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ecology
environmental science
sustainable development

• Promoting Sustainable Business Practice in Surrey
• Environmental education, water quality, habitat change

BSc (Hons) Botany & Geography, University of Southampton
PhD, University of Southampton
C.Biol

Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Principal Lecturer Kingston University

Journal Articles and Book Chapters

Taylor, R M 2007 Sustainability Initiatives at Kingston University, UK In Teoría y Práctica de la Sostenibilidad en el Curriculum Universitario – ponencias preeenstadas en- el II Seminario Interdisciplinar sobre Desarrollo Sostenible y Educación Ambiental Cátedra UNESCO sobre Desarrollo Sostenible y Educación Ambiental, Universidad del País Vasco, Bilbao ( ISBN-13 978-84- 611-8828-4) pp49-62 - English; 21-34 Basque; 35-48 Spanish

Downward S R and Taylor, R M 2007 An assessment of Spain’s Programma AGUA and its implications for sustainable water management in the province of Almería, southeast Spain. Journal of Environmental Management 82 (2) 277-89

Taylor, R M 2006 Adams, W. M. Against Extinction The Story of Conservation: Hambler, C. Conservation. Progress in Physical Geography 2006, 30, (4) 569-70

Yorke, D.L., Bland, W. J. and Taylor, R M 2004 Environmental Effects of fire fighting foams with respect to soils Seesoil1, 52-31

Taylor, R. M and Morrissey, K. H. 2004 Coping with Pollution: Dealing with Waste. In, F. Harris (Ed) Global Environmental Issues. Chichester: Wiley

Dawe G.F.M, Gant, R.L. and Taylor, R M 2003 Kingston University: Sustainability in the Curriculum Steering Group for Sustainability , Kingston University

Taylor, R M 2003 The Limitations to Nuclear Power. In, Bradley, D. (Ed) 2020 Vision - Powering the UK’sFuture Proceedings of Conference hosted by Scientific Alliance at the Royal Institution, London 6.5.03

Taylor, R M and Waller, M P 2001 Role Play Assessment of Field Study Paper presented to CHES Swap Shop ‘Good Ideas for Assessment’ (Kingston University, February 2001) Also available on CHES and GEES website

Taylor, R M 1997 Organisms and Environment In Biological Science Cambridge University Press, 3rdedition (DJ Taylor, N P O Green, G W Stout) chapter 10, 298-348

Taylor, R M 1997 Review of 'Acid Rain and its impact: the Critical Loads Debate'. Proceedings of a conference held at the Environmental Change Research Centre, UCL, September 1993. Edited by R W Battarbee, London:Ensis Publishing, 1995 Geography 82, 94

 

Recent Research Grants and Consultancy

2007 – ongoing Surrey Economic Partnership 44K for delivery of training programme and environmental audits for Surrey SMEs

2004 –on going 760K HEIF2; 12K HEIF 3 funding for work on barriers to sustainability in SMEs and SME training programmes for Sustainability and Environmental Review

2002 -on going approx 200K . Human Resources Funding for project, ‘Sustainability at Kingston University’ including establishment of SGS and development of new post of Sustainability Facilitator

2001 -on going Consultant to, and guest panel member for, ‘Home Planet’ Pier Productions for BBC Radio 4

1997-01 EPSRC Case Award for research student. Co-supervisor with W. J. Bland, School of Pharmacy and Chemistry , Kingston University and R. Coates, BP, ‘Environmental Effects of Fire Fighting Foams’.

1998-01 Kingston University Co-ordinator for development of Environmental Management programme, part of a curriculum diversification scheme for MATI (Moscow Institute for Aerospace Technology) REAP project , British Council funding.

• with JA Entwistle, School of Geography and A Flowers, School of Applied Physics , Kingston University Royal Geographical Society Grant £ 1500 ‘Human impact on lake ecosystems in Belarus’.

Recent Workshops, Conferences Organised and Papers presented

2007 Sustainability In Practice from Local to Global – International Conference hosted at Kingston University 6-7 September 2007 Convenors Taylor, R M, Corrigan, N and Sayce, S L

2007 Taylor, R M, Bray, S, Gant, R and Morrissey, K Engaging with Sustainable procurement and environmental Issues: Public procurement and SME Awareness. Sustainability in Practice from Local to Global: Making a Difference International Conference, Kingston, 6-7 September 2007

2005a Sustainability invited speaker at seminar exploring the development of Education for Sustainable Development in the UK and Russia, Oxford, November 2005. Joint presentation Taylor R M, Sayce, S L and Carter, A Sustainability Initiatives at Kingston University: engaging staff and students, developing curricula and creating sustainable alumni

2005b Sustainability Visitors, workshop at Kingston University – Facilities Management with Visitors from Grand Valley, Michigan, USA (Taylor, R M Convenor and speaker)

2005c Sustainability Visitors workshop at Kingston University Exploring Education for Sustainability with Forum for the Future, University of Plymouth, School of Planning and RHUL. (Taylor, R M Convenor and speaker)

2003 Sustainability in the Curriculum : Moving the Benchmarks Forward Taylor, R M Convenor on behalf of the Steering Group for Sustainability at Kingston University

2001 GEES (LTSN, Geography Earth and Environmental Sciences subject centre) workshop ‘Motivating and Engaging Students in Active Learning (Taylor R M co-convenor and speaker) Kingston University, February 2001

2001 CHES Swap Shop ‘Good Ideas for Assessment’ (Taylor, R M co-convenor and speaker), Kingston University, February 2001. ‘Role Play Assessment of Field Study’

2001 Learning outcomes and assessment delivered by Brian Chalkley (Director of GEES, University of Plymouth): One-day workshop at KU, part of GEES series for department training, June 2001 for Earth Sciences and Geography staff development – Taylor, R M -convenor at Kingston,

1999 ‘Enhancing Students’ Learning’ delivered by Alan Jenkins (Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development, Oxford-Brookes University): One-day workshop – Kingston convenor, Taylor, R M

1999 Curriculum Design workshop (Geography Discipline Network (GDN) workshop delivered for colleagues at KU by Prof. Alan Jenkins) as part of Geography Learning and Teaching staff development programme. Convenor at Kingston,Taylor, R M

1999 Talessi project (Teaching and Learning at the Environmental Science and Society Interface) one day Workshop evaluating teaching materials Greenwich 1999, ‘Citation and Referencing’ piloted at KU.

Participated in numerous KU workshops on teaching developments e.g. 2000 use of Blackboard as a teaching and learning medium and also 2000 Interactive video conferencing.

 

Current Teaching

Level 1 – Understanding the Environment – atmosphere, Module leader, Projects in Practice: tourism and sustainability; Level 2- Module leader for Ecology: principles and practice, Collection and Analysis of Environmental Data, Design and Management of Projects, including fieldwork in Spain , and contributor to Marine and Fresh Water Ecology and Environmental Management , Tools and Methodologies; Level 3 – Module leader Ecology and Conservation in Temperate Ecosystems, Environmental Projects and Sustainability at Work, and contributor to Achieving a Sustainable Future; M Level - Environmental Science Projects, Environmental Assignment, Project Design, Biodiversity and Conservation.

 

Current Administration

Chair, Kingston University Steering Group for Sustainability; Senior Tutor Earth Sciences and Geography; Course Director for BSc / MEnv Sci Honours Environmental Science, BSc Honours Environmental Management , BA/BSc Honours Sustainable Development and Joint Honours Environmental Studies Programmes; Co-Chair of the School of Geography, Geology and the Environment Learning and Teaching Committee; Member of the Faculty of Science and Kingston University Learning and Teaching Committees; Member of the Faculty of Science Mitigating Circumstances Panel.

 

External Examining and Accreditation

2007 External validator for Erasmus Mundi masters programme in Sustainability Management University Surrey, Uk, Kaunas Lithunia and universities from Hungary and Germany

2007- on going External Examiner Environmental Sciences at University of Aston

2000 & 2006 External Validator MSc Environmental Risk Management at UWIC, Cardiff

2005 on going External Examiner University of Surrey; Combined Studies programme; Archaeology, Environment and Landscape Studies

2001 -05 External Examiner UEL Extended Science programme

2000 -04 External Examiner BSc Honours Environmental Protection at Bournemouth University.

2001 External Validator BSc Environmental Studies and Geography programme at UWIC, Newport

1998-2001

KingstonUniversityCoordinatorfordevelopment of Environmental Management programme, as part of a curriculum diversification scheme for MATI(MoscowInstitutefor AerospaceTechnology)REAPproject, British Council funding

 

Research supervision and Examining

• Independent internal examiner for 4 PhD and 1 MPhil theses at Kingston University
• Supervisor (with W. Bland, KU and R Coates, BP) ) MPhil Thesis (Diana Yorke) awarded 2002 Environmental Effects of Fire Fighting Foams.
• Supervisor with N Walford , Kingston University and R. White University of the Western Cape MRes in progress. Elizabeth Hicken Geomatics as a tool for Sustainable Development in South Africa
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• Supervised and assessed over 60 MSc theses for MSc Environmental and Earth Resources Management and new MSc programme in Sustainable Environmental Development with Management Studies at Kingston University main themes ecology, environmental management, sustainable development

 

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Ros Taylor has become an established regular for the BBC Radio 4 Environmental Discussion Programme, Home Planet. Alongside Richard Daniels (presenter) and Philip Stott (Emeritus Professor in Biogeography at SOAS), the ever-present panel member, Ros has debated diverse environmental and sustainability topics such as; 'should kangaroos be culled?, the impacts of large scale dams, 'plastic' agriculture in Spain, disposal of fridges, the WEEE (Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment) directive, disposable versus re-usable nappies, energy security, and much more besides. In the current series she has discussed drought in the horn of Africa, phthalates in water, carbon rationing, development issues linked with arsenic poisoning associated with pipe wells in Bangladesh, and the viability, environmental impact and likely sustainability of LNG (Liquified Natural Gas) as a replacement energy source replacing dwindling North Sea gas supplies.

Home Planet is produced by Nick Patrick for Pier Productions.

Working on the programme has also put Ros, and thereby the School, in touch with many Kingston Alumni. The most recent contact was from Steve Charles, a Geography graduate now working in Abu Dhabi as a pilot for a company working in oil field support. Along with a news update, Steve sent a photo from a long ago (1975) Kingston field trip to East Africa. We are always interested in news of our alumni - and the photos - contact Claire Ivison for addition to the KU Alumni database and newsletter.

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