Ronan as educator: teacher and academic leader

ABSTRACT

This article traces Professor Ronan Paddison’s academic career, mostly at the University of Glasgow. The first part describes Ronan’s contribution to learning and teaching and demonstrates the breadth of teaching he undertook, both in the classroom and in the field. The second part considers Ronan’s leadership activities over his 38 years in the department, and not least his contribution to the improvement in the research performance of the department between the first Research Selectivity programme in 1986 and the 2014 Research Excellence Framework.

KEYWORDS:

• Ronan Paddison
• academic leadership
• urban geography
• political geography

Disclosure statement

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Notes on contributor

John Briggs is Emeritus Professor, having previously been Professor of Geography, Head of the Department of Geography & Topographic Science and latterly a Vice Principal, at the University of Glasgow.