I’m a hybrid geographer, with my main interests in Flood Risk Communication, Sustainable Aviation, Students as Partners, Digital Pedagogies, Virtual Field Guides and the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in research and for teaching. I also deliver research methods, both Quantitative & Qualitative.
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Email
a.cliffe@chester.ac.uk
Teaching
Level 4:
GE4004 Tutorials
Level 5:
GE5001 Hazards
GE5010 Research Design
WB5104 Work-Based Learning
Level 6:
GE6001 Dissertation
Level 7:
GE7015 Risk Communication, Visualisation (with VR) and GIS
GE7016 Research Methods and Analytics in Flood Risk Management
GE7017 Dissertation
Research
My current research focuses on using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) in relation to the digital mapping of the environment. I use this specialist developed technique to create innovative Enhanced Virtual Field Guides (EVFG) for geoscience students for fieldwork purposes and also to enable practitioners concerning site assessments and to convey risk.
UAVs are an excellent tool, but not many are investigating their effectiveness as a tool in education. My passion for research is investigating how digital pedagogies such as UAVs, EVFGs and Mobile Technologies can be used effectively in higher education to help promote diversity and attainment in Geography students on fieldwork.
My other research focuses on the impact of aviation in relation to climate change and the motivations that drive people to carbon offset their emissions. I am also editor of the International Journal for Students as Partners, and I am keen on researching the impact ‘Students as Partners’ can have in changing the curriculum and environment in higher education for our students.
Published Work
Publications:
Cliffe A.D., (2019). Evaluating the introduction of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Teaching and Learning in Geoscience Fieldwork Education, Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 43(4), 582-597.
Cliffe A.D., (2018). Drones for Education: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Regulations, British Ecological Society Teaching and Learning, 2018(11).
Healey, R. L., Healey, M., & Cliffe, A. D. (2018). Engaging in radical work: Students as partners in academic publishing. Efficiency Exchange, May.
Cliffe, A. D. (2017). A review of the benefits and drawbacks to virtual field guides in today’s Geoscience higher education environment. International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education, 14(1), 28-36.
Cliffe, A. D, Cook-Sather, A., Healey, M., Healey, R., Marquis, E., Matthews, K. E., & Woolmer, C. (2017). Launching a journal about and through students as partners. International Journal for Students as Partners, 1(1).
Davies, C., Healey, R. L., & Cliffe, A. D. (2016). Gendered experiences of academic staff in relation to research activity and the REF2014. Forum for Research into Equality and Diversity.
Cliffe, A. D. (2014). An investigation of UK passenger attitudes towards the carbon offsetting of both flight and airport emissions. Master’s Thesis, University of Chester, Chester Repository.
Conference papers:
Virtual Field Guides, EHC Faculty Research Cafe, Avril Robarts Library, Oral presentation 14/11/2018
Cliffe A., (with Ruth Healey, Mick Healey, Lucy Mercer-Mapston, and Cherie Woolmer) Engaging Students as Partners in Academic Publishing, International Scholarly Society for Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL 18): Towards a learning culture, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, Oral presentation 24/10/2018
Cliffe A., The pedagogical use of Virtual Field Guides developed by Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Geoscience fieldwork education, The International Scholarly Society of Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL 18): Towards a learning culture, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, Oral presentation 23/10/2018
Cliffe A., Investigating the pedagogical use of unmanned aerial vehicles and mobile technologies in geoscience fieldwork education: A case study, British Educational Research Association (BERA) Annual Conference 2018, Northumbria University, Oral presentation 11/09/2018
Cliffe A., The use of a 3D Virtual Field Guide model generated by an unmanned aerial vehicle for geoscience fieldwork education, Enhancing Fieldwork Learning Showcase 2018, University of Leeds, Oral presentation 03/09/2018
Cliffe A., Evaluating the pedagogical use of Virtual Field Guides Developed by UAVs in fieldwork, UAV4Enviro, Split University, Croatia, Oral presentation 27/06/2018
‘Scaling the Mountain: an exploration of gendered experience of academic staff in relation to the Research Excellence Framework 2014’, with Ruth Healey and Chantal Davies (presented by Anthony Cliffe and Ruth Healey). Higher Education Conference, Amsterdam, July 2016.
‘Scaling the Mountain: an exploration of gendered experience of academic staff in relation to the Research Excellence Framework 2014’, with Ruth Healey and Chantal Davies. University of Chester, Diversity Festival, February 2016
Cliffe A., The perception of aircraft noise surrounding an international airport, Houses of Parliament, London, February 2015
Qualifications
PhD: A study of the role of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) in creating an Enhanced Virtual Field Guide (EVFG) in Geoscience Fieldwork (Liverpool John Moores University)
Level 4 Diploma: Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (ProQual)
MSc: Sustainability for Community and Business (University of Chester)
BSc (Single Hons): Geography (University of Chester)