Tim Harrison - Bristol ChemLabS School Teacher Fellow and Outreach Director
Tim studied Chemistry at King’s College, University of London from 1978-1981 and a Postgraduate Certificate of Education (PGCE) at Warwick from 1981-1982.
He began teaching at Crown Woods School (ILEA), in Eltham, London from 1982-1988. His responsibilities included being 2nd in charge of Chemistry and in charge of less able science.
In 1988 he moved to Rednock School, Dursley, Gloucestershire as Head of Chemistry and was the Science College Director responsible for working with the community and extracurricular science activities for his students. Tim also taught at Mackay North SHS, Queensland, Australia as a seconded teacher of Chemistry.
Tim holds an Open University MSc in Science 1999-2003 (part time) and is also a marker and item writer for a number of examination boards.
Tim has a major interest in the promotion of Chemistry with school students in particular. He has written a number of articles for schools and students. Tim is on the Educational Panel for the Cheltenham Festivals, the RSC Committee for Schools and Colleges, is an associate editor for the Chemistry Review magazine, a member of the RSC's Western Region of the Analytical Division and is the Education Officer for the Bristol and District region of the RSC. In December 2011 Tim was the guest editor for a contemporary science edition of School Science Review.
Together with Dudley Shallcross, and working with Learning Science Ltd, Tim co-authored the practical chemistry support software package Chemistry LabSkills that was presented to all UK schools and teacher training institutions through sponsorship by Pfizer and the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Since 2005 Tim has been the first Bristol ChemLabS School Teacher Fellow in the School of Chemistry. He has been actively engaged with promoting this role in other organisations and in working with other School Teacher Fellows. He was awarded a Royal Society of Chemistry Schools Education Award in 2005 and the University of Bristol's Engagement Award for the Faculty of Science in 2007. Most recently in March 2010, Tim was awarded one of the Royal Society's new prestigious 'Hauksbee Awards' to recognize the 'unsung heroes of science' (further information on the Hawksbee Award 2010 winners may be found here ) With the appointment of Dudley Shallcross as the new Director of the AstraZeneca Science Teaching Trust announced in May 2010, Tim has been appointed as the Bristol ChemLabS Outreach Director in addition to being the Science Communicator in Residence.
Email: T.G.Harrison@bristol.ac.uk
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More information about the Bristol ChemLabS outreach activities.
‘The Role of the School Teacher Fellow’,
D. E. Shallcross and T. G. Harrison, Chemistry Education Research and Practice, Volume 8 (1), January 2007