro-Chancellor.
Seven Senior Awards at the highest level in City and Guilds were presented to lecturers in further and higher education who took part in the ‘Lecturers into Industry’ programme. Among those receiving this award was Dr Joe Allen School of Education and the first Queen’s member of staff to receive this qualification.

A Teaching Fellow in the School of Education, Dr Allen, whose placement was with Belfast e-learning company Synergy Learning, said: “I found my participation in the ‘Lecturers into Industry’ scheme to be particularly valuable in terms of the benefits which I can pass on to my students in the School of Education. These students are in full-time employment and as part of their assessment are involved in work-based project and portfolio development.”

A further 20 academics at Queen’s are due to complete their placements this year. The ‘Lecturers into Industry’ scheme is funded by the Department for Employment and Learning (DEL) through the Proteus organisation and is co-ordinated by the School of Education’s Senior Awards Office and by the Queen’s University’s Regional Office.