Brian Bowe
Head, Academic Affairs
Email: head.academicaffairs@tudublin.ie
Tel: +353 1 220 5266
Brian graduated with a PhD in Physics from Trinity College Dublin in 1999 and a Masters in Higher Education in 2005. In this academic career to date, he has been a lecturer, Assistant Head of School and Head of Learning Development. He has facilitated over 300 education development workshops worldwide and consulted for numerous higher education institutes on topics such as problem-based learning, assessment, curriculum development, quality assurance, group learning and peer instruction. His research interests include examining students’ approaches to learning within group-based project-driven pedagogies, gender studies in STEM education, cognitive development, conceptual understanding, sustainability, and pedagogical evaluations, employing a wide range of methodologies, including phenomenology and phenomenography. In 2000, he formed the Physics Education Research Group and in 2008 he established an Engineering Education Research Group which later evolved into the CREATE (Contributions to Research in Engineering and Applied Technology Education) research group.
As Head of Academic Affairs, Brian leads a team responsible for: quality assurance and enhancement; learning, teaching and assessment support, development, and innovation; academic information systems; academic governance and the development of academic policies. Digital Education, Academic Integrity and Education Innovation Projects are also key focus areas for Academic Affairs.