Dr Dom Henri

I am a National Teaching Fellow (2021), Principal Fellow of the HEA (2025), and a previous winner of the Royal Society of Biology’s Higher Education Teacher of the Year award (2018). As Director of Studies and Deputy Head of the Department of Biological and Marine Sciences between 2018-2022, I led the transformation of our biosciences provision to be more marketable, efficient and inclusive. This work is tied to my pedagogic research enhancing teaching and assessment in higher education, with a particular focus on building student confidence and maximising graduate employability. The Quality Assurance Agency currently funds our Competence-Based Assessment project, which attempts to collaboratively build a framework of effective university assessment in the 21st Century with universities across the UK.

https://www.qaa.ac.uk//en/membership/collaborative-enhancement-projects/assessment/a-competence-based-assessment-framework

Since starting at Hull, I have taught topics across animal behaviour, ecology, entomology, conservation, and sustainability, which align with my broad academic background. Originally, I completed a BSc in Ecology, Evolution, and Behaviour and an MSc in lichen physiology at Durham University, before completing a PhD in insect population ecology and sustainable agriculture at the University of Exeter.