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academic skills, information literacy, learning development, mountaineering
United Kingdom

Biography

Laurence Morris is the Academic Skills Development Manager of Leeds Beckett University library, also working as an Associate of Leeds Beckett Centre for Learning and Teaching. He has previously worked as an Academic Librarian and in information provision for the Ministry of Defence, having a particular interest in information literacy and learning development. As a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, he also writes about mountaineering.

Activities

Employment (4)

Leeds Beckett University: Leeds, West Yorkshire, GB

2021 to present | Academic Skills Development Manager (Leeds Beckett Library)
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Leeds Beckett University: Leeds, West Yorkshire, GB

2014 to 2022 | Academic Librarian / Academic Skills Tutor (Leeds Beckett Library)
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Leeds Beckett University: Leeds, GB

2013 to 2014 | Information Services Librarian (Leeds Beckett Library)
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RAF Menwith Hill: Harrogate, North Yorkshire, GB

2010 to 2012 | Head Librarian
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Education and qualifications (3)

Leeds Beckett University: Leeds, West Yorkshire, GB

2017 | Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice (PGCAP)
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Aberystwyth University: Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, GB

2008 to 2009 | MSc Econ (Information and Library Studies)
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University of Cambridge: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GB

2003 to 2006 | BA Hons (History)
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Professional activities (4)

Leeds Beckett University: Leeds, West Yorkshire, GB

2022-09 to 2024-09 | Associate (Centre for Learning and Teaching)
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Higher Education Academy: York, North Yorkshire, GB

2020 | Senior Fellow
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Royal Geographical Society: London, GB

2016 | Fellow
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Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals: London, London, GB

2014 | Chartered Member. Also a CILIP mentor.
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Works (10)

Enhancing academic skills appointments through a new booking system

Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education
2020-12-14 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1759-667X
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Peña Blanca, Mulas Muertas and Barrancas Blancas

Royal Geographical Society
2019 | Report
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Laurence Morris

Prester John's mirror, mass access and other unhelpful fables

Copyright Licensing Agency
2019-09-23 | Interactive resource
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Becoming essential to Information Literacy, or: “What does embedded even mean?”

LILAC
2018 | Conference paper
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Viewing our practice through a different lens: A reflection on participating in a reciprocal peer review process

Collaborate: Libraries in Learning Innovation
2018 | Journal article
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Search, refine, evaluate: Teaching students using only 3 words

Internet Librarian International
2017 | Conference paper
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Developing digital literacy skills in professional and academic staff

CILIP Annual Conference
2016 | Conference paper
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Promoting library engagement through employability (among other things)

CILIP Update
2016 | Journal article
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The Implications of Brexit for Libraries: An Academic Librarian’s Perspective

E-International Relations
2016 | Journal article
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Module resource lists: Using a puzzle to solve a puzzle

PTFS conference
2015 | Lecture
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