Dawne Irving-Bell, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer in Teaching and Learning development within the Centre for Learning and Teaching at Edge Hill University.

She has extensive experience of working in secondary, further and Higher Education settings and is a member of The Centre for Higher Education Research and Evaluation at Lancaster University.

Dawne’s research interests include the formation of learner identity, with a particular focus on STEM subject disciplines. The Scholarship of Learning and Teaching (SoTL) and pedagogical approaches to learning and teaching,  including the use of technology (and social media) to engage and enhance learning. She also enjoys lecturing on visual thinking and advocates for technology and design education.

Dawne is a member of The Staff and Educational Development Association’s (SEDA) Conference and Events Committee and was recently invited to join the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning's (ISSOTL) Narrative Inquiry Collaborative Writing Group.

Dawne is the Network Lead for the AdvanceHE Connect Social Media for Learning Group, Editor of the Journal of Social Media for Learning and a member of the Scientific Committee for EuroSoTL: Building Communities through the Scholarship of Learning and Teaching which will be hosted at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK in 2021.

Dawne is a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (PFHEA) and leads on the University’s Graduate Teaching Assistant Teaching in Higher Education Programme, and the Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education Developing Practice through Pedagogic Research Module.

In her current position Dawne chairs institutional enquiries and leads on university-wide strategies to enhance the student learning experience, including Personal Tutoring and Induction and Transitions.

ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8943-9559

Email: belld@edgehill.ac.uk