Dr Robert Boyd

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Roles

  • Lead Developer: SQA HNC Next Generation Horticulture
  • Lecturer: NC, HNC and HND Horticulture
  • Programme Leader: BSc Bioscience
  • Subject Network Leader:Science, Technology and Environment 

Qualifications

  • BSc (Honours) Botany, University of Dundee
  • PhD Plant Physiology: University of Sheffield
  • PGCE (Teaching): (Jordanhill) University of Strathclyde
  • Senior Fellow: Higher Education Academy

Professional Membership

  • Scottish Horticultural Skills Group
  • Scottish Universities Life Science Alliance
  • Perth Society of Natural Science (est. 1867)

Experience

  • Ten years in commercial horticulture
  • Twenty years in further and higher education teaching from SCQF levels 1-12.
  • PhD supervisor and Director of Studies
  • Exam Board Chair for University of Highlands and Islands
  • Lead for quality assurance in undergraduate and postgraduate qualification in science and environment for the University of the Highlands and Islands.
  • Curriculum Manager for Science and Environment, UHI Perth

Research

  • PhD supervisor and Director of Studies:
  • Potential for Historic Hydro power generation in the Highlands & Islands – A Bachell (2021)
  • Recent Publications
  • Boyd, R & Bachell, A (2018) Historic Hydropower Generation
  • The Geographer. Newsletter of the Royal Scottish Geographer Soc.  2018
  • Research grant and scholarly activity awards
  • Various totalling approximately £250,000