Faculty of Engineering
Effective Learning Adviser - Amanda Sykes
Contact Details:
email: a.sykes@admin.gla.ac.uk
Tel: 0141 330 8062
Please use your University email address in all correspondence.
Having spent thirteen years working in a variety of settings with people who have severe learning difficulties, Amanda decided to change direction. She completed a full time science degree at The University of Sussex and then a PhD in Virology at the University of Glasgow.
She joined the Student Learning Service in 2007 and her particular interests are in mind mapping and successful revision strategies.
Effective Learning Adviser - Iain Allison
Contact Details:
email: i.allison@admin.gla.ac.uk
Tel: 0141 330 4816
(N.B. Office is in the Boyd Orr Building, room 319, not in the McMillan Reading Room.)
Please use your University email address in all correspondence.
Iain spent some 20 years teaching geology at the Universities of Strathclyde and Glasgow before swapping rocks for juggling bags. His interest in helping students become more effective learners stretches back to the start of his teaching career and soon afterwards he started giving workshops on study skills.
He has been involved with many projects concerned with student support in the University and is currently the Principal Adviser of Studies - Science. He is a member of the Society for Effective Affective Learning. His keys to university success can be summarised as: good time management skills, using mind maps to condense notes and, of course, juggling.
