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Hi all,
I'm a research associate in Civil and Environmental Engineering. I got my PhD last year which was based on community engagement from an industry perspective (particularly wastewater and biosolids). My background before this was in Psychology, so my PhD blends elements from both Engineering and Psychology to improve industry outcomes.
Here's a picture of the canola fields in central NSW where they use biosolids on their crops; it was eye opening to speak to the different farmers and their beliefs on this new product.

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Hi All,
I am an EF academic in the Faculty of the Built Environment, Interior Architecture (and a late starter to the FULT program). I have been teaching sessionally at UNSW for the last ten years and have just begun a full time role after time off with my two little people. A chunk of my industry experience has been living and working in developing cities across South East Asia and I have been lucky to take UNSW students to Phnom Penh, Cambodia, through a summer elective for the last three years. I am interested in exploring the ways I/we might expose design students to this facet of the profession.
I look forward to meeting you all.

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Hi everyone, I'm a postdoctoral research fellow at the Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering. I've been with the school since 2017, although i'm also an alumni of UNSW having completed my undergraduate and postgraduate degrees at UNSW.

Attached below is a picture of the Plaza de Espana in Sevilla, Spain which i visited in 2015

My research interests include data analytics, sensor fusion, human activity recognition using wearable sensors and biomechanics

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Hello Everyone, My name is Komali and I am a lecturer and New Generation Network scholar in the Faculty of Built Environment and at the Australia-India Institute. I started at UNSW in Nov 2016, and have been promoted to lecturer recently. I am passionate about smart and sustainable cities, low-carbon development, and sustainable energy across cities, communities and regions in the Asia-Pacific. I love travelling, trekking, taekwondo, and most importantly China (no, I am not a Chinese)!! so here goes the latest pics from Chinese New Year 2018. See you all at some point of time!!

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Hi Everyone, I am a UNSW Scientia Fellow just starting in Jan 2018 at School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications. Although I am research-focused, I will still be involved in teaching some courses. Thus, I am delighted to be here meeting all of you and learning more from this course.

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Hi Everyone, I am a UNSW Scientia Fellow just starting in Jan 2018 at School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications. Although I am research-focused, I will still be involved in teaching some courses. Thus, I am delighted to be here meeting all of you and learning more from this course.

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I am a casual lecturer in the School of Banking & Finance since S2 2017. I am interested in better connecting students with industry and inspiring the next generation to look at ways of improving our understanding of the tools we use in finance.
I am an entrepreneur and spend most of my time working in financial innovation.
Over the summer holidays, I was in the Gold Coast with my 2 children and wife.

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Hello everyone. I am a research fellow at the Centre for Big Data Research in Health.
My association with UNSW started in 2011, as a researcher in the area of health services research using big data at Centre for Health Informatics.
My current centre has created a new degree (MSc in Health Data Science) and I will be teaching one course in the second semester. I am developing the material as we speak. Therefore, I am looking forward to learning as much as possible from this course.
Looking forward to meeting you all. Oscar

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Hi Everyone, I am Deputy Director of the Australian Centre for Astrobiology in the School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences (BEES). I have a special interest in technology-enabled online education. In addition to teaching and research, I engage with other academics across UNSW, as well as with international colleagues, to build new technologies to integrate into online learning. Below is a picture of a video we were making of researchers discussing evidence in the field with colleagues from Arizona State University and MIT in the Flinders Ranges of South Australia where there is evidence of complex life arising and going extinct before the Cambrian Explosion that hundreds of millions of years later led to the rise of humans. We embed these videos in interactive, immersive Virtual Field Trips to places of astrobiological interest like the Edicaran fossils in the South Australia. If you are interested in this technology visit <vft.asu.edu>. I convene and teach a third level online course in astrobiology in which technologies such as the VFTs are integrated. I am also currently building a new third level online course in science communication. While I am doing this FULT course as a requirement, I am expecting the content will be highly relevant to my online course development and delivery experiences and enhance my teaching skills.

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Hi everyone. I'm a research fellow and biostatistician at the Centre for Big Data Research in Health. I've been at this centre in UNSW for a bit over 3 years now, and have previously worked in a number of other schools and centres in the Faculty of Medicine over the years. My job is mostly research focused, but I will be helping develop content for our new Masters of Health Data Science.

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I am a Learning Developer at ADFA, working within the Learning and Teaching group. Over the course of 7 years I have worked with staff to deliver online learning training for the university. I have also worked with staff and students on many projects to improve student learning outcomes.

One of my goals is to better understand the practice of teaching online/face to face and improve my knowledge in this area. The photo below is of Murrays beach, located inside the Jervis Bay National Park.

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I'm a serving RAAF officer enjoying a very different experience. I've been assigned to UNSW Canberra as a Lecturer in International & Political Studies, specializing in Air and Space power. I taught an online Masters course last year, and I'm about to teach "air power in irregular warfare" during Sem 1. I hope my time as an undergrad at ADFA will give me some street cred with my students:) I love aviation, so my photo below is taken from an airshow with Chuck Yeager (that guy who first flew faster than the speed of sound)

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I'm a public health doctor and have recently starting working at UNSW in the School of Public Health and Community Medicine. For most of my working life, I've been a primary health care and public health practitioner, working for Aboriginal community controlled health services clinically, developing and evaluating public health programs, policy, advocacy, research etc etc. My current role is as part of a team (from UNSW and Arizona State University) developing a new International Indigenous health course for a new online degree - Bachelor of International Public Health.
I'm originally from WA, and the photo is of one of my favourite places - Canal Rocks, in the south west of WA.

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My association with UNSW started as PhD student at the School of Optometry and Vision Science. After a successful completion of PhD in 2013, I worked as a post-doc researcher, Assoc Lecturer and currently as a Lecturer position at the school. I like to travel and here is a photograph of a jetty with pelicans that I captured in Victor Harbour, South Australia recently.

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I have been a Lecturer in Development Studies at the School of Social Sciences for the past three years. Prior to this I worked two decades outside academia in various organisations, with over a decade in Afghanistan. The picture below is from my field work there. I returned to Academia with a wish to share my applied knowledge with students, and to get them career ready (as I've been on the hiring side for some time). I am passionate about sharing knowledge (I dabbled a bit in professional training on conflict-sensitivity, research methods, proposal writing, peace/conflict).  In a small way I hope to influence students to think differently, so that perhaps they can go out in the world and do development and peacebuilding differently.  Here I take my inspiration from Albert Einstein: "We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used to create them." But of course for this to work, we need to know and reflect on the thinking that did not work and then see what lessons we can learn and use our imagination to change things.
I look forward to meeting you all and learning from your perspectives and stories.

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Hello everyone. I'm a GP and senior lecturer in primary care at the School of Public Health and Community Medicine. I convene a course in primary care for undergraduate medical students where they undertake a 8 week placement in general practice. I have been in this role for just under 1 year.

I am a UNSW medical graduate and it is wonderful to be back at home.

We were in Canberra at the Museum of Australia over Christmas. Here is a picture of my daughter.

Look forward to getting to know you.

With best wishes,
Kylie

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Hi there. I am a lecturer in the School of Economics. I have been at UNSW for 2.5 years.

For the past 2 years, I have taught our introduction to microeconomics course, as well as the introduction to development economics, which is my research specialty.

Here is  a photo of some of our students conducting a household survey in Gulu, Uganda, as part of an interdisciplinary field school I ran with my co-authors in the School of Humanities this past July.

Looking forward to meeting you all soon!

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Hi everyone, my name is Fabio and 1 year ago I joined the School of Chemistry as a postdoc. I'm currently co-supervising/mentoring 4 postgraduate students and I'm planning to use FULT to improve my teaching skills.
I'm originally from Pisa, Italy.

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I am a senior lecturer in English in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. I have been at UNSW Canberra for just over 5 years.

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Hi all, I am a casual teaching academic in the School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences. I have demonstrated for a few years in various geoscience and environmental science courses. This session I'm returning to deliver a 3rd year structural geology course.

My passion is in science communication and have run workshops to first-time tutors on how to teach more effectively. I have always considered education to be one of the most underrated and challenging jobs out there (besides parenting!)

The photo is of beautiful stained sandstone cross beds at Coogee where we take students to learn basic field skills, and to appreciate the fascinating structures in their local landscape.

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Hi everyone,
I'm Felipe and I joined UNSW as an Educational Developer almost a year ago. One of my passions is teaching and in this role - day after day - I'm learning about new techniques and resources that could enhance the student experience which is also the reason of being motivated to take this course...

Before this role, I did almost 5 years of research at UNSW in Solar Energy including the completion of a PhD.

The photo belowis at Maroubra beach early in the morning before a surf session... which is another passion I have!

Looking forward to meet you all.

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Hi All! my name is r e a, I am a descendant of the Gamilaraay/Wailwan/Biripi people of NSW. I joined Art + Design UNSW in 2017, as a Lecturer.  I am a practicing artist with a multidisciplinary research-based practice. I am currently in the final stages of completing my PhD which is a series of reflections on the; 'Problematisation' of Aboriginality and the mapping of identities: via the exploration of New Media Arts as a platform of decolonisation. This semester will be the first time that I have taught in a creative arts program.  But previously to this new challenge I have been implementing and delivering academic programs in Educational Institutions, which focused on learning from Indigenous perspectives and knowledges, for several years. I am looking forward to formalising my skills and knowledge in the FULT Program. This is an image from my recent work 'Native Institute 371.979915'  - a series created as responds to the impact of 'The Native Institute' on the local Indigenous people from the Darug nation and their families.

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Hello fellow learners,
I’m Dominic and I recently joined UNSW as a Senior Lecturer. My background is in synthetic biology and I am currently developing a new course to teach this topic. Prior to joining UNSW, I was a project scientist at UC Berkeley. Looking forward to meeting you all.

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Hi guys, I teach neuroanatomy at the School of Medical Sciences. I've been at UNSW since the end of 2016, but have been teaching neuroanatomy and physiology for quite a while. My research area is in neuroscience, we want to understand how sensory information is coded in the nervous system.
Here is a beach I visited recently on the south coast (I was lazy and googled a photo!)

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Hi all, my name is Michael and I'm a new Lecturer in the Law Faculty. I recently completed my PhD at Melbourne University and have been at UNSW for just over a month. My research interests include the philosophy of property rights, private law theory and private rights more generally. Here is a photo of the Hume Highway.

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Hi there, my name is Thomas Oliver and I am a coastal geographer. My research interests are in coastal landforms such as beaches, dunes and estuaries. I aim to reconstruct the evolution of these landforms and understand the processes which operate over different timescales to produce the variety and complexity of forms we see.
I am excited to share my knowledge of the coastal zone with students and aim to construct a course which will instruct and inspire. I hope that this course will foster a care and love for the coastal zone and will help to produce individuals and communities resilient to future pressures and challenges impinging on our coastline.

The photo above is of a quiet beach on the NSW south coast, a region with which I have a strong academic and personal connection.

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Hi there, my name is Thomas Oliver and I am a coastal geographer with an interest in coastal landforms such as sandy beaches, dunes and estuaries. My research aims to reconstruct the evolution of coastal landforms and understand the processes which operate to produce the variety and complexity of the landforms we observe.
I am excited to share my knowledge and love of the coastal zone with students and develop a course which will both instruct and inspire. I hope such a course will foster further interest in coastal systems and strengthen the resilience of individuals and communities to future pressures on our coastline.
The photo below is of a quiet beach on the south coast of NSW, a region with which I have both a strong academic, and personal connection.

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Hi! I'm an astrophysicist in the school of Physical, Environmental and Mathematical Sciences at UNSW Canberra. I joined the department as an ARC Future Fellow & Senior Lecturer in Nov. 2017. I am originally from Canada, I studied in the USA and I have worked in Germany and Australia. I use computer models to study which types of interacting stars explode as supernovae, since we still don't fully understand their origin. Last year I was involved in a project (Shirty Science) which brought together local scientists and artists and the outcome was a t-shirt that showcased the research of the scientist. You can read more about our "team-supernova" design and my research via the link!

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Hi, My name is Ivo. I am a future fellow at UNSW Canberra in the School of Physical, Mathematical and Environmental Sciences. I am an astrophysicists. My research revolves around thermonuclear supernovae, nucleosynthesis, and supernova remnants. Here's a link to a youtube video from the American Museum of Natural History that highlights some of my research:

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Science Bulletins: Shedding Light on Type Ia Supernovae

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AMNH researchers make a discovery about the chemical composition of Type Ia supernovae, which may aid in the understanding of how these stars explode-and become the "standard candles" by which we measure the distance of far-off galaxies.

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Hey everyone,
My name is Aurélie and I am a full time scientist at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research (Darlinghurst). I obtained a conjoint associate lecturer position at UNSW (Faculty of Medicine) in 2015.
I am extremely excited about the FULT course; with the development of online courses, the "learning and teaching environment" has changed greatly the past decade. I am looking forward to developing new knowledge and capability as well as networking with all of you brillant minds! See you on Wednesday.

NB: Here is a picture of my hometown, located in the North of France.

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Hi Everyone,
I am one of the IT Directors here at UNSW and have been here just over a year. I have previously been an adjunct lecturer for Strategy in the Business School at UTS. I wanted to take the opportunity presented through FULT to enhance my understanding and network here at UNSW, develop my capabilities as a teacher and lecturer, and to see how the IT systems we provide work in practice! Look forward to meeting you all on Wednesday.

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Hi, I’m Pouyan, lecturer of Finance at the School of Banking and Finance. I joined UNSW in September 2018 after moving to Sydney with my wife. Looking forward to meeting everyone.

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Greetings, colleagues. I have just entered my 24th year at UNSW, Canberra, teaching in what is now the English and Media Studies program in the School of HASS. Having signed up as an EF staff member last year, I thought it important (finally) to enrol in the FULT course to keep up -to-date with what's happening in Teaching and Learning. This semester I'll be teaching the first year course in EMS. My specialization is American literature and culture, but I also developed a course called Classic Literary Texts a long time ago as I'm very interested in popular culture representations of the classics.
My attached picture is of Roger Federer ... simply for the splendor.

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Hi there, my name is Nady. I am a Lecturer in the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing within the School of Psychiatry, UNSW Faculty of Medicine. I am also a recipient of the prestigious Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Research Award (DECRA). Prior to the DECRA, I as awarded the NHMRC Early Career Fellowship, and the Alzheimer's Australia Viertel Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship. I am currently the primary supervisor for 4 PhD students and co-supervising another Scientia PhD student. I have been an employee at UNSW since 2011 immediately after completion of my PhD.  My research is aimed at understanding the brain and the ageing process, and is committed to discovering the fundamental causes and possible treatments for age-related neurodegenerative disorders and Alzheimer's disease in particular. Working individually and collaboratively across labs and disciplines, I am continuing to uncover novel insights that expand knowledge and promise to enhance quality of life for an ageing population. Here is a photo of myself in Nashville, USA - the land of Country Music!

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Hi, my name is Sharon and I work as a course convenor and clinic supervisor in the UNSW Optometry School, which is part of the School of Optometry and Vision Science. I have been working at UNSW since 2004, and completed my PhD in driving and vision impairment in 2015.

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Hi, my name is Wei and I am a lecturer in transport at both UNSW Computer Science and Engineering & Civil and Environmental Engineering. I joined UNSW very recently (Feb 2018). Before this, I was a lecturer in University of Glasgow in the UK for 1.5 years. I am teaching transport and numerical methods courses for engineering students. Hope to meet all of you!
Cheers,
Wei

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Hi, my name in Nicole and I am a lecturer in the Built Environment Faculty in the Bachelor of Computational Design (CoDe). I have been in this role since 2015 and had maternity leave during 2016. I am a registered Architect and completed my PhD in the School of Architecture at the University of Technology Sydney in 2017. The picture below (Kengo Kuma designed Starbucks) is from my visit to Fukuoka, Japan last week where I delivered a guest lecture at Kyushu University related to the CoDe degree and digital fabrication.

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Hello my name is Veronica, and I am a lecturer at UNSW Art and Design. I have been at UNSW for 3 years, this is my first year teaching. I teach the history and theory of contemporary art, and am convening an undergraduate course called Art in the 21st Century this semester. I also supervise honours, Masters and PhD students. Most of our students are practice - based, artists and designers in training, with a small portion of students specialising in art history and theory.

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Hi Everyone

I'm Rob and I am teaching in the School of Banking and Finance at the UNSW Business School. I started at UNSW in semester 2 last year, so this will be my second semester teaching. I am looking forward to the challenge as this will be my first semester lecturing and I am hoping the FULT course will help me reach as many students as I can. I have been teaching at other universities for a while now and like the increasingly applied rather than theoretical approach UNSW is taking to its course design.  I look forward to meeting everyone over the coming weeks

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Hi Everyone,
My name is Merryn and I am currently a PhD student in the department of anatomy at UNSW. My research area is motor neuron disease and the actin cytoskeleton. I am in my final year of my PhD and have been involved at teaching at UNSW since 2014. I have been a demonstrator in multiple departments in the School of Medical Sciences as well as BABS. I recently have been looking to expand my teaching expertise.
Here is a picture of the Washington monument at night - a great place for riding a bike to see the sights!
Cheers,
Merryn

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Hello everyone, I'm Lawrence and I've been an Associate Conjoint Lecturer with UNSW for nearly 3 years now. I help to teach medical students at St George and Sutherland clinical schools, but my usual role is at the St George Cancer Care Centre training to be a medical oncologist.
I love the outdoors but don't get out as much as I used to - below is a photo of Daydream Island in the Whitsundays, I'm overdue for another visit!

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Hello,
I am Nishat and I teach design studio at the faculty of Art & Design. This is my second semester of teaching after I passed my master's degree in June 2017 from the same faculty. Teaching at UNSW is a great learning curve for me, it is challenging as well as enriching.
The picture below is the highlight of my last year, a bike trip in the mountains of Vietnam.
I look forward to begin the second semester of teaching with equal enthusiasm, but more confidence.
Cheers!

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I am a Koori women from the Biripi and Ngarabal people in northern NSW. I am a Senior Lecturer in the Art and Design faculty I have been working at UNSW for 1 year. I am a textile artist and teach textiles, honours and studio gateway. As an Aboriginal academic I always embed Aboriginal perspectives and experiences within my courses and I am interested to hear how other academics may be doing this as well. I am also interested to hear about strategies to better engage international students in the class room. This is a picture of my jarjums (kids) paddling on their Gumbayngirr country on the Nambucca River.

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I am a research associate at the Centre for Social Impact (CSI) UNSW where I do research and teach two postgraduate course in S1 (Demonstrating social impact - Online-  in the CSI MBAx degree and Social and Environmental Outcomes Measurement in the Master of Commerce - face to face) and the face-to-face version of DSI in our second semester). I've been in the teaching role since early 2017 (it's my second year teaching the DSI course) but I've been at CSI since 2015 and in UNSW since 2008 (PhD and research). Below is a photo of one of my favourite places in Bucharest (where I was born), the old town, with beautiful old architecture, restaurants and places to sit and enjoy an afternoon out.

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I am a senior lecturer in the School of Banking and Finance and I started in September of 2017 after moving here with my husband and young daughter in August. I spent the last five years working for the Federal Reserve in Cleveland (I am American) and we are very happy here in Sydney and enjoying everything Australia has to offer, even the sometimes scary wildlife!

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Hi Everyone,

I am from the School of Optometry and Vision Sciences. Since starting my PhD studies two years ago, I have worked as a tutor and also clinical supervisor to fourth and fifth (final) year Master of Optometry students. In 2015, I volunteered for 12 months within a newly established optometry school in Vietnam. Here’s an image my trip to the historical city of Hoi An.

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I am currently at the Faculty of Art & Design in Paddington. I support academics with Moodle and manage other learning and teaching related processes. I have been at UNSW for 6 years. I originally worked in HR but have developed a real interest for education, particularly in regarding how we can integrate technology into course design most effectively. I am currently completing a Masters in Learning Sciences and Technology at USYD. I am completing FULT to get a better understanding of what academics experience on the teaching front. I think this will help me in supporting them better. My last trip was to Lima, Peru in October 2016. I went to attend my grandmothers 100th birthday. I attach the letter she received from the Queen. I didn’t know it was an actual thing – but it is! Looking forward to completing FULT with you all.

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Hi everyone, My name is Sarah and I am from the School of Chemical Engineering (CEIC). I was a graduate of the school almost 20 years ago and have been in industry for the last 15 years. I am back teaching at the School of CEIC this year.
Being involved on a casual basis (last few years) has allowed me to gain insights into the current teaching methodologies and how far we have come from the old days of overhead projectors and white boards! I am impressed of the support that is offered for the teaching staff and keen to learn more. My recent involvement has confirmed my passion for teaching and I am excited at the opportunity to improve my skills through FULT!

Best beaches in the world! We are blessed and I don't need to go anywhere else. Boat Harbour, Kurnell

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Hi all, I am Daria Levachova, a Career Development Specialist in the UNSW Careers and Employment team. I have been with UNSW for over 2.5 years with a background in Human Resources. I am particularly passionate about Diversity and Inclusion and ensuring our equity groups have access to career education. I also look after student and employer engagement and exploring online learning. 

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Hi all, I am Daria Levachova, a Career Development Specialist in the UNSW Careers and Employment team. I have been with UNSW for over 2.5 years with a background in Human Resources. I am particularly passionate about Diversity and Inclusion and ensuring our equity groups have access to career education. I also look after student and employer engagement and exploring online learning. 

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The photos is from an Aspire trip to Lightning Ridge in Rural NSW.

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Hello! My name is Dijana Townsend. I am an educational designer for the School of Engineering and IT at UNSW Canberra. This is a new and my first, non-teaching role. For the past 10 years I have taught chemistry, biochemistry and physiology at University of Canberra. Below is the beautiful image of my snowy home town Zenica in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Hello everyone, I am Rijan from Nepal, a PhD candidate (4th year) at BABS, UNSW. I joined UNSW on February 2014. This is my 4th year in Australia and UNSW.

I love teaching. I worked as a teaching assistant in Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics courses and I just loved it. In fact, I learned lot how to approach students and make them understand in the simplest way possible.

Here is photo of my home town back in Nepal.

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Hello everyone, My name is Pankaj Sharma, research associate at School of Materials Science and Engineering, UNSW. I have been at UNSW for almost slightly over 3 years.

In 2017, I got an opportunity to deliver few lectures on the course titled “NANO3001 Advanced Nanomaterials”. Prior to that, I had taught several introductory physics courses at Dept. of Physics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA during my time there as a PhD student and later as a research associate.

Here is photo of a place in India called as “Shimla”

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Hi everyone, I’m Louise . I’ve been at UNSW since mid-2013 working on research projects with the Law Faculty in the area of Regulation of Digital Financial Services. This year, I will be lecturing - a new elective course on implications of FinTech (Financial Technology) for Law and Regulation. Attached is a photo from Luxembourg where I was late last year - lots of snow!

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Hello everyone. My name is Seun. I am a PhD student at the School of Education. I have been around since August, 2016. I am presently evaluating a diagnostic assessment tool developed by the Head of School for teachers in Victorian schools. I am happy to be here and do hope to harness every opportunity to improve on my teaching skills. During the last Xmas, I enjoyed the carols with my family. See photo below.
Thank you.

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Hi, my name is Alister Spence. I am a lecturer in music in the School of Arts and Media at UNSW. I took up this post last year. Prior to this I was a casual academic, working in the school since 2000 in the area of jazz improvisation and composition. This is my specialisation as a practitioner (performer/composer). I’m looking forward to reflecting on teaching and learning practices and benefiting form everyone’s insights! Here is a photo from Freycinet National Park taken on a wonderful holiday before Christmas.

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Hi, I am Preeji Mandathara and a post-doc research fellow at School of Optometry and Vision Science. I was a PhD student at the same school from 2013-17 and took up this role last year. During all my years at UNSW I was involved in tutoring and lab demonstration. Attached is the photo of Athirappally waterfalls in India when I visited during this Christmas break.

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Hi everyone, I'm Sam Johnson and I think I'm the only person from UNSW Canberra. I've been here for 1 year, moving into academia after 15 years consulting to the Federal Government on management and leadership development. I lecture ADFA cadets in leadership (my PhD is in organisational behaviour). I'm looking forward to hearing everyone's perspectives on teaching. Here's a photo that represents my students.

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Hi All! My name is Fernando, I'm Associate Lecturer at Art + Design, I joined UNSW a year ago. I taught in Honours, first year and painting last year. I'm teaching Honours in 2018 while starting my PhD. Looking forward to FULT this semester, teaching in the art studio is often quite different to other disciplines so I'm curious to learn from everyone else. Picture of recent trip to Bronte Beach, one of the perks of moving to Sydney is its proximity to the coastline :)

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Hi everyone, I'm looking forward to meeting you next week. I am an Associate Lecturer at UNSW Art & Design and teach across art history and studio practice. I joined the faculty last year, but have been here for quite some time as an undergraduate and postgraduate student. Picture is from a rooftop in Rome, where I stayed last year.

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I am Danielah and I have just recently (last week!) joined the Faculty of the Built Environment as Associate Lecturer in Industrial Design. I've worked at UNSW as a sessional academic since 2016 and I am very excited about my new role. Having recently finished a Master of Design at the Paddington Campus I am still getting used to the larger scale of Kensington. This photo of the Red Centre sums it up. I look forward to learning with you all.

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Hi Everyone! My name is Meg and I'm a Teaching Fellow in the department of Exercise Physiology, part time, while also completing my Masters (research). My research is focused on ballet training in older adults. Here is a recent snap of the view from the top of Roys Peak (15km later...), Wanaka, NZ.

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Hello!

I'm Charlie and I'm a Lecturer in the school of Engineering and IT here at UNSW Canberra.  I have been teaching Aircraft Design and Aerospace Vehicle Technologies for over 5 years here, and I taught at a similar school in the US before that.  I have several years of military and industry experience as well, but I'm still working on my PhD.  This is a picture I took from my father's airplane when I was home for Christmas.

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Hi all, I look forward to learning with you! I am a bit of a UNSW addict - I have done all of my studies here (undergrad 2003, Phd 2013) and I came back last year to become a Lecturer in the Interior Architecture program, which I am loving.

Before that, I lived in Paris for three years, my second home...

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Hi everyone!

My name is Carly and I am an Associate Lecturer in the school of Art & Design in Paddington. Prior to this I was a sessional staff member for a number of years. I am currently teaching into the Bachelor of Design degree and Masters of Design degree, and have a specific interest in visual communication. I am looking forward to the course and meeting everyone!
I haven't been travelling for a while so here is a picture of beautiful Bondi I took when visiting  Sculptures by the Sea.

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Hi everyone, my name is Ghislain. I am a materials engineer working in the school of mining engineering as a post-doctoral fellow. I joined UNSW in 2014 on a casual basis whilst completing my PhD. I spend most of my time doing research on mineral processing. I am not an avid traveler but conferences oblige... here is a shot of a part of Cape Town viewed from Table Mount.

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Greetings for everyone! My name is Guangyao Si and I just join this big UNSW family from last December. I am currently a Lecturer at the School of Mining Engineering and interested in a wide range of areas including geomechanics, coal seam gas, and mining health and safety. I completed my PhD from Imperial College London in 2016 and I was a research associate there for about three years prior my relocation to UNSW. Attached photo is the National History Museum I used to pass by everyday when I was working in the UK.

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Hi all, I am Saimon, just submitted my PhD in the school of chemistry so I have been at UNSW for the past three years and half. I am a laboratory demonstrator at the moment. I am really passionate about teaching and learning. This is a picture of myself in Thailand. Looking forward to meeting you all.

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Hi all, I am Saimon, just submitted my PhD in the school of chemistry so I have been at UNSW for the past three years and half. I am a laboratory demonstrator at the moment. I am really passionate about teaching and learning. This is a picture of myself in Thailand. Looking forward to meeting you all.

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My name's Ash and I'm an Educational Support Advisor in Student Life on Kensington Campus. I work in a multi-disciplinary team of teachers, psychologists and social workers (I'm one of those) with plenty of academic experience and lots of personal stories of success and failure. We help students identify why they might be struggling and how to improve academically. It's coming up to my 3 year anniversary on campus. I'm reluctant to share this in case the serenity is lost but I love the library for the peace and quiet it affords.

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Hi everyone, I am Rotimi, I recently joined UNSW (Faculty of Built Environment (FBE)) in January 2018, as a Lecturer of Property and Development. My first teaching experience at UNSW will be teaching postgraduate students studying for a Masters in Property and Development degree at FBE. I envisaged that this class will majorly consist of working-class students and this will afford me the opportunity to bridge the gap between theory and practice of real estate Property Investment Analysis and also be a class where students can share their industry experience with one another. I look forward to meeting everyone. That is me in the picture below when I visited Brisbane.

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Hi everyone, I am Rotimi, I recently joined UNSW (Faculty of Built Environment (FBE)) in January 2018, as a Lecturer of Property and Development. My first teaching experience at UNSW will be teaching postgraduate students studying for a Masters in Property and Development degree at FBE. I envisaged that this class will majorly consist of working-class students and this will afford me the opportunity to bridge the gap between theory and practice of real estate Property Investment Analysis and also be a class where students can share their industry experience with one another. I look forward to meeting everyone. That is me in the picture below when I visited Brisbane.

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Hi all,

I’m James and I am in the Faculty of Law. My association with UNSW goes back to an exchange semester I did while at uni in the US in 1999. After moving back to Sydney in 2009, I did a Masters in Law here and followed that up with a PhD in class actions lae, which I received in 2016. I spent last year researching and teaching at the University of Sydney and am now back at UNSW. I am looking forward to developing my learning and teaching through this course. Here is a recent picture I took on a bushwalk in Royal National Park near the Figure 8 Pools.

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Hi everyone, my name is Sonya Brown. I joined UNSW in October 2017 as a Lecturer in Aerospace Design. My background is in industry, where I worked in aerospace manufacturing. I haven't travelled anywhere interesting for quite some time, so here's a photo that I took from the top of Zugspitze in Germany in 2011.

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Hi everyone, my name is Sonya Brown. I joined UNSW in October 2017 as a Lecturer in Aerospace Design. My background is in industry, where I worked in aerospace manufacturing. I haven't travelled anywhere interesting for quite some time, so here's a photo that I took from the top of Zugspitze in Germany in 2011.

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I am Sonal Bhalla (Academic Career Developer) in the Office of the PVC(E). I started working at UNSW in 1999 and moved to the PVC(E) unit in 2013. My background is in instructional design and higher and professional education. I am part of the FULT program team and look forward to meeting you all. Here is a picture of Humayun's tomb from my recent trip to New Delhi.

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Hi, I'm Kristin and I work in the Academic Development Services  Team (ADS) in the office of the PVC(E). Our team has redeveloped the FULT program for 2018 so we look forward to getting your feedback.

I have a background in adult education and I've been at UNSW since 2009.

I've just returned from a trip to Bali so I'm sharing a photo of a beautiful temple in Bedugal.

Looking forward to meeting you all in the f2f sessions and online.

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Hi everyone, I'm Jess. My first experience at UNSW was as an undergraduate and honours student in BABS. I went on to complete a PhD at The Heart Research Institute in Sydney. I am now back at UNSW as an Associate Lecturer for the Rural Clinical School in Port Macquarie. I begun my role in September 2017, and I am looking forward to being involved in teaching our Phase 1 Medicine students in Port Macquarie. I love living in a coastal town, the photo below is of a local beach that we enjoy visiting with our dogs.

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Hi folks, I’m Adam Hulbert. I’ve been teaching media and music at UNSW since 2013, and started full time last year.

I convene the Sonic Arts stream within the School of the Arts and Media, where we think about all kinds of sound and ideas around listening. I also help run the music studios.

I’ve been interviewed for this FULT course in the past, so if you’re unlucky you’ll see me up on the small screen at some stage.

Speaking of which, below is a snapshot from a delightful afternoon with my buddy R2D2. Love that little guy.

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Andrew Chambers
Hello to fellow learners,
I presently work at AGSM
 

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Hello to fellow learners,
I presently work at AGSM in the area of educational development and have worked in various educational development and teaching roles at UNSW over an 18 year career. I presently 'only' teach study skills directly to students. I also help develop courses and programs and work across areas such as accreditation and educational projects relating directly to student development.

Have visited a number of countries over the years and will be visiting my partners family (and our dentist) in Istanbul again later this year along with a side trip to the Eden conference in Italy (hopeful!).

My snaps are on my computer at home, so instead link to this 'flow-motion' about Istanbul. Enjoy.

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Back in February, time-lapse photographer Rob Whitworth captured the world's imagination with his insane "Dubai Flow Motion" project, which took the concept of the hyperlapse to a whole new level.

Now he's back again with the video above, titled "Istanbul: Flow Through the City of Tales." Whitworth used his same ambitious hyperlapse techniques to create a dazzling tour of Istanbul, Turkey.

"From the top of the Galata Tower, where Hezarfen flew across the Bosphorus, to the Grand Bazaar that holds the secrets of Chinese silk clothes..." writes Turkish Airlines, which commissioned the time-lapse. "Are you ready to witness the tale of Istanbul, through a magical and poetic story?"

"We created a film that introduces the historical, cultural and social aspects of the city to a global audience. The film that was shot in 4K resolution is simply a spectacular visual feast for the eyes."

Here's a behind-the-scenes time-lapse showing how just one of the sequences was shot:

Whitworth spent about 6 weeks shooting the project with his team, with a couple of those weeks spent waiting for the weather to improve. About 295 hours were spent on location for recon and shooting, and 278 were spent afterward in post-production - there were about 71,000 RAW files after shooting was complete, so Whitworth had 3.8 terabytes of data to work through.

Here are some behind-the-scenes photos of Whitworth shooting the frames with his DSLRs and rigs:
Image credits: Videos and photographs by Rob Whitworth and used with permission

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A Dazzling Flow Motion Time-Lapse Tour of Istanbul

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Back in February, time-lapse photographer Rob Whitworth captured the world's imagination with his insane "Dubai Flow Motion" project, which took the concept of the hyperlapse to a whole new level. Now he's back again with the video above, titled "Istanbul: Flow Through the City of Tales."

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Hello, everybody!

My name is Ademir and I am a Research Associate and PTF at the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering. I have been at UNSW for 4 years (as PhD student) and 5 months (as Research Associate).  My research area is the measurement and modelling of odorous emissions from wastewater treatment plants. Since 2015, I have been involved with teaching activities at the

School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, first as a demonstrator and later as a PTA, working with 2nd and 3rd year students in Fluid Mechanics, Wastewater Engineering, Solid Wastes and Contaminant Transport courses. At the moment, I am coordinating the thesis course for this Summer Term.
This is a picture of the small town where I grew up in the countryside of Brazil:

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Hi. My name is Abela Mahimbo. I'm a PhD scholar at the School of Public Health and Community Medicine and a lecturer/facilitator for undergraduate medial students for one year. I have been at UNSW for 5 years now. Below is a photo of me enjoying snow for the first time when I visited Columbus, Ohio, US for Christmas last year. Looking forwards to meeting everyone!

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Hi. My name is Abela Mahimbo. I'm a PhD scholar at the School of Public Health and Community Medicine and a lecturer/facilitator for undergraduate medial students for one year. I have been at UNSW for 5 years now. Below is a photo of me enjoying snow for the first time when I visited Columbus, Ohio, US for Christmas last year. Looking forwards to meeting everyone!

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Hi, I'm Emily. I joined UNSW as a lecturer (Science: BABS: medical genomics) three months ago having just returned from a stint in London. My other "hat" is clinical (geneticist). Still very much finding my feet. Looking forward to meeting you all. A few years back I trekked to Everest Base Camp. Hardest thing I have ever done - but the best also. Boot camp with great scenery!

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Hi classmates, this is Jenni Jarventaus. I joined UNSW in April 2017 and currently work as an Educational Developer in the PVC(E). I'm looking forward to an interesting FULT experience this semester. My husband and I trekked the Tongariro Crossing in New Zealand a few years back; this photo, however, is not mine and I'm not sure who the person in it is. It was a great trip, in any case.

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Hi everyone, I'm Arthur. I am an A/Conjoint Lecturer from the St George Clinical School in the Faculty of Medicine. I was a student at UNSW from 2006-2012 and have been tutoring current students as a lecturer since then. I was recently at Coffs Harbour and I took a photo of the sunset from one of the many lookout points - it was a breathtaking sight!

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Hi, I'm Ruth. I've just submitted my PhD, so have been at UNSW for the last 4 years. My research focused on investigating odorous emissions from wastewater treatment plants.This year I am a Research Associate and helping out with some courses in Civil and Environmental Engineering.  I have been tutoring in sustainability and environmental engineering throughout my candidature.
Attached is a pic of the Zollverein UNESCO World Heritage site in Germany I went to last year. An architecturally designed coal mine and processing site, now turned into a museum and arts precinct!

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Hi this is Danny, I’m a Moodle Assistant at UNSW faculty of Law. I mainly deal with general Moodle administration and creating digital learning content.  Creating the digital content usually involves consulting with lecturers about what they want, and then filming, recording audio, using applications such as H5P and smart sparrow for adaptive e-learning content.

I’ve been working at UNSW law for the past 6 months. My background is mainly in e-learning, instructional design, and adult education. Prior to working at UNSW I have been living in Vancouver BC Canada working as an Instructional designer creating e-learning courses for clients such as BC Hydro. And on that last note here is a picture of Vancouver BC. cheers looking forward to meeting everyone!

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Hi, I'm Stephen, and I'm finishing off my PhD in the School of Social Sciences. I've been a tutor in International Relations for the past six years, particularly in International Theory and Australian Foreign Policy.
Below is a sign from a café my wife and I found while in the Hunter Valley.

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Hi everyone! My name is Yenni, a lecturer from the School of Information Systems and Technology Management, UNSW Business School. I have been at UNSW for about 4 years now - I was a PhD student here. I have been tutoring and guest lecturing since I first arrived in Sydney 4 years ago (from Malaysia by the way!). I teach technology-focused courses such as Programming, Networking and Cyber-security.

Attached is a photo of the coffee place (Maze) I would go almost everyday!

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Hi, I'm a lecturer at the Centre for Social Impact in the Business School. I have been in this role since July 2017. I currently teach an undergraduate course about systems thinking and creating social change, and will teach a postgrad course in S2 on Leadership for Sustainability. I don't have any of my travel pics on the work computer so I thought I'd include an image of my favourite TV show as a kid, Quantum Leap... :

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Hi everyone from David Edwards.  I am an EF academic in the School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences (BEES).  I have been at UNSW for more than 15 years and I have held a variety of roles in BEES including Hons Program Co-Ordinator.  I am a geomorphologist with a special interest in human impacts on estuaries.  My current teaching load includes a large first year course that introduces Earth’s physical environments and an upper level course that explores Australian landforms, sediments and soils.

The image below is from one of our first-year field trips and shows eroded sand dunes near Kurnell.

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Hi! My name is Danielle Moreau. I am a lecturer in the School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering. I currently teach MECH4305 Fundamental and Advanced Vibration Analysis. I joined UNSW in 2015. I have just returned from a holiday to Thailand and here is a photo from Ayutthaya.

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Hi. My name is Matt Jones and I am an Associate Lecturer in the Department of Exercise Physiology. I started in this role in March 2017 and have a particular interest in the role of exercise for managing pain and fatigue. Below is a photo from when my wife and watched an ice hockey game in Madison Square Garden, New York, USA. 

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Hi. My name is Matt Jones and I am an Associate Lecturer in the Department of Exercise Physiology. I started in this role in March 2017 and have a particular interest in the role of exercise for managing pain and fatigue. Below is a photo from when my wife and watched an ice hockey game in Madison Square Garden, New York, USA. 

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My name is Nancy and I'm the Education Support Analyst in the Faculty of Medicine. This is a newly established professional position which assists with data relating to learning and teaching.
I've been with UNSW since 2016 but only moved into this role 2 months ago. I have an educational background in science and epidemiology. I work as a casual academic externally to UNSW, teaching introductory clinical epidemiology. My major professional interest is in medical education - how can we best train our medical students to become great doctors?

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Hi, Catherine Ryan here. I'm an Educational Developer in the PVC(E) unit, and have been at UNSW for 2.5 yrs. I have an educational background in maths and information technology.
I took the photo of this majestic beast, on a recent holiday to Botswana.