The Open University

Professional biography

Current roles and appointments

Staff tutor and Senior Lecturer in School of Life Health & Chemical Sciences
Qualification Director MSc.Mental Health Science
S390 Module Team Chair
SXH390 Strand Chair
Associate Lecturer SXH390

Previous roles and appointments

EDI Lead n School of Life Health & Chemical Sciences
Module Team Chair- production/rewrite S390
Co-Chair Science AL Staff Development Working Group
Member STEM new AL Induction Staff Development Working Group
Associate Lecturer (SD226, SDK228, SDK100, SXL390)
Assistant Staff Tutor in School of Life Health & Chemical Sciences
Member Monitoring Implementation Group

Qualifications

Ph.D. Neuropsychopharmacology, University of Wales, Swansea (1999)

M.Sc. Neuroscience, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London (1995)

B.Sc. (Hons) Pharmacology, University of Sunderland (1994)

Senior Fellowship Advanced HE

Research interests

Scholarship:

Co-lead of project to evaluate the impact of practical and dataset project options to the science undergraduate capstone module (S390). Previous project choices focused on literature reviews, with a new addition of pratcial or data set options. Impact of introducing new practical and dataset project options to the science undergraduate capstone project module (S390) | eSTEeM (open.ac.uk)

Co-lad Pan-university/APP scholarship project ‘Cross-faculty scholarship of monitoring’ Cross-faculty Scholarship of Monitoring (sharepoint.com)

Lead: eSTEeM project Evaluating student perspectives of different types of learning events provided on SDK228, a level 2 LHCS module. http://www.open.ac.uk/about/teaching-and-learning/esteem/projects/themes/supporting-students/evaluating-student-perspectives-different-types-learning-events

Interested in educational research around AL development specifically induction of new AL to the school and faculty. Involved in two projects relating to this:

Co-lead with Hannah Gauci: eSTEeM project ‘Assessing the effectiveness of the induction process for novice Associate Lecturers in preparing them for the Associate Lecturer role’. (http://www.open.ac.uk/about/teaching-and-learning/esteem/projects/themes/other/assessing-the-effectiveness-the-induction-process-novice-associate-lecturers)

Co-lead with Hannah Gauci: eSTEeM project Evaluating a new STEM AL induction programme

http://www.open.ac.uk/about/teaching-and-learning/esteem/projects/themes/other/evaluating-new-stem-al-induction-programme

Previous research as an AL: OU Personalised Integrated Learning Support (PILS) consultant ‘ students’ motivational levels during the 2008 presentation of SD226.’ (2008)

Previous lab based research interests:

Anhedonia, Motivation and reward, Neuroscience

Teaching interests

Current modules:

S390: Science project course (30 credits UG) Module Team Chair (prsentation)

SXH390: Health Sceinces (30 credits UG) Strand Chair

Previous modules

SXL390: Science project course: research biology and health sciences (30 credits UG) Module Team

SD329: Signals and perception: the science of the senses (30 credits UG) Module Team (Deputy Chair)

SK298: Brain, mind and behaviour (30 credits UG) Module Team

SDK228 Science of the mind: investigating mental health (30 credits UG) Module Team

SD816: Core topics in mental health science: psychosis and dementia (60 credits PG) Module Team

Other

Interested in supporting women in leadership: recent completion of Advanced HE Aurora programme and Aurora mentor (Aurora | Advance HE (advance-he.ac.uk)

Interested in AL Staff Development including ALs new to the OU and supporting Science ALs in their ongoing development.

Monitoring of correspondence tuition and quality assurance

Publications

Conference items

Exploring the use of different styles of tutorial to enhance student engagement (2022-03-02)
Haresnape, Janet; Wallace, Janette and Moorman, Fiona
In : The 3rd Annual STEM Teaching Conference (2 Mar 2022, [Online])

Exploring different styles of online tuition to enhance student experience (2022)
Haresnape, Janet; Wallace, Janette and Moorman, Fiona
In : Horizons in STEM Higher Education Conference Making Connections, Innovating and Sharing Pedagogy (29-30 Jun 2022, London) (p 76)

Practical or data-based projects? Types of undergraduate capstone projects chosen by distance-learning biology and environmental science students at the Open University (2022)
Gauci, Hannah; Robson, Julie; Golding, Jon and Wallace, Janette
In : Horizons in STEM Higher Education Conference Making Connections, Innovating and Sharing Pedagogy (29-30 Jun 2022, London) (p 99)

Gender equality work in a distance learning institution (2022)
Lotz, Nicole; Siddharthan, Advaith; Priola, Cinzia and Wallace, Janette
In : Diversity Interventions 2022 (7-8 Apr 2022, Oxford)

Engaging new STEM associate lecturers with induction activities (2021-03-03)
Wallace, Janette and Gauci, Hannah
In : The 2nd Annual STEM Teaching Conference (3 Mar 2021, Milton Keynes online) (pp. 32-32)

Engaging and enthusing cross disciplinary students of mental health through large informal workshops (2020-08-08)
Wallace, Janette and Henman, Isabella
In : Advance HE Teaching and Learning Conference 2020 - STEM strand. Teaching in the spotlight: Creative thinking to enhance the student experience from curriculum design to student success (7 Jul 2020, Online)

The role of large informal online workshops to engage and enthuse students studying SDK228 an interdisciplinary level 2 module (2020-04-29)
Wallace, Janette and Henman, Isabella
In : The 9th eSTEeM Annual Conference STEM Scholarship: Informing Student Success – From Scholarship to Practice Conference (29-30 Apr 2020, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes)

Developing HE practitioner confidence and skills to ensure effective online teaching and student support. (2020-02-03)
Gauci, Hannah and Wallace, Janette
In : STEM Conference 2020 (29-30 Jan 2020, Manchester)

Assessing the effectiveness of the induction process for novice Associate Lecturers (AL) in the School of Life Health and Chemical Sciences (LHCS) in preparing them for the AL role (2019)
Wallace, Janette and Gauci, Hannah
In : The 8th eSTEeM Annual Conference 2019 STEM Scholarship: From Inquiry to Implementation (8-9 May 2019, Open University)