My teaching experience and reputation is entwined with my career aims to create a consolidated field of warnings via research-led teaching to train future generations, expand educational boundaries around warnings, and generating training and educational resources on warnings for different stakeholders including: CPD courses, invited teaching and training, and new modules on warnings (BSc and MSc).

I came to UCL with a strong pedagogical grounding from Aberystwyth University where I completed my PGCTHE became an HEA Fellow, and received two teaching awards. Throughout my career I have been a champion of inclusive teaching practices by providing a range of feedback using different sensory needs to address different learning styles, and I also acted as an institutional champion for education reform in my role as UG Admissions Tutor at STS.

On an international scale my educational impact has also enabled several firsts for STS. I developed two CPD courses delivered to NGOs, and led collaborative education projects via an Erskine Teaching Fellowship in 2017 at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand that enabled the sharing of teaching methods, particularly on simulation exercises, and curriculum consultation. I have taught across several universities and regularly teach at schools, and conduct diverse public engagement activities to generate educational impact. 

Teaching, whether in a small group, a large lecture theatre, or in the field, has been, and remains, an enjoyable, interesting, and valuable experience for me. To inspire students to engage with cutting-edge research issues remains a key focus in my teaching, along with encouraging interdisciplinary/multidisciplinary understanding and approaches. I strongly believe that students need to understand the context of what they are learning and its relevance. Subsequently, my teaching ethos is to involve the students fully in the subject of natural hazards and disasters through practical-based teaching, adopting a problem-based learning approach. Additionally, I like to engage with new pioneering research and technologies and consequently many of my practical sessions and lectures are research-led. By adopting this approach, students tend to respond with enthusiasm and understand the relevance and importance of what is being taught.

I have taught of a wide range of courses: from Geohazards and Volcanology, to Environmental Management, Global Environmental Issues, Key Skills and Methodologies (at all levels), Revealing Science, Engaging the Public with Science, Science Communication, and Science Policy in the Era of Risk Uncertainty. I also supervise numerous BSc and BA dissertations, MSc dissertations, and Ph.D. students.