Dr
Karen Poulter (formerly Ayres)
Contact
details
Room 205, Maths Building
School of Mathematical, Physical and
Computational Sciences, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of
Reading, PO Box 220, Reading, RG6 6AX.
Phone: 0118 378 8023
Email: k.l.poulter@reading.ac.uk
A full CV is given
below, covering teaching, administration & leadership, outreach and
research activities. This should be more than anyone would ever want to know
about me!
Qualifications
and Experience
Present
appointment: Associate
Professor (previously Senior Lecturer), Department of Mathematics and
Statistics, University of Reading, from October 2011
Education
and qualifications:
2002-2003 Certificate in Further Professional
Studies in Higher Education,
1995-1998 PhD
Applied Statistics,
1994-1995 MSc Statistics, London School of
Economics and Political Science,
1991-1994 BSc Pure Mathematics (1st class honours),
Queen Mary & Westfield College,
Previous
appointments:
Jan.
2002 – Sep. 2011
Lecturer in Applied Statistics,
School/Section of Applied Statistics (2001 - 2010), then Department of
Mathematics and Statistics (2010 - 2011), University of Reading
Aug.
1999 – Dec. 2001
Postdoctoral Research
Assistant (BBSRC funded), Department of Applied Statistics,
Jan.
1999 – July 1999
Postdoctoral Research
Assistant, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, St Bartholomew’s and the
Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry
Teaching
My current
appointment is now teaching focused, and so most of my activities are centred
on teaching and T&L leadership.
Awards:
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2024 |
Received
the SMPCS Ellie Highwood Award for Mentoring. The citation included “Her
active listening skills coupled with insightful questioning and constructive
suggestions create a nurturing environment for growth.” |
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2023 |
Nominated for RUSU
(Reading University Students Union) Teaching Excellence Award. |
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2016 |
Awarded
the University Collaborative Award for Outstanding Contributions to Teaching
and Learning - awarded to a team of Orla Kennedy, Tania Lyden, Natalie
Tarling, Phil Dash, Becky Thomas, Guja Bandini and me, for piloting the
Thrive Career Mentoring Scheme in 2015 |
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2015 |
Awarded the RUSU
(Reading University Students Union) Teaching Excellence Award for Science,
which is a student nominated award - the citation reads "Karen is
extremely engaging and responsive to students and shows true passion for her
subject. Not only has Karen pioneered Teaching and learning seminars, but she
has also led careers talks and has been actively working with Course Reps to
improve Academic Representation in her department." |
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2015 |
Awarded a
University Teaching Fellowship (UTF), which is a "prestigious award
conferred to an individual who has demonstrated individual excellence and
contributed to the development and/or support of teaching and learning within
the University" |
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2014 |
Made Senior Fellow of the
Higher Education Academy |
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2013 |
Made Fellow of the
Higher Education Academy |
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2010 |
Awarded an Early Career University Teaching
Fellowship (UTF), which included funding of just under £10,000 for a project
in teaching and learning. My project was to develop a system for delivering
self-study questions and examples tailored to the ability of a student. |
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2007 |
School Award for Teaching Excellence |
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2005 |
School Award for Teaching Excellence (Rising
Star) |
Development
and delivery of continuing professional development workshops:
I have developed and delivered
workshops on leadership concepts related to teaching and learning, as part of
the University's open programme of staff development workshops, and for
students.
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2025 |
CQSD: Leading Enhancement in Teaching and Learning [my
contribution 50%] |
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Imposter Syndrome, for undergraduates |
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2022-2023 |
Leading Yourself (for students) as part of the SMPCS Ada
Lovelace Day |
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Leading Yourself (Part 1 and 2), for SMPCS Executive Support |
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2019-2020 |
CQSD T&L Essentials: Leading Enhancement [my contribution
50%] – twice |
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2018-2019 |
CQSD T&L Leadership & You: Leading Yourself [my
contribution 33%] – twice |
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2018 |
CQSD T&L Leadership & Curriculum Review [my contribution
70%] |
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2017-2019 |
CQSD T&L Change Leadership & You [my contribution 45%] –
3 times |
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2017-2018 |
CQSD T&L Leadership & You [my contribution 50%] – 5
times |
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2017 |
CQSD The Curriculum Framework & You: Getting Started [my
contribution 50%] – twice |
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CQSD Chairing and servicing SBTLs [my contribution 80%] |
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2017-2020 |
RUSU Chairing & being effective in meetings (for RUSU
academic course reps) – ~14 times |
Leadership
in teaching and learning:
I have held many T&L admin
and leadership roles during my career. From 2006-2010 I simultaneously held
almost every leadership and administrative role relating to teaching and
learning in Applied Statistics, and effectively had sole responsibility for UG
provision, and shared responsibility for PG taught provision for four years.
Since 2010 and the merger of Applied Statistics with Mathematics, I have
continued to seek out leadership opportunities where I can.
Department/School
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2021-
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Director
of Undergraduate Studies (includes programme director for some of the
programmes) |
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2021- |
Chair
of the Board of Studies & Student Experience for Mathematics &
Statistics |
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2020 |
Chair
of School Personal Titles Committee (stand-in) |
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2019-2020 |
Chair
of Computer Science Curriculum Review Steering Group |
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2018-2019 |
Lead
for Periodic Review process for computer science programmes |
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2016-2020 |
Chair
of the School Board for Teaching and Learning |
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2015-2021 |
School
Director of Teaching and Learning (SDTL) |
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2015-2016,
2004-2012 |
School
e-Learning Coordinator (previously School Learning Technology Coordinator) |
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2015 |
Lead
for the Department of Mathematics and Statistics' successful Periodic Review
of programmes (which took place in April 2015) |
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2014-2015 |
Departmental
Lead of an Employability Task Force |
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2012-2016 |
Departmental
Director of Teaching and Learning for Mathematics & Statistics |
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2011-2014 |
Director
of the Department’s Statistical Advisory Service |
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2010 |
Lead
for the successful Periodic Review of applied statistics programmes Chair
of a light scrutiny panel for a proposed new programme in Psychology |
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2006-2015 |
Programme
Director/Advisor for undergraduate statistics programmes |
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2006-2010 |
Executive
Director of Teaching and Learning in Applied Statistics Chair
of Board of Studies for UG programmes in Statistics |
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2004-2011 |
Co-Director, MSc in Biometry |
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University |
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2024- |
Chair
of the DELT Reassessment Working Group |
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2023- |
Alternative
Chair of the University’s Senate Standing Committee on Examination Results
(SSCER) |
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2022-2023 |
Chair
of Work Package 1 of the Enabling Programme Design Workstream of the
Portfolio Review Pathway |
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2022 |
Chair
of the Periodic Review Working Group |
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2021-2022 |
Chair
of the Contact Hours & Alternative Approaches Working Group |
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2021 |
Co-Chair
(interim) of the Standing Committee on Academic Misconduct |
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2020 |
Chair
of the Module Change Deadlines Working Group Chair
of the Degree Outcomes Statement Working Group |
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2017- |
Co-Chair
of the University's Sub-committee for the Delivery and Enhancement of
Learning and Teaching (DELT) |
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2017-2018 |
Chair
of the SAS T&L Operations/DTL/Senior Tutor Forum |
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2017 |
Chair
of the University's Review of SBTLs Working Group |
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2014-2017 |
Deputy
Chair of the University’s Senate Standing Committee on Examination Results
(SSCER) |
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Other
administrative roles and activities, including involvement in QA/QE processes:
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Department/School
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2021- |
Member
of the Student-Staff Partnership Group for Mathematics & Statistics |
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2016-2022 |
Member
of School WIDE committee Member
of School Athena SWAN self-assessment team |
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2016-2021 |
Member
of Boards of Studies and Student Staff Liaison Committees for Mathematics
& Statistics |
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2016-2021 |
Member
of Board of Studies and Student-Staff Liaison Committee (-2020) for Computer
Science Member
of the Computer Science Industrial Advisory Board |
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2015-2016 |
Member
of Board of Studies for PG programmes in Mathematical & Physical Sciences |
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2014-2020 |
Member
of Mathematics and Statistics Student Staff Liaison Committee |
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2014-2015, 2010-2011 |
Member
of School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences Student Staff Liaison
Committee |
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2012-2013 |
Principal
Internal Examiner for undergraduate programmes in Mathematics &
Statistics |
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2010-2016 |
Member
of Board of Studies for UG programmes in Mathematical & Physical
Sciences. |
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2010-2011,
2003-2007 |
Departmental
Career Management Skills Tutor |
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2009-2010 |
Statistical
Advisory Service Coordinator |
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2006-2015 |
Departmental
Timetabler |
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2006-2010 |
Internal
Examiner for MSc in Biometry Undergraduate
Admissions Tutor for Applied Statistics |
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2005- |
Internal
Examiner for undergraduate programmes (statistics and then mathematics) |
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2004-2010 |
Diploma Admissions tutor Member of Board of Studies for
MSc in Biometry Member of Applied Statistics
Staff Student Committee |
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2003-2007 |
Careers Coordinator, Applied
Statistics |
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2002-2007 |
Demonstrators coordinator |
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2002-2005 |
Lunchtime seminars organiser |
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2002-2004 |
Meetings coordinator of the
Statistical Genetics research group |
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2001-2002 |
Secretary to Board of Studies
for UG programmes in Statistics |
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1999-2010 |
Webmaster for School/Section of Applied
Statistics |
University
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2023-2024 |
Member
of the PRP Enabling Principles Workstream |
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2022- |
Member
of the Academic Integrity Review Working Group |
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2022-2023 |
Member
of the Programme Review and Monitoring Working Group Member
of the T&L Contingencies Working Group Member
of the Learn Domain group (drafting the Learning, Teaching & Assessment
section of the submission for the University Mental Health Charter) |
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2022 |
Member
of the University Personal Titles Race Equality Review Group |
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2021- |
Member
of the University Personal Titles Committee (Senate representative) |
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2021-2023 |
Member
of the Student Policies and Processes Working Group |
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2020-2021 |
Member
of the Autumn Term Teaching / Teaching & Learning Delivery Group |
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2020 |
Member
of the 2019/20 University Personal Titles Committee Appeal Board Member
of the Trailing Results Working Group |
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2019-2021 |
Member
of the Data Management and Dissemination Working Group |
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2019 |
Member
of the Periodic Review Panel for Chemistry |
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2018-
, 2013-2016 |
Member
of the University Senate |
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2018 |
Member
of the University’s Felix Scholarships Selection Panel |
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2017- |
Member
of the University Board for Teaching and Learning and Student Experience
(UBTLSE) |
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2017-2019 |
Member
of the 'People Strategy' / ‘People Plan’ Project Board |
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2017 |
Member
of the University's Grades Working Group Member
of the University's Learning Analytics Programme Board Member
of the Periodic Review Panel for Pre-Experience postgraduate programmes in
Henley Business School |
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2016 |
Member
of the University's SAS T&L Programme Board |
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2015-2021 |
Member
of School Personal Titles Committee Member
of School Steering Committee / School Executive Board Member
of Board of Studies and Student-Staff Liaison Committee (-2020) for
Meteorology |
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2015-2017 |
External
member of Programme Special Cases Sub-committees (2 in 2015, 2 in 2016, 3 in
2017) |
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2015-2016 |
Member
of the University's Student Careers and Employability Group Member
of the University's Sub-committee for the Delivery and Enhancement of
Learning and Teaching (DELT) Member
of the University's Enhancement Week Task Force Member
of the University's Module Delivery Working Group Member
of the University's Progression Rule Working Group |
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2014-2015 |
Member
of the University's Careers Strategy Implementation Group Member
of the University's Student Academic Representation Task and Finish Group Member
of the University's Review of Enhancement Week Working Group |
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2012- |
Member
of the University’s Senate Standing Committee on Examination Results (SSCER) |
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2012-2013 |
Member
of the University's KIS Working Group Member
of scrutiny panels (2012, 2013) for proposed UG and PG programmes at Reading |
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2012,
2008 |
Member
of team chosen to meet the panel for questions for the QAA Institutional
Audit (2008) and Review (2012) of the University |
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2011 |
Member
of the Periodic Review Panel for Economics programmes Member
of the University's Integrated Masters Progression Working Group |
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2010-2011 |
Member
of the University’s Committee for Student Recruitment and Marketing (StReaM) Member of the Steering Group
for the University’s JISC-funded DEVELOP project |
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2008-2015 |
Member
of Board of Studies for MSc programmes in Food Biosciences Member
of Board of Studies for MPharm programme |
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2006-2012 |
Member
of the Joint Faculty Committee of Programme Advisors |
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2006-2010 |
Member
of Board of Studies for UG programmes in Biological Sciences |
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2005-2010 |
Member
of Faculty Staff-Student Committee |
Sector
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2007-2010 |
Senior Examiner for the Royal
Statistical Society examinations |
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2002-2003 |
Member of the Royal Statistical
Society Careers Promotion Committee |
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2000-2007 |
Voluntary webmaster for the
Royal Statistical Society |
Teaching
and learning grants:
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2015 |
£20000, Teaching and Learning Development Fund Member of a team of three (PI: Dawn Willoughby) on a
two-year project to develop a set of SPOCs (Small Private Online Courses) in
applied statistics for use across the University in future skills activities. |
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2011 |
£420, Faculty of Science Teaching and Learning Development
Fund Student project: to create screencasts to accompany
statistical tutorials for four packages. |
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2010 |
£1260, University Alumni Annual Fund Student project: to
create computing Tip Sheets for use in the Statistical Advisory Service. |
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2009 |
£200, University’s Widening Participation Office Student project: to
help develop an outreach activity on forensic statistics. |
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2008 |
£700, University’s Centre for the Development of Teaching
and Learning (CDOTL) For a project to develop a generic Excel-based program for
electronic marking of assessments [joint application with Fiona Underwood and
Mike Dennett]. |
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2006 |
£1800, CDOTL For piloting the Blackboard Academic Suite and e-portfolio facility. |
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2005 |
£300, CDOTL Student project: to evaluate the usefulness of online statistical applets [joint application with Alan Kimber]. |
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£416, CDOTL Student project: to assist in creation of questions and
solutions for use with dedicated Excel macros for e-marking of statistics
assessments. |
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£200, School of Applied Statistics Student project: to produce Minitab self-study guides for
Part 1 students. |
Teaching
load:
I enjoy teaching and consequently try to do a
lot of it!
In 2025-26 I am teaching the following
modules
ST1PS Probability
and Statistics
ST2LMD Linear
Models and Data Analysis
MA3PPR Portfolio
of Projects (supervising group and individual projects)
My past teaching
has included:
Data Analysis (2010-2013), Communicating
Mathematics (2010-2011), Probability (2010-2013,2014-2015), Statistics and
Epidemiology for Life Sciences (2009-2014), Forensic Statistics (2007-2014),
Genetic Data Analysis (2007-2013), Skills for Statisticians (2005-2014),
Statistical Computing and Data Analysis (2015-2016), Statistical Inference and
Modelling (2012-2015), Statistical Methods (2005-2006, 2009-2010), Statistical
Genetics (2002-2011), Statistics (2015-), Research Methods (2006-2010,
2011-2013), Linear Models (2002-2010, 2013-2018), Multivariate Data Analysis
(2002-2017), Epidemiology (2002-2016), Part 3 Mathematics Project (2011-2013),
Statistics Research Project (2005-2014,2015-2016, 2021-2023), Linear Models
& Data Analysis (2021- ), Probability & Statistics (2015- ) and
Portfolio of Projects (2024- ).
I
also supervised on average three MSc in Biometry projects every year from 2002
- 2014.
Outreach
activities
From 2010 - 2016 I was a STEM ambassador, and
my outreach sessions focused on forensic mathematics and statistics:
CSI: Maths
Maths has a vital
role to play in understanding the clues left behind at crime scenes, and
helping to piece together what may have happened. Equations, lines of best fit
and trigonometry, to name just a few topics, all play an important part. The
aim of this session is to use some of these mathematical techniques to analyse
evidence found at the scene of a murder. This is aimed years 11-12 and lasts
1.5 - 2 hours. After a brief introductory talk, students will spend most of the
session working through calculations to identify characteristics of the
murderer. Evidence found at the crime scene includes bloodstains, shoeprints, a
tooth and bullet holes.
From crime scene to
court - maths and stats to solve a murder
We often see TV
programmes about how criminals can be caught and convicted because of DNA,
glass, firearms or other evidence. What we don't see is how mathematics and
statistics can be used to analyse the evidence and determine its significance,
shorten the list of suspects and ultimately help bring the criminal to trial
and obtain a conviction. This session will give you the chance to put into
practice the common mathematical and statistical approaches used to evaluate
evidence from a crime scene, and report results to the jury. This is your
opportunity to be an expert witness!
This is aimed years 12-13, lasts from 1.5 to 2 hours. After a brief
introductory talk, students will spend most of the session evaluating the
strength of the evidence for suspects in a murder case, for DNA, firearms,
glass, eyewitness and fibres evidence. For the longer session, there will be
the chance for students to report results back to the class, as if in a
courtroom.
A further session on
the use of probability for disaster victim identification via DNA profiles was
developed but not delivered.
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2017-2018,
2025 |
Delivered a session on the
mathematics of crime scene investigation for the Reading Scholars Scheme at
the University of Reading |
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2017 |
Delivered a session on the
mathematics of crime scene investigation for students visiting the Department
of Economics at the University of Reading |
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2015 |
I have delivered a Royal
Institution Berkshire Mathematics Masterclass at Kendrick School on the
mathematics of crime scene investigation |
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2013-2015 |
Provided a session each year on the
mathematics of crime scene investigation for the non-residential Summer
School at the University of Reading. |
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2012 |
Delivered an interactive session
three times on the use of S1 statistical techniques in forensics at Forest
School in Wokingham. |
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2012, 2011 |
I have twice delivered a Royal
Institution Berkshire Mathematics Masterclass at Kendrick School on using
mathematics and statistics to solve murders |
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2010-2015 |
I have delivered a talk at the
Department-organised Year 12 Maths day each year in 2010 - 2013, 2015. |
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2009 |
Delivered a talk on forensic
statistics at the University’s Further Maths Day, and at |
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2008 |
Delivered a talk on forensic statistics
at the University’s Further Maths Day, Science Week and a Widening
Participation Summer School. |
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2006 |
Delivered a talk on relatedness
testing statistics at the ASE (Association for Science Education) conference,
and the Abbey School in |
Research and
scholarship
I was on a T&R contract from 2002 – 2013. I
have an eclectic set of publications, reflecting earlier interests in
statistical genetics and forensic statistics, collaborative work in
epidemiology and recent interests in teaching and learning.
Peer-reviewed
articles (34):
K.L. Ayres, A. Wilcox and P. Glaister (2013).
Diversity in mathematics assessment equals diversity in opinion? MSOR
Connections, 13(2), 15-23.
B. Okamura, K.L. Ayres, J. Salgado, T.A.
Davidson, R.F. Shaw, T.W. Stephens , D. Hoare and C.D. Sayer (2013). Shallow
lake sediments provide evidence for metapopulation dynamics: a pilot study.
Aquatic Ecology, 47, 163-176.
K.L. Ayres (2012). Using e-portfolios to
provide regular feedback on final year statistics projects. MSOR Connections,
12(2), 52-54.
P. Glaister, E.M. Glaister and K.L. Ayres
(2012). Engagement ‘with’ or ‘by’ students: two sides of the same coin. MSOR
Connections, 12(2), 22-27.
K.L. Ayres and P. Glaister (2012). Setting the
right hurdle: progression to the final year of an MMath
programme. MSOR Connections, 12(1), 31-33.
K.L. Ayres, P. Glaister and C.J. Smith (2012).
The benefits of an undergraduate teaching and learning placement scheme in
mathematics and statistics. MSOR Connections, 12(1), 2-6.
K.L. Ayres (2011). Anonymous marking of
coursework using a Vigenère-type cipher. British Journal of Educational
Technology 42, E156–E159.
S.L. McDonald, P.A. Maple, N. Andrews, K.E.
Brown, K.L. Ayres, F.T. Scott, M. Al Bassam, A.A. Gershon, S.P. Steinberg, J. Breuer
(2011). Evaluation of the time resolved fluorescence immunoassay (TRFIA) for
the detection of varicella zoster virus (VZV) antibodies following vaccination
of healthcare workers. Journal of Virological Methods 172, 60-65.
M.L. Quinlivan, K.L. Ayres, P.J. Kelly, S.P.
Parker, F.T. Scott, R.W. Johnson, C. Maple, J. Breuer (2011). Persistence of
varicella-zoster virus viraemia in patients with herpes zoster. Journal of
Clinical Virology, 50, 130-135.
K.L. Ayres, Y. Talukder, J. Breuer (2010).
Humoral immunity following chickenpox is influenced by geography and ethnicity.
Journal of Infection, 61, 244-251.
K.L. Ayres and F.M. Underwood (2010).
Electronic marking of statistics assessments for bioscience students.
Bioscience Education, 15, c4 (online journal).
C.S. Ford, K.L. Ayres, N. Toomey, N. Haider, J.
van Alphen Stahl, L.J. Kelly, N. Wikström, P.M. Hollingsworth, R.J. Duff, S.B.
Hoot, R.S. Cowan, M.W. Chase and M.J. Wilkinson (2009). Selection of candidate
coding DNA barcoding regions for use on land plants. Botanical Journal of the
Linnean Society, 159, 1-11.
R.N. Curnow and K.L. Ayres (2007). Population
genetic models can be used to study the evolution of the interacting behaviour
of parents and their progeny. Theoretical Population Biology, 72, 67-76.
M.L. Quinlivan, K. Ayres, H. Ran, S. McElwaine,
M. Leedham-Green, F.T. Scott and J. Breuer (2007). Effect of viral load on the
outcome of Herpes Zoster. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 45, 3909-3914.
K.L. Ayres (2005). The expected performance of
Single Nucleotide Polymorphism loci in paternity testing. Forensic Science
International, 154, 167-172.
K.L. Ayres and R.N. Curnow (2005). Detecting
non-multiplicative genotype relative risks from transmissions of parental
alleles to affected children. Journal of Human Genetics 50, 46-48.
R.D. Bagnall, K.L. Ayres, P.M. Green and F.Giannelli (2005). Gene conversion and evolution of Xq28
duplicons involved in recurring inversions causing severe Hemophilia
A. Genome Research, 15, 214-223.
K.L. Ayres and W.M. Powley (2005). Calculating
the exclusion probability and paternity index for X-chromosomal loci in the
presence of substructure. Forensic Science International, 149, 201-203.
K.L. Ayres and D.J. Balding (2005). Paternity
index calculations when some individuals share common ancestry. Forensic
Science International, 151, 101-103.
K.L. Ayres and A.D.J. Overall (2004). API-CALC
1.0: a computer program for calculating the average probability of identity
allowing for substructure, inbreeding and the presence of close relatives.
Molecular Ecology Notes 4, 315-318.
A.P. Morris, A.D. Pedder and K.L. Ayres (2003).
Linkage disequilibrium assessment via log-linear modelling of SNP haplotype
frequencies. Genetic Epidemiology 25, 106-114.
T. Anagnostopoulos, A.P. Morris, K.L. Ayres, F.Giannelli and P.M. Green (2003). DNA variation in a 13 Mb
region including the F9 gene: inferring the genealogical history and causal
role of a haemophilia B mutation (IVS 5+13 A->G) Journal of Thrombosis &
Haemostasis 1, 2609-2614.
K.L. Ayres, J. Chaseling
and D.J. Balding (2002). Implications for DNA identification arising from an
analysis of Australian forensic databases. Forensic Science International 129,
90-98.
K.L. Ayres (2002). Paternal exclusion in the
presence of substructure. Forensic Science International 129, 142-144.
J.R.W. Masters, J.A. Thomson, B. Daly-Burns,
Y.A. Reid, W. Dirks, P. Packer, L.H. Toji, T. Ohno,
H. Tanabe, C.F. Arlett, L.R. Kelland, M. Harrison, A. Virmani, T.H. Ward, K.L.
Ayres & P.G. Debenham (2001). Short Tandem Repeat profiling provides an
international reference standard for human cell lines. Proceedings Of The
National Academy Of Sciences USA 98, 8012 - 8017.
J.A. Thomson, K.L. Ayres, V. Pilotti, M.N.
Barrett, J.I.H. Walker and P.G. Debenham (2001). Analysis of disputed
single-parent/child and sibling relationships using 16 STR loci. International
Journal of Legal Medicine 115, 128-134.
M. Seed, K.L. Ayres, S. Humphries, and G.
Miller (2001). Lipoprotein (a) as a predictor for myocardial infarction in
middle-aged men. American Journal of Medicine 110, 22 - 27.
K.L. Ayres and D.J. Balding (2001). Measuring
gametic disequilibrium from multi-locus data. Genetics 157, 413 - 423.
K.L. Ayres (2000). Relatedness testing in
subdivided populations. Forensic Science International 114, 107 - 115.
K.L. Ayres (2000). A two-locus forensic match
probability for subdivided populations. Genetica 108,
137 - 143.
J.A. Thomson, K.L. Ayres, V. Pilotti, M.
Barrett, J. Walker and P. G. Debenham (2000). Validation of Multiplex STR
Systems for the Investigation of Parentage and Other Familial Relationships. In
"Progress in Forensic Genetics 8" (Eds. G.F. Sensabaugh, P.J. Lincoln
and B. Olaisen), Elsevier Science.
J.A. Thomson, V. Pilotti, P. Stevens, K.L.
Ayres, and P.G. Debenham (1999). Validation of Short Tandem Repeat Analysis for
the investigation of cases of disputed paternity. Forensic Science
International 100, 1 - 16.
K.L. Ayres and A.D.J. Overall (1999). Allowing
for within-subpopulation inbreeding in forensic match probabilities. Forensic
Science International 103, 207 - 216.
K.L. Ayres and D.J. Balding (1998). Measuring
departures from Hardy-Weinberg: a Markov chain Monte Carlo method for
estimating the inbreeding coefficient. Heredity 80, 769 - 777.
Book
chapters:
K.L. Ayres (2002). Chapter 12: The internet. In
“Research Methods for Postgraduates” (Ed. T Greenfield),
K.L. Ayres (2002). Chapter 40: Personal home
pages on the web. In “Research Methods for Postgraduates” (Ed. T Greenfield),
Technical
reports:
R.N. Curnow and K.L. Ayres (2006). Polymorphisms can be maintained by the
interaction of maternal behaviour and competition between progeny. Section of
Applied Statistics, The University of
K.L. Ayres and R.N. Curnow (2004). Detecting
non-multiplicative disease penetrances from
transmissions of parental alleles to affected children. School of Applied
Statistics, The
Conference
proceedings:
K.L. Ayres and P. Glaister (2012). A technique
for delivering individualised formative problems and examples. Proceedings of
the HEA STEM Conference. Available online via http://journals.heacademy.ac.uk/doi/full/10.11120/stem.hea.2012.090.
K.L. Ayres, N.R.T. Biggs and P. Glaister
(2012). Statistical monitoring of student performance - an early warning
system. Proceedings of the HEA STEM Conference. Available online via http://journals.heacademy.ac.uk/doi/abs/10.11120/stem.hea.2012.061.
[Winner: best MSOR paper]
Teaching
& Learning magazine articles and blog posts:
K.L. Ayres (2015). Tailored formula sheets -
the 'cheat sheet' idea. Available online: http://blogs.reading.ac.uk/engage-in-teaching-and-learning/2015/06/04/tailored-formula-sheets-the-cheat-sheet-idea-by-dr-karen-ayres/
K.L. Ayres (2014). Flipping assessment?!
Available online: http://blogs.reading.ac.uk/engage-in-teaching-and-learning/2014/01/29/flipping-assessment-by-dr-karen-ayres/
K.L. Ayres (2013). Enhancing student engagement
through T&L seminars. Available online: http://blogs.reading.ac.uk/engage-in-teaching-and-learning/2013/07/31/enhancing-student-engagement-through-tl-seminars-by-dr-karen-ayres/
P. Glaister, K.L. Ayres and C.J. Smith (2013).
Supporting students through personal tutor tutorials. Available online: http://blogs.reading.ac.uk/engage-in-teaching-and-learning/2013/04/30/supporting-students-through-personal-tutor-tutorials-by-dr-paul-glaister-dr-karen-ayres-and-dr-calvin-james-smith/
K.L. Ayres and P. Glaister (2012). NSS 2012 and
student engagement. Available online: http://blogs.reading.ac.uk/engage-in-teaching-and-learning/2012/12/13/nss-2012-and-student-engagement-by-dr-karen-ayres-and-dr-paul-glaister/
K.L. Ayres, P. Glaister and C.J. Smith (2011).
Maths and Stats takes UROP a stage further. Teaching Matters 26. Available
online : http://www.reading.ac.uk/web/FILES/cdotl/Teaching_Matters_26.pdf.
Research
grants:
|
2009 |
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2005 |
PhD Studentship from GSK (Co-Investigator
with Dr Patrick Kelly). |
Contribution
to research at the national/international level:
|
2004-2007 |
Associate Editor for Journal of the
Royal Statistical Society Series C (Applied Statistics). |
I
have acted as a reviewer for grant applications for the BBSRC (2006) and the
NHS for a PhD application (2005), and as an evaluator for end-of-project
reports for the ESRC (2008) and EPSRC (2006). Over the course of my career I
have reviewed articles for various journals, including Forensic Science
International, Genetics, BMC
Genomics, Molecular Ecology, Human Molecular Genetics, Human Biology,
International Journal of Legal Medicine, JRSS D and Nature Reviews Genetics.
I
was a member of the Local Organising Committee for the International Biometric
Society - British Region conference in 2001.
Research
students supervised:
I have supervised two DStat
students (2009, 2013), and three PhD students (2005, 2009, 2010) through to
completion.
Software:
For
programs related to Curnow & Ayres (TPB, 2007), download rnc_kla.zip.
For
files related to the e-Mark automated marking macros (Ayres &
Underwood, Bioscience Education, 2010), download e-Mark.zip.
For the Excel
file related to the anonymous marking number generation method (Ayres, BJET,
2011), download AnonyMark.xlsm.
For
files related to the autoQs individualised
sequence of problems program (Ayres & Glaister, Proceedings of the HEA STEM
Conference, 2012), download autoQs_demo.zip.
For files
related to the student monitoring system (Ayres, Biggs & Glaister,
Proceedings of the HEA STEM Conference, 2012), download EWS.zip.
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