Sleep, Circadian and Memory NeuroscienceLearning and Teaching Innovation portfolio

PRESS RELEASEIn May 2015 the University of Surrey Business School conducted a 600 student research project into the effectiveness of different learning/teaching methodologies, the largest study of its type ever conducted.As part of that research Download™, a Spaced Learning based product developed by Dr. Paul Kelley and his partners Simon Strong and Adam Beard was tested against traditional lecture/classroom based learning and self-learning. The results were… Show more PRESS RELEASEIn May 2015 the University of Surrey Business School conducted a 600 student research project into the effectiveness of different learning/teaching methodologies, the largest study of its type ever conducted.As part of that research Download™, a Spaced Learning based product developed by Dr. Paul Kelley and his partners Simon Strong and Adam Beard was tested against traditional lecture/classroom based learning and self-learning. The results were dramatic.Download™ learners acquired 20% more knowledge than traditional learners, 23% more than directed learners and 36% more knowledge than independent learners. In terms of knowledge application Download learners were 13% better at applying knowledge than traditional learners, 19% better than directed learners and 25% better than independent learners. Four further metrics were measured with Download™ performing equally well in all.As a result, Paul, Simon and Adam have launched Download Learning Ltd toprovide their Patented Spaced Learning product, Download™, to both the academic and commercial sectors. This is a perfect example of how academic research can be translated into a cutting-edge commercial product. In this case, one that has the potential to deliver substantive change to both the way businesses train and the effectiveness of that training.The University of Surrey itself has been there first client and Download is engaged with a number of notable multinational companies who are seeking to improve the outcomes and efficiency of their L&D.For more information, contact either:Adam Beard: adam@downloadlearning.ltd.ukSimon Strong: simon@downloadlearning.ltd.uk Show less

Acting as an external expert for a number of Joint Research Centre initiatives.

Managing projects and partnerships in applications of science and technology in education, and giving expert advice to countries, companies and education.

Honorary Clinical Research Associate in the University of Oxford’s Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute, and part of a team researching start times in adolescent education. If you are planning to move the start time of your institution after 09:00, please contact me; if it is already 10:00 or later, we would be very interested indeed. See our new publication on later school start times: Paul Kelley, Steven W. Lockley, Russell G. Foster & Jonathan Kelley (2014): Synchronizing education to… Show more Honorary Clinical Research Associate in the University of Oxford’s Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute, and part of a team researching start times in adolescent education. If you are planning to move the start time of your institution after 09:00, please contact me; if it is already 10:00 or later, we would be very interested indeed. See our new publication on later school start times: Paul Kelley, Steven W. Lockley, Russell G. Foster & Jonathan Kelley (2014): Synchronizing education to adolescent biology: ‘let teens sleep, start school later’, Learning, Media and Technology, DOI: 10.1080/17439884.2014.942666 Show less

Supporting educational developments in China, UK and USA.

Research school with remit to apply science, such as neuroscience. in education (most significantly, teenage body clocks and the school day). The timing of activities in long-term memory encoding (Spaced Learning, see http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2013.00589/full#h1 ). Other significant developments included innovation in the built environment and new applications of technology in learning, including large scale deployment of ICT-enabled learning.

Various teaching / leadership posts (1976-1994) Headteacher of research school (1994-2007)