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University of Bedfordshire
Park Square
Luton
Bedfordshire
UK, LU1 3JU

Alexander De Mont

Senior Lecturer and Course Coordinator

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I have taught for The Open University since 1994 on various social science courses and this was how I first came to work at the University of Luton, as a visiting lecturer, for the spring semester of 2003. My role has grown somewhat since then!

Prior to 2003, I worked in business for Scandinavian and British management consultancy firms and before then as a research assistant in Parliament for two different MPs. I have also been a member of the consumer body, the Air Transport Users Council, a non-executive director of the think tank, the Social Market Foundation, and the chair of the European Public Health Foundation, the European wing of the All Party Parliamentary Group on HIV/Aids.

I am currently a trustee of You Press Partnerships, the online organisation working to promote the voice of young people in the mainstream media of different countries.

As the first member of my family to be born in the UK – we come from Belgium, where many of my relatives live today – I have worked most effectively in contexts of diversity and difference both internationally and in the UK.

Other References

I have a Facebook Page and I am also part of LinkedIn.

Qualifications

  • 1978: BA Politics and Economics - Trinity College, University of Oxford
  • 1987: MA Politics and Economics - Trinity College, University of Oxford

Teaching Role

  • Course Coordinator, BA (Hons) Applied Social Studies
  • Teach on a range of units at all levels of undergraduate provision
  • Units cover a range of subjects, from globalisation to comparative welfare

Research Interests

  • Pedagogic research that is student-centred
  • Applied research, linked to University priorities
  • Registered for PhD, on future student experience

Recent Research Projects

  • Projects for the University’s Centre for Excellence in Teaching & Learning (CETL)
  • Most recent, in 2010-2011, improving the skills of mature students via assessment centre work
  • 2008-2009, research-informed teaching strategies for the Department

Service to the Academic/Professional Community

  • Employability Fellow for the Department
  • Member of the University’s Employability Committee

Recent Conference/Workshop Presentations

  • 2009-10, RIT (Research into Teaching, Process, Policy, Action) for the CETL

Contact Details

Luton campus
Park Square
Luton, LU1 3JU

T: +44 (0)1582 743 065
E: alex.demont@beds.ac.uk

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