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Ewan's Web Page

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A bit about me

This is me, welcome to my Web page. I am 28 years old and currently work for the Association of University Teachers (http://www.aut.org.uk/) as their Education Policy Research Officer. I also work part-time as a Course Tutor for the Open University on their D317 Social Psychology course. Before starting these jobs I was general secretary of the National Postgraduate Committee (http://www.npc.org.uk/) and doing a Ph.D. at Queen Margaret College in Edinburgh (http://www.qmced.ac.uk/). For my Ph.D. I looked at how men talk about food. For more information on this or anything else you can contact me at ewan.gillon@dial.pipex.com. Alternatively, you can find out more by browsing my web page.

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Ewan Gillon's CV

Teaching Experience

6 years higher education teaching in psychology and research methods. Courses taught include: Introduction to Psychology, Social Psychology, Culture and Communication, Principles of Investigation, Social Sciences and Health, Psychology of Food.

Training and experience in preparing and delivering classroom lectures and tutorials, supporting distant learners and advising Honours, Masters and Doctoral Students on their research.

Marking and assessment at levels 1 to 4.

Research Skills and Experience

Formal training in psychological research methodologies via M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees.

Management, design, conduct and publication/presentation of research projects

Experience of consultancy work in both public and private sectors.

Experience of academic grant application and peer review process.

Publication and presentation in a variety of academic (e.g. conferences, academic journals), and non-academic (e.g. THES) arenas.

Considerable experience of researching and writing policy documents, producing analytical reports, responding to national consultations and representing arguments in the media.

Employment History

1. Education Policy Research Officer (Oct 1997-present). Association of University Teachers, Egmont House, 23-31 Tavistock Place, London.

2. Summer School Tutor DSE202 Social Psychology (April 1997-present). The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes.

3. Freelance Research Consultant (May 1994-present) International Consultancy Group Ltd. 53 Chester Street, Edinburgh.

4. General Secretary (Oct 1995- September 1996). National Postgraduate Committee, Brandon House, Bentinck House, Troon, Ayrshire.

5. Part-time Associate Lecturer (September 1992- April 1997). Queen Margaret College, Clerwood Terrace, Edinburgh.

6. Course Tutor D307/317 Social Psychology (October 1993-September 1995, November 1998-present). The Open University. Walton Hall, Milton Keynes.

7. Research Officer (July 1991-September 1992). Dunedin Management Consultancy Ltd. 32 Palmerston Place, Edinburgh.

Education

Ph.D. in Social Psychology/Sociology (Oct 1992-June 1997 both full and part time) The Open University Research Degrees Office, 344-354 Grays Inn Road, London. Situated and supervised at Queen Margaret College and the University of Edinburgh.

Thesis title: Men’s talk about food: A discourse analysis. Examined by Margaret Wetherell and Harriette Marshall.

M.Sc. in Research Methods in Social and Developmental Psychology (October 1991-September 1992). University of Strathclyde, Great George Street, Glasgow.

Thesis title: Attitudes toward the disabled: in-group/out-group effects. Examined by Nick Emler.

B.A. Communication Studies with Distinction (September 1987-June 1990). Queen Margaret College, Clerwood Terrace, Edinburgh.

Other Qualifications and Professional Portfolio

Joint managing Editor of the Journal of Graduate Education (July 1998- present)

Certificate in Personal and Career Development (Project and Personal Management).

Certificate in Mediation (accredited status).

Introductory Certificate in Teaching Skills.

Graduate Membership of British Psychological Society.

Membership of Dearing Committee Research Working Group.

Membership of Queen Margaret College Research Degrees Steering Group.

Membership of UKCGE working group on postgraduate teaching.

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Some recent publications

1/ Gillon, E. Men’s Talk About Body Weight, paper presented at Gender, Sexuality and Health Forum, Health Promotion Scotland, 9th April 1997 (to be published in proceedings, OU press 1998).

2/ Gillon E, Keynote Address - The Research Landscape into the Millennium, Annual Research Conference, University of Sunderland, 30th January 1997.

3/ Gillon, E. Foreword, Journal of Graduate Education, Vol.2, No.3, 1996.

4/ Elton, L., Gillon, E., and Moss, A. Students as Teachers. Paper presented at The Society for Research into Higher Education Annual Conference, Cardiff Institute of Higher Education, 17-19th December 1996.

5/ Gillon, E. Men and Meat; a case study in applied discourse analysis. Paper presented at British Psychological Association Scottish Branch Annual Conference, 22-24th November 1996, Crieff Hydro Hotel.

6/ Craden, C., Gillon, E., Opacic, S. and Simms, A. Survey of Postgraduate Teachers in Higher Education, Association of University Teachers Research Paper RDR/4, September 1996.

7/ Gillon, E. Meat to Live: Men's Talk About Meat. Paper presented at British Psychology Society Postgraduate Conference, Glasgow Caledonian University, 9-10 July 1996.

8/ Gillon, E. Research Supervision : the view of postgraduates. Paper presented at the Society for Research into Higher Education Annual Conference, Edinburgh, 4-7th December 1995.

9/ Gillon, E. Why Many Women are Addicted to Dieting and Why Many Men Aren't. Paper presented at British Psychological Society Scottish Branch Annual conference, Crieff, 24-26th November 1995.

10/ Gillon E. Men and Food in Scotland. Paper presented at British Psychological Society Social Psychology Section Annual Conference, York, 12-15 September 1995

11/ Gillon, E. A Discourse Approach to Diet; Implications for Health Promotion, Seminar presentation, Centre for Food Research, Edinburgh, 15 Feb 1995.

12 Gillon, E. and Randall, S. Men’s Dietary Beliefs and Practices: implications for caterers. Paper presented at CHME annual conference, Napier University, 14 April 1995.

13/ Gillon, E., McKie, L. and McCorkindale, L. Researching Male Dietary Beliefs and Practices, Poster presented at International Conference on Eating Practices, Potsdam, July 1993.

14/ Gillon, E., McKie, L and McCorkindale, L. Researching Men's Dietary Beliefs and Practices, British Food Journal, Vol.95, No.6, 1993.

Other Publications

1/ Gillon, E. (1998) A Biased Court with No Appeal. Times Higher Education Supplement. 13 March.

2/ Gillon, E. (1998) A System in Danger of Overload. Times Higher Education Supplement. 15 May.

3/ Gillon, E. View From the Top. Research Fortnight. 8 April.

4/ Gillon, E. (1988) Assessing the assessment system: research under scrutiny. AUT Bulletin, October.

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Personal Interests

I'm pretty interested in quite a few things. Most of all I really like art and spend way too much time hanging around galleries. I also like photography and am planning to put together my own dark room in the fairly near future. Although I don't get that much time at the moment because I am trying to write up some publications from my PhD, I do like reading. So if you know of any good books……

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Last Revised: 09/11/98