Email: scourt@bournemouth.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)1202 961716
Sue Court co-ordinates the Peer Assisted Learning (PAL) initiative across the Media School for the Centre of Excellence in Media Practice, a scheme designed to support the learning of all first year students through regular timetabled sessions run by trained second year students. Sue has been involved with Peer Assisted Learning since it was first introduced to Bournemouth University in 1993 and is passionate about the scheme, which benefits both the first year students and the leaders themselves. Her role includes training and supporting the Media School leaders as well as liaising with tutors. She has published articles on the role of PAL in a creative context and the use of self-disclosure by PAL leaders.
Sue is a communication specialist with seventeen years experience of teaching on undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in the Media School, along with programme management and pastoral care. Her particular area of interest is student learning; she holds a PGCE in English, Media and Drama from the University of Southampton, an MA in Professional Development in Post-Compulsory Education and a BA in Communication.
Publications
Allen, A. and Court, S. (2009) Leader Self Disclosure within PAL: A Case Study. Australasian Journal of Peer Learning. 2(1)1. Available at: http://ro.uow.edu.au/ajpl/vol2/iss1/1
Court, S and Molesworth, M. (2008) Course-specific learning in Peer Assisted Learning schemes: a case study of creative media production courses. Research in Post Compulsory Education. 13 (1) 123-134.
Court, S and Molesworth, M. (2003) Developing teaching strategies for research methods that are appropriate to the learning styles of Marketing Communication students. Journal of Marketing Management. 19, 5-6, 675-697
Research and Consultancy
Paper on ‘Introducing First Year Undergraduates to Research Methods’ delivered at the Bournemouth University Learning and Teaching Conference: Re-inventing the student experience for an academically led university. May 2007.
Paper on Peer Assisted Learning in Bournemouth Media School delivered at the Bournemouth University Learning and Teaching Conference: Releasing the potential: developing self-motivated, independent lifelong learners. May 2006.
Paper on Learning Styles delivered at the Academy of Marketing Conference July 2003.
A study of the representation of age, gender, race and disability in Meridian Broadcasts. Conducted for Meridian Television in 1996.
