Department of Maths and Stats local
Department of Maths and Stats local
Posted by Monisha Natchiar
29 September 2024Layal Hakim is an associate professor and a director of education and student experience in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Exeter. In 2010, she graduated with a Bachelors of Science (Hons) in Mathematics from the Department of Mathematics Sciences at Brunel University. Shortly after, she started a PhD in the same department and researched in the applied mathematics field of Integral Equations in Fracture Mechanics. On completing her PhD, she worked at Imperial College as a postdoctoral researcher and teaching fellow, where she taught in the Department of Computing and Department of Mathematics. Since joining the University of Exeter in May 2018, she led and lectured modules across all stages of the undergraduate programme, and was actively involved in the design and development of the resources. She champions personalised learning whereby all students can identify their own strengths and weaknesses as well as the support required to help them advance in their education. She led and worked on several education research projects, where innovative approaches were introduced with the aim to make education and the learning journey inclusive and enjoyable. She is a member of national and international level committees and groups around higher education such as the Global Classroom and the Committee of Women and Diversity in Mathematics. This talk will give an overview of Layal’s journey and will give an overview of the project she worked on and other university-level and external activities she is involved in.