Since 2004, I have trained planning students in the UK and in France and also taught planning to geographers, architects and engineers. In both countries the teaching cohorts included home and overseas students which  has provided me with experience of addressing the challenges of very diverse students, with distinct learning skills, cultures and expectations. I am currently one of the 6 planning academics delivering our RTPI accredited MSc in Urban and Regional Planning recruiting ~80 students each year, with 25 to 40% of the cohort being international.  I do understand and have direct experience of RTPI accreditation requirements.
 
I have been involved in teaching 10 different modules since joining UoB and have redesigned two MSc modules and two UG modules.  I include transferable skills in learning outcomes, both in terms of knowledge acquired (practitioners delivering lectures and to practice group exercises completed in the field) and skills gained using innovative  assessment (e.g. dragons’ den panel and ‘call for tender’ type assessment).
 
The quality of my teaching was recognised by a teaching prize in 2012 as well as through excellent student feedback (overall scores over 4.5/5). My teaching is research-led and includes traditional lectures, group discussions, site visits and fieldtrips, practitioners seminars and student-led presentations. I typically use my ESRC SAPER project to challenge the students about the values and role given to urban planning and how this transfers into the physical design of cities, in South Africa (during and post-apartheid). I then demonstrate what this means with regard to balancing contrasting interests, differential power relationships, severe spatial and social segregations and what are the key challenges for transforming urban spaces in the future.

Teaching at the University of Birmingham
 
Master level
 
2009 – Present: Sustainable Cities (22035) (module leader), module offered in the MSc Urban and Regional Planning (circa 80 students, 20 credits, 2 assessments)
2009- Present: Supervision of MSc dissertation (07945) (circa 6 students)
2009- Present: Personal Tutor, 3 compulsory Personal Review Tutorials as well as informal mentoring and pastoral meetings along the year(circa 6 students)
2009 – 2015:   The planner in contemporary society(22150) (module leader), module offered in the MSc Urban and Regional Planning (circa 80 students, 10 credits, 1 assessment)
2009 – 2010:   Creative Cities and Cultural Planning (URS 03022), module offered in the MSc Urban and Regional Planning / MSc Urban Regeneration (in charge of two sessions on creative cities, circa 20 students)
2012 – 2014: Workshop on Essay writing(2h) (optional session offered to overseas students and practitioners - circa 40 students, no assessment)
 
Undergraduate level
 
2009- Present: Personal Tutor, 3 compulsory Personal Review Tutorials as well as informal mentoring and pastoral meetings along the year(circa 6 students per year, 18 UG students total)
2009 - PresentSupervision of Y3 dissertations(GGM 301) (circa 8 students)
2014- Present  Tutorials (GGM 105): 1h every week in semester 1 and 2 - circa 6 students (2 assessments per semester)
2009 – 2012: Contemporary Urban Development and Planning (GGM 305), Y3 module running in semester 1 and 2 (involved in 3 sessions of 2h in semester 1, one site visit, and in the supervision of 4 projects in semester 2 involving three tutorials and two presentation sessions + marking half of the Semester 1 assessments and the 4 Semester 2 projects I was supervising – 20 credits, circa 40 students)
2009 – 2011: Managing European cities and regions(URS 206) (module leader), Y2 module 20 credits, 10 sessions in class and a European fieldtrip, circa 40 students, 2 assessments)
2010 – 2012: Urban and Regional Economy(URS 201) (involved in delivering a 2h session, on urban regeneration and sustainable development – circa 80 students)
2009 – 2011: Planning Dissertation(GGM 309) (module leader), module offered Y3 involving 2 preparatory sessions, allocation of tutees to supervisors and overall management of the dissertation process along the year (circa 30 students)
 
 
External Teaching Activity  
 
Grenoble School of Planning – University of Grenoble (France)
2009 – 2013:   Research methods in urban studies (Master Erasmus Mundus)(module leader)
School of Architecture (Grenoble, France)
2009-2010: Urban and cultural regeneration in France and Britain(M Level - 2h)
Department of Geography and Planning – IGUL – University of Lausanne (Switzerland)
2009-2011: Key issues of urban regeneration in Europe(2h)
 
Overseas teaching (prior to appointment at the University of Birmingham)
 
Grenoble School of Planning – University of Grenoble (France)
 
Master level
2007-2009:Urban renewal and urban regeneration (module leader)
2007-2009:Initiation to research in planning (module leader)
2006-2009:Evaluation of public policies (module leader)
2005-2008:Planning practice and urban design (seminar) 
Under-graduate level
2004-2006: Governance and negotiation (seminar) 
2004-2005: Planning practice and urban design (seminar) 
2004-2007: Initiation in urban planning and practices(seminar)
 
Institute of Geography– University Joseph Fourier - Grenoble (France)
 
Master level
2007-2008: Town planning, local development and public policies(module leader)
Under-graduate level
2007-2008: Urban history (seminar)
2007-2008: Urban analysis (seminar)
 
School of Architecture (Grenoble, France)
 
Master level
2007-2008: Crisis cities and urban regeneration(4h)
Under-graduate level
2007-2008: Urban renewal and cultural regeneration (3h)
 
Department of Civil Engineering (University of Grenoble- France)
 
Under-graduate level
2007-2008: Sustainable urban renewal (4h)
2007-2008: Heritage and urban planning (4h)
 
Department of Architecture – Polytechnic Institute of Lausanne (Switzerland
 
Master level
2007-2008:Urban renewal and sustainable planning (4h)