Professor Angela Joan Clow

National Teaching fellow 2002 Angela Clow is a Professor of Psychophysiology in the Psychology Department at the University of Westminster. Angela has been at the University since 1989 and is involved in all aspects of the Department's undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, research and administration. Angela's NTF project was to develop the use of experimental practical work in the teaching of biological psychology. An LTSN survey had discovered that the majority of those responsible for teaching biological psychology would like to offer more practical work in their modules and that some psychology students graduate without ever having done any experimental work in this area. New practicals have been introduced and are delivered as a core component of the BSc Psychology at levels 4 and 5. This means that all students that enter the course, whether from an arts or science background, experience participation in authentic experimental practicals relevant to psychologists. A large proportion of the students (~35-40%) also opt for a specialist module in psychophysiology in which they are able to extend their experience of the experimental skills learnt in previous years. Indeed, frequently students choose to undertaken their level 6 empirical research project using these experimental methodologies. Since the award of her Fellowship in 2003 Angela has also extended her research into stress and well-being with a particular interest in the diurnal patterns of cortisol secretion.