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Dr Glenda Tinney BSc, PGCE, MA, PhD

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Senior Lecturer

Institute of Education and Humanities

Tel: +44 (0) 1267 676605
Email: g.tinney@uwtsd.ac.uk

Role in the University

  • Admissions Tutor for Early Years programmes
  • Module co-ordinator
  • Marketing Lead for Childhood, Youth and Education Studies
  • Accreditation of Prior Learning (RPEL Officer)
  • Member of HEA Panel
  • Member of the Early Years Centre for Research and Innovation (CRI)
  • Postgraduate Supervision including PhD level.

Background

I started my career as a biologist at Lancaster University and then moved to teaching in the further education and adult learning sector teaching wellbeing, social care and science courses.

In 2002, I combined my interest in wellbeing, outdoor learning and sustainability when I was appointed a lecturer at the University of Wales, Trinity Saint David delivering undergraduate and postgraduate programmes linked to environmental awareness, conservation and sustainable development.

In, 2007 I was appointed as a Senior Lecturer School of Early Childhood  where I have been able to link my interest in sustainability and wellbeing with young children’s experiences of Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship (ESDGC) in Wales. I have a level 3 Forest School Leader qualification which supports my work with children and adults in the outdoors.  I regularly volunteer in a local setting supporting outdoor learning.

Academic Interests

My academic interests include outdoor play and learning, learning in nature, sustainability and global citizenship and science concepts in early childhood.

I teach on several undergraduate and postgraduate courses including subjects such as :

  • Outdoor Learning in Early Childhood
  • Science in Early Childhood
  • Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship in the Early Years.
  • Research for Learning.
  • Inclusion and Early Childhood.
  • Leadership and Team Building in Early Childhood Settings.
  • Literate Environments
  • Early Years Curriculum
  • Postgraduate research dissertations
  • Postgraduate supervision includes links to sustainability in early childhood and posthumanism approaches

Research Interests

I continue to develop my research interests in the field of sustainability and young children. I also have a responsibility for Admissions to Early Years courses and this has supported my research interests in widening access and developing robust methods for attracting non-traditional students from different communities into higher education. 

This also includes exploring student attitudes to Welsh medium provision. I have also undertaken research  exploring children’s early engagement with stories and books in the context of shared reading with young children and families. My current interests are also linked to exploring science concepts through play.

Expertise

  • Outdoor learning and learning in nature.
  • Sustainability and global citizenship.
  • Science concepts in early education.
  • Level 3 Forest School Leader.
  • Developing accessible higher education provision
  • Organising recruitment and admissions events and resources.
  • Gold Standard = Sustained Shared Thinking and Emotioanl Wellbeing Scale.