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Amanda Zacharopoulou is a Senior Lecturer in the Law School. Amanda’s teaching and research interests are in Company Law, European Law and Legal Education.Amanda studied at Queens University Belfast graduating with an LLB Law and subsequently an LLM in Law and Computers. She first joined Ulster in 1993 as Research Assistant to design a Computer Based Teaching Aid in Procurement Law for training Government procurement officers. Amanda then secured a lecturing post and has been teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate level for over twenty years.She has an interest in legal education and has occupied various teaching and learning roles within the university including that of Faculty Teaching and Learning Coordinator for Social Sciences. Amanda is a trained PASS/SI Supervisor and has pioneered PASS (Peer Assisted Study Sessions) within the Law School. She received the University’s Distinguished Teaching Fellowship in 2011 for recognition of her work on PASS at Ulster. She continues to develop student centred interventions within the Law School designed to enhance the pre-entry, induction and transition experiences of law students. She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Fellow of the University’s Centre for Higher Education Research Practice.
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An overview of the benefits of peer mentoring for PASS leaders
Giles, M., Zacharopoulou, A. & Condell, J., 1 Apr 2016, In : Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education. II, p. 1-14Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Enhancing PASS leaders’ employability skills through reflection
Zacharopoulou, A., Giles, M. & Condell, J., 1 Nov 2015, In : Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education. 1, p. 1-19Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Peer Assisted Learning and the creation of a 'learning community' for first year law students
Zacharopoulou, A. & Turner, C., 24 Jun 2013, In : The Law Teacher. 47:2, p. 192-214Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Peer Assisted Study Sessions: The Evaluation of a Cross-Faculty Initiative in Ulster
Giles, M., Zacharopoulou, A. & Condell, J., 1 Sep 2012, In : Perspectives on Practice and Pedagogy. 3, p. 67-80Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Developments in Legal Education: Testing Times for Northern Ireland
Zacharopoulou, A. & Sinclair, K., 1 Jun 2006, (Accepted/In press) Unknown Host Publication. p. 556-571 15 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Prizes
Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence 2017 Finalist
Roisin Curran (Recipient), Michaela Black (Recipient), Hazel Bruce (Recipient), Grainne Dooher (Recipient), Alison Gault (Recipient), Avril Honan (Recipient), Michaela Keenan (Recipient), Ian Montgomery (Recipient), Claire McCann (Recipient), Aine McKillop (Recipient), Terry Quigley (Recipient) & Amanda Zacharopoulou (Recipient), 31 Aug 2017
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