Helen James

• Chair (2021 to date) and Member (2011 to 2021) of BIO Exam Board 
• Course Director for Biomedicine (C930) (2018 to 2021)
• Module Organiser for Biology in Society (BIO-5012B) and Cancer Biology (BIO-6009A) (ongoing)
• Chair (2013 to 2021) and member (2021 to date) of the BIO EC Panel
• BIO Engagement Officer (2014 to 2021)
• Science Faculty representative on UEA Internal Quality Assurance working group (2015-2018)
• Member of the BIO Athena Swan Support and Equality Team (2013 to 2015)
• Independent Chair or member of Course Review Panels (2 x 2013, 2 x 2014)
• Member of BIO Teaching Committee (2014 to date)
• Director of Teaching and Learning for School of Biological Sciences and Chair of the BIO Teaching Executive (2011-2014)
• Member of the BIO Executive and BIO Promotion Committee (2011-2014)
• Member of the SCI Learning Teaching & Quality Committee (2006-2014)
• Course Director for Visiting Studies in Biological Sciences (C100V) (2005 to 2018)
• Chair BIO Staff Student Liaison Group (2009-2011)
• BIO Plagiarism Officer (2008-2011)
• Member of the Senate Student Discipline Committee (2008-2011)
• Member of the Taught Programmes Policy Group (2005-2010)

• Associate Professor (2021 to date)
• Reader, University of East Anglia (2014-2021)
• Senior Lecturer, University of East Anglia (2011-2014)
• Lecturer, University of East Anglia (2006-2011)
• Teaching Fellow, University of East Anglia (2001-2006)
• Francesca Gunn Lecturer in Leukaemia, University of East Anglia (1998-2000)
• Senior Research Associate, University of East Anglia (1994-1997)
• Ph.D. - Biochemistry, University of Liverpool (1994)
• B.Sc. - Jt. Hons. Biochemistry/Chemistry, University of Wales, College of Cardiff (1990)

I am interested in teaching research and the student experience. I have previously worked in collaboration with Professors Harriet Jones and Kay Yeoman (BIO, UEA) along with colleagues across UEA and at other institutions looking at student and staff perceptions of feedback (HEA Biosciences). 

Previous Research Projects

• Investigating students’ reactions (both initial and reflective) to the feedback they receive on their coursework (HEA Biosciences - with Dr Jones and Prof Yeoman (BIO) and other colleagues from UEA and other institutions)
• An analysis of what motivates BIO and MED students to attend classes and what drives student absenteeism (UEA Teaching Fellowship with Prof Laura Bowater MED)