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Dr Charlie Smith

Liverpool School of Art and Design

Faculty of Arts Professional and Social Studies

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As a National Teaching Fellow, Dr Smith is a passionate advocate of student-centred learning. He works as a Studio Design Tutor across the undergraduate and postgraduate Architecture programmes, where he tutors and lectures with undergraduate cohorts on taught modules in Design, History and Theory, and Practice and Legislation. In the postgraduate programme he is a Studio Design Tutor and Specialist Study Tutor, guiding students through the development of dissertations and thesis design projects. He also teaches on the MA in Urban Design programme and on LJMU’s Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice.

As a Reader in Creative Pedagogies, Dr Smith's research focuses on learning and teaching in creative programmes - and in particular on assessment and feedback - and the impact of these to enhance and enrich the student learning experience. He has published and presented internationally in this field. The outcomes of his work are implemented through continual enhancement and innovation of the learning and teaching experience, and he contributes to the development of best practice in education across his Faculty and the University. Dr Smith participated in the development of learning and teaching in his subject area at government level through inclusion on the education panel of the Farrell Review. He achieved recognition as a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in 2014, and in 2016 he was awarded an Individual Teaching and Learning Excellence Award.

Dr Smith has innovated ways in which studio design work can inform research, creating collaborative partnerships with students, and which has also led to international publications. He also undertakes research in library architecture, focusing on how digitisation and new programmatic challenges are affecting these civic and cultural landmarks in towns and cities. He has generated considerable external consultancy work, including involvement in cutting-edge projects for zero-carbon buildings. In 2015 Dr Smith was awarded 'Outstanding Paper' in the Emerald Literati Awards, and in 2020 he was awarded 'Highly Commended'.

Degrees

2009, Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom, PG Cert, Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
2001, Royal Institute of British Architects (NW), United Kingdom, Advance Diploma, Professional Practice in Architecture
2001, Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom, PhD, Sustainable Urban Housing
1998, Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom, MA, Architecture and Urban Design
1996, Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom, Postgraduate Diploma, Architecture
1993, Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom, BA (Hons), Architecture

Academic appointments

Reader in Creative Pedagogies, School of Art and Design, Liverpool John Moores University, 2018 - present
Senior Lecturer, School of Art and Design, Liverpool John Moores University, 2005 - 2018

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