Robert Fleming

• B.Ed. (Hons) 1991
• SFHEA 

Robert has been involved in education for over twenty five years. Trained as a teacher he has taught at all ages from under 5 to secondary and A ’level. He set up and ran a tuition agency and has extensive experience of tutoring. Robert has been working at the University for a number of years during which time he has organised modules and more recently designed the new programme in Accounting & Finance. His main subject is mathematics and he would like to think that his interventions have meant that fewer people are scared of numbers and that more people are willing to believe that they can give it a go!

• Quantitative Methods for accounting & finance
• Analytical techniques
• Analytical Techniques (Advanced)
• Academic & Professional Skills

Research interests: Education

Current projects:

BTEC students’ experiences of the college-university transition: challenges and potential for supporting success in higher education.

This study aims to understand the challenges that BTEC students at university face and examine strategies that could potentially support their achievement and progression. In this presentation we focus on the experiences and attitudes of students in college and university, and the development of interventions to promote success for this group.  

Current projects

BTEC students’ experiences of the college-university transition: challenges and potential for supporting success in higher education.

This study aims to understand the challenges that BTEC students at university face and examine strategies that could potentially support their achievement and progression. In this presentation we focus on the experiences and attitudes of students in college and university, and the development of interventions to promote success for this group.