Louise Squire profile

Career history and background

Current role

Senior Teaching Fellow (Assessment and Feedback)

University of Southampton, January 2025, ongoing

I am a Senior Teaching Fellow on the Assessment Consultancy team for a major strategic project at the University of Southampton. This high profile project explores and develops approaches to enhancing assessment and feedback.

As a member of the Assessment Consultancy team I contribute to various working groups and activities and keep a particular eye on the disability inclusion and accessibility aspects of our work.

Education and Qualifications

PhD English, University of Surrey 2011-2014

MA Philosophy, Nature Pathway (Distinction), University of Wales Lampeter, 2008-2010

BA English Literature (1st Class Hons), University of Wales, Lampeter, 1997-2000

Associate Member, British Dyslexia Association (AMBDA), 2018.
Professional Studies in Education, PG Cert (Open University) 2016.
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, 2014.
Teaching in Higher Education, PG Cert (Wales), 2014.
Mental Health First Aid, MIND, 2009
Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training, ASIST, 2008

Previous roles

Lead Specialist Study Skills and Strategies tutor

Additional Support and Disability Advice Centre (ASDAC), University of Portsmouth, 2012-2024

In this role I worked extensively with disabled students, supporting them to overcome barriers to learning, and develop their academic capabilities, allowing them to achieve their full potential. I also led and line managed the tutor teams, both the specialist and the academic skills tutors.

I contributed variously to cross university activities and developed collaborative projects with academic faculty, where we worked on enhancing student engagement and building disability inclusion at classroom level.

Associate Tutor

School of English and Languages, University of Surrey, 2012-2014

Whilst undertaking my doctoral studies at Surrey, I taught for two years on the level 4 module, Theories of Reading. I was also organiser for an international conference, and developed an additional project on Literature and Sustainability, with outputs to include a symposium, a public lecture competition (the prize: the platform to speak at the Hay Festival of Literature and the Arts), and a journal special issue.

Associate Lecturer

University of Wales, Lampeter, 2011-2012

I taught a range of modules at levels 4 - 6, within the Dept of English, to include in my subject area of contemporary literature. I was invited with a colleague to embed sustainability at curricular level through developments to a research methods module. I was invited to develop and co-teach a collaborative module, Representing Animals, for level 7 Anthrozoology students in Anthropology.

Specialist Study Skills Lecturer

University of Wales, Lampeter 2000 – 2012

In this varied role, I primarily worked directly with disabled students, supporting them in overcoming barriers to study and developing their academic capabilities. I was also involved in various cross university work towards building disability awareness, institution-wide. I co-piloted and co-led an academic skills drop in facility and took the lead developing an accessible online skills support service for Distance Learner students. I liased variously with academic faculty on inclusive learning design.

Business Consultant

BIC Eryri, the Business Innovation Centre for North-West Wales 1999 2003

In this role I acted as consultant to a young organic food company, drawing on my experience and expertise within the organic food movement. I worked across various aspects of the company, from sales and marketing, to budgeting, to logistics, and supported the company from loss making to profit.

Business Owner and Manager

The Hunky-Dory Club (own business - Wales), 1995 -1998

Having rescued twin ponies, Hunky and Dory, as foals, I later set up a children's arts-based equestrian club, sponsored by the Prince of Wales Trust. Whilst the club included the more conventional 'learn to ride' opportunities, it was rooted in the aim of giving children the chance to engage with the ponies in a variety of different ways. Activities included art, play, drama and storytelling.

Wholesale Manager

Organic Farm Foods, Lampeter, Wales (pre-1998)

Having joined the company at entry level, I became Warehouse Manager, leading and line managing the warehouse team, and then moved on to lead and develop the Wholesale section of the company. Across this period I undertook business management training, and was actively involved in various Welsh gov. led initiatives on food development in Wales, trade shows and more.

Career highlights and markers (sample):

Fellow, Advanced HE (FHEA)
Associate Member of PASSHE (Professional Association of Specific Learning Difference Specialists in Higher Education).
Assistant Editor (English) for the peer-reviewed journal Ecozon@: Journal of Literature, Culture and Environment. 2016 to present.
Regulations Review Panel member: Extenuating Circumstances, Special Considerations. University of Portsmouth (2022-2024).
Elected to the Academic Council, University of Portsmouth, Dec 2021, 3-year term.
Co-researcher (invited), “Supporting autistic students through university using a collaborative participatory research approach, Department of Psychology, University of Portsmouth (Jan-Sept 2022; Dec 22 – June 2024).
With Abigail Lee, “Accessibility and Inclusion for Exams and Assessments,” workshop for the Festival of Inclusivity and Wellbeing (staff), University of Portsmouth (2020).
“The Boardroom Table Approach to Research” animated skills video, co-created with University Portsmouth animation students - VLE skills series (2018).
Treasurer, ASLE-UKI (Association for the Study of Literature and Environment, UK & Ireland), 2015-18
Web officer, ASLE-UKI, 2013-2015.
Co-organiser for “Autistic Spectrum Disorder and Asperger’s Syndrome: Theory to practice, workshop, hosted by University of Portsmouth, 2014.
Co-organiser with Adeline Johns-Putra and Gregory Tate for “Ecological Encounters: Agency, Identity Interactions.” ASLE-UKI Biennial Conference, University of Surrey, August 29-31, 2013.
Co-organiser with Matthew Jarvis for “Literature and Sustainability.” ASLE UKI one-day symposium, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, March 15 2013.
Discussion Leader for #Bookhour, Chang Rae Lee On Such a Full Sea, U.S. Studies Online, the Online Journal for the British Association for American Studies (April 5, 2016).
Web Officer, Association for the Study of Literature and Environment (ASLE-UKI), 2013-2015.
Co-organiser for “Ecological Encounters: Agency, Identity, Interactions.” ASLE-UKI Biennial Conference, University of Surrey, August 29-31, 2013.