Educational Developer and Co-Director Mathematics Learning Centre
Dr Richard Walsh is an Educational Developer in the CTL and the Co-Director of the Mathematics Learning Centre (MLC). He has a first class honours BSc. In Physical Education and Mathematics (2011) and a PhD in Mathematics Education (2015).
As part of his role in the MLC, Richard supports student learning of mathematics across the university, with particular emphasis on providing support to all learners who traditionally have been shown to have issues with learning mathematics (mature students, first year students, etc.). Richard designs, implements, evaluates and reports on MLC support services for UL students and also collaborates with internal and external partners in outreach activities. He frequently conducts mathematics tutor training exercises with UL mathematics tutors and collaborates with the Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics to support their learning and teaching activities, particularly with the training of their early-career mathematics tutors and supporting their first year learners. Richard also collaborates with EPISTEM National Centre for STEM Education in their work. Richard is an active researcher in the area of mathematics education and is a committee member of the Irish Mathematics Learning Support Network (IMLSN). He previously served as PRO of the IMLSN from January 2019 until June 2020.
Richard’s research interests include:
- The learning and teaching of mathematics in Higher Education (HE)
- Mathematics Learning Support in HE
- The learning and teaching of mathematics at post-primary level
- Attitudes to mathematics
- The learning of mathematics in HE by non-traditional students
