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Title
Dr
Forname
Esat
Surname
Alpay
Gender
Male
Date record last updated
Monday 19 July 2010
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Preferred contact address:
Faculty of Engineering Imperial College London Rm B303a, Bessemer Building South Kensington Campus London. SW7 2AZ.
Regions prepared to work:
East of England; London; Midlands; North West; Scotland and Northern Ireland; South East; South West and Wales; Yorkshire and North East 
Telephone:
02075941567
E-mail:
e.alpay@imperial.ac.uk
Website
http://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/e.alpay

Reference one Back to top

Title:
Ms
Name:
Alison
Surname:
Ahearn
Job title:
Lecturer in Construction and Education
Intitution:
Imperial College London
Contact method:
a.ahearn@imperial.ac.uk / 020 7594 3911

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Title:
Dr
Name:
Paul
Surname:
Langford
Job title:
Reader in Paediatrics
Intitution:
Imperial College London
Contact method:
p.langford@imperial.ac.uk / 020 7594 3359

Experience Back to top

Job title:
Senior Lecturer in Engineering Education
Current institution:
Imperial College London
Relevant qualifications:
PhD (Chemical Engineering) MA (Psychology of Education) CELTA MBTI Qualified Belbin Team Roles Qualified
Personal profile:
Wide interests in the educational support and skills development of undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as the application of psychology to facilitate student learning and personal development. Was formerly responsible for the set-up of several core transferable skills workshops at Imperial College London, including the national award winning Research Skills Development course. He also undertakes consultancy work for the skills training of PhD students at the Helmholtz Association, Germany.
Biography:
Esat Alpay is a Senior Lecturer in Engineering Education, and a member of the management team of EnVision. He received his BSc (Hons) degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Surrey, and his PhD from the University of Cambridge. He also holds an MA degree in the Psychology of Education (with distinction) from the Institute of Education, University of London. He is "certified" in many ways, including Belbin (team roles), Myers-Briggs (personality types) and CELTA (English teaching to Adults). He also has counselling experience through ChildLine. He has wide interests in the educational support and skills development of undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as the application of psychology to facilitate student learning and personal development. Some of his current research and professional interests include: the development and evaluation of transferable skills, student creativity in design work, threshold concepts in engineering, peer assessment and peer-based learning, gender issues in higher education, the use of learning technologies for maths teaching and web-based labs. His past scientific research activities (Department of Chemical Engineering) have included studies in adsorption processes, hybrid reactors and polymerisation processes. His work for the Graduate Schools led to the development and set-up of the award-winning "Research Skills Development" course for early-career researchers, as well as a number of workshops relating to personal effectiveness and communication and presentation skills.
Audience:
  • Postgraduate researchers
  • Research staff
  • Staff developers/trainers
  • Other
 

Specialist areas Back to top

Type of work:
  • Research into skills development
  • Training delivery
  • Training design and development
Subject areas:
  • Evaluation and feedback mechanisms
  • Interpersonal skills development
  • Leadership
  • Preparation for academic practice, including teaching
  • Research methods
  • Training needs analysis/reflective practice/PDP
Experience of delivering
Vitae programmes:
  • GRADschool Tutor

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