Juliet Leadbeater

Programme Leader Animal Behaviour and Welfare, Study Skills Co-ordinator, Disability link tutor

Qualifications

BSc (Hons)

Overview

Juliet Leadbeater has a first class honours degree in Biology from Salford University. She went on to do a PGCE at Bolton Institute of Technology, then a higher degree in Behavioural Ecology at the University of Liverpool. She started teaching at the University of Chester in 1983.

Teaching

Her main areas of teaching are zoology, animal behaviour, ecology and the dissertation (final year project). Her research interests include animal behaviour and welfare, conservation and the evolution of behaviour.

At present she is link tutor for students with special needs. She is a member of the Institute of Teaching and Learning (ILT) and the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (ASAB). She also has a keen interest in wildlife and conservation and is a member of the Cheshire Wildlife Trust and the RSPB.