Dr Alison Megeney


Dr Alison Megeney
NameDr Alison Megeney
Job titleDeputy Dean of Education
Research institute
Primary appointmentS&T School Leadership
Email addressA.Megeney@mdx.ac.uk
ORCIDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3274-7809
Contact categoryAcademic staff

Biography

Biography

Dr Alison Megeney is the Deputy Dean (Education) for the Faculty of Science and Technology and was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship in 2018 by the Higher Education Academy (Advance HE) in recognition of the contribution she has made to learning and teaching within Middlesex University and nationally.

Alison is a senior member of the Faculty Leadership Team and takes  specific responsibility across the Faculty for student experience, continuation, completion and progression (graduate employability and further study); Faculty engagement with the Teaching Excellence Framework and Access & Participation Plan; the implementation of innovative learning, teaching and assessment practice; academic planning; income and financial contribution; the development of new educational activity including partnership provision; and the maintenance of effective quality assurance and enhancement processes across the Faculty.

She is also a member of a cross-University network of Deputy Deans and works across the MDX Global Family, working with Middlesex University's campuses and academic partners, students and student representatives, members of the University Executive Team (UET) and professional services colleagues in areas such as Marketing, Strategy and Insight, Registry, Academic Quality Service, Academic Partnerships and the Centre for Apprenticeships and Skills.

Teaching

STEM communication and engagement is one of Alison's areas of research and she teach mathematics communication amongst other areas including quantitative methods for business, probability and financial mathematics.

Education and qualifications

Grants

Prizes and Awards

Research outputs

Authentic activities for making mathematicians

Masterson, B., Megeney, A. and Sharples, N. 2024. Authentic activities for making mathematicians. CETL-MSOR Conference 2024. University of Limerick, Ireland 29 - 30 Aug 2024

Public engagement for student empowerment

Masterson, B., Megeney, A. and Sharples, N. 2024. Public engagement for student empowerment. CETL-MSOR Conference 2024. University of Limerick, Ireland 29 - 30 Aug 2024

Authentic no-exam assessment for student wellbeing

Masterson, B., Sharples, N. and Megeney, A. 2024. Authentic no-exam assessment for student wellbeing. Designing Assessment to Promote Students’ Wellbeing. University of Greenwich, London, UK 10 - 10 Jul 2024

Paving the path: empowering women in STEM from university to industry

Vaka, S., Trestian, R., Baskent, C., Shayesteh, H. and Megeney, A. 2024. Paving the path: empowering women in STEM from university to industry. 2024 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference. Kos, Greece 08 - 11 May 2024 IEEE.

Authenticity in learning, teaching and assessment

Masterson, B., Sharples, N., Jones, M., Megeney, A. and Lawrence, S. 2024. Authenticity in learning, teaching and assessment. MSOR Connections. 22 (2), pp. 29-36. https://doi.org/10.21100/msor.v22i2.1488

Authentic by design: developing students for the talent economy

Barter, P., Megeney, A., Graham, J., Parmar, D. and Mourouti, O. 2023. Authentic by design: developing students for the talent economy. AdvanceHE Assessment and Feedback Symposium 2023. Reading, UK 07 - 07 Nov 2023

Student video curation

Jones, M., Lawrence, S., Masterson, B., Megeney, A. and Sharples, N. 2023. Student video curation. MSOR Connections. 21 (2), pp. 15-24. https://doi.org/10.21100/msor.v21i2.1403

Authentic by design: developing mathematicians for the talent economy

Masterson, B., Jones, M., Lawrence, S., Megeney, A. and Sharples, N. 2023. Authentic by design: developing mathematicians for the talent economy. MSOR Connections. 21 (2), pp. 44-51. https://doi.org/10.21100/msor.v21i2.1400

Authentic by design: developing mathematicians for the talent economy

Masterson, B., Megeney, A., Sharples, N., Lawrence, S. and Jones, M. 2022. Authentic by design: developing mathematicians for the talent economy. CETL-MSOR Conference 2022. Abertay University, Dundee, UK 01 - 02 Sep 2022

Revising the role of the history of mathematics in post-pandemic world

Lawrence, S., Megeney, A., Sharples, N., Masterson, B. and Jones, M. 2022. Revising the role of the history of mathematics in post-pandemic world. Uzdanica. XIX, pp. 17-28. https://doi.org/10.46793/Uzdanica19.S.017L

Intentionality for inclusivity - the journey at Middlesex University

Roberts, H., Punev, I., Allardyce, D., Kyprianou, A., Appiah, S., Megeney, A., Calin, A., Gallacher, D. and Mill, R. 2022. Intentionality for inclusivity - the journey at Middlesex University. McGraw Hill.

Student video curation

Jones, M., Lawrence, S., Masterson, B., Megeney, A. and Sharples, N. 2022. Student video curation. CETL-MSOR Conference 2022. Abertay University, Dundee, UK 01 - 02 Sep 2022

Engaging with maths online - teaching mathematics collaboratively and inclusively through a pandemic and beyond

Jones, M., Megeney, A. and Sharples, N. 2022. Engaging with maths online - teaching mathematics collaboratively and inclusively through a pandemic and beyond. MSOR Connections. 20 (1), pp. 74-83. https://doi.org/10.21100/msor.v20i1.1322

Digital pedagogy in a world of digital poverty: the Middlesex iPad project

Jones, M., Megeney, A. and Sharples, N. 2021. Digital pedagogy in a world of digital poverty: the Middlesex iPad project. AdvanceHE Curriculum Symposium 2021. Online 08 Jun 2021

Collaboration and co-creation at a distance: using technology to enhance student engagement online

Jones, M., Megeney, A. and Sharples, N. 2021. Collaboration and co-creation at a distance: using technology to enhance student engagement online. AdvanceHE Student Engagement Conference 2021. Online 26 May 2021

iPads for teaching and learning mathematics: collaborative group-work in an engineering-appropriate setting.

Jones, M., Megeney, A. and Sharples, N. 2021. iPads for teaching and learning mathematics: collaborative group-work in an engineering-appropriate setting. UCLan Conference: "Supporting Engineering Students with Weak Maths Skills and Widening Participation". Online 25 Mar 2021

Programming in groups: developing industry-facing software development skills in the undergraduate mathematics curriculum

Jones, M. and Megeney, A. 2020. Programming in groups: developing industry-facing software development skills in the undergraduate mathematics curriculum. MSOR Connections. 18 (2), pp. 18-24. https://doi.org/10.21100/msor.v18i2.1087

The Z transform: active learning approaches for generation Z

Jones, M. and Megeney, A. 2019. The Z transform: active learning approaches for generation Z. CETL-MSOR Conference 2019. Dublin City University, Ireland 05 - 06 Sep 2019

Thematic problem solving: A case study on an approach to teaching problem solving in undergraduate mathematics

Jones, M. and Megeney, A. 2019. Thematic problem solving: A case study on an approach to teaching problem solving in undergraduate mathematics. MSOR Connections. 17 (2), pp. 54-59. https://doi.org/10.21100/msor.v17i2.978

Problem solving methods in undergraduate mathematics

Megeney, A. and Jones, M. 2018. Problem solving methods in undergraduate mathematics. CETL-MSOR Conference 2018 Evidencing Excellence. University of Glasgow, Scotland

Building mathematics: how the construction and use of artefacts can be used to engage students with their learning of Mathematics

Jones, M. and Megeney, A. 2016. Building mathematics: how the construction and use of artefacts can be used to engage students with their learning of Mathematics. CETL-MSOR Conference 2016 A Brave New World. Loughborough University pp. 56-60

Engaging with mathematics: how mathematical art, robotics and other activities are used to engage students with university mathematics and promote employability skills

Megeney, A. 2016. Engaging with mathematics: how mathematical art, robotics and other activities are used to engage students with university mathematics and promote employability skills. CETL-MSOR Conference 2015. University of Greenwich, London, United Kingdom 08 - 09 Sep 2015 sigma Network. pp. 61-65
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