Biography

University responsibilities

• Senior Lecturer in Ecology and Agro-ecosystems
• Programme Manager for Wildlife and Countryside Management BSc (Hons) (top-up)
• Programme manager for FdSc British Wildlife Conservation
• Academic Quality and Standards Committee representative
• Link tutor Capel Manor College

Professional memberships

• Botanical Society of the British Isles
• British Ecological Society
• Gloucestershire Naturalists Society
• Gloucestershire Countryside Management Association
• Qualified Teacher Status

Prior role

• Lecturer and course manager for geography and environmental science, Cirencester College

Research

• Woodland ecology, fragmentation and edge effects.
• Specific focus on ancient woodland flora and its response to abiotic and geographical variables.
• Woodland conservation and biodiversity at the local to landscape scale.
• Grassland management: impact of bracken control measures on understorey flora.

Teaching

Module leaderships

• Module leaderships:
• Field Ecology
• Wildlife Conservation: principles and practice
• Wildlife Habitat Management
• Conservation Ecology
• Conservation Research Skills
• Ecological consultancy

Teaching contributions

• Species and environment
• Dissertation supervision

Publications

• Grange, I.D. and Swallow, K. (2018) Bracken control in the first year is as good as it gets! Aspects of Applied Biology, 139: 67-73
• Swallow, K. and Goodenough, A. (2017). Double-edged effect? Impact of dual edge proximity on the distribution of ancient woodland indicator plant species in a fragmented habitat. Community Ecology, 18(1), pp.31-36.
• Swallow, K. (2017) Use of a visualiser and multiple screens in a digital classroom. In Peberdy, D. Creating the digital campus: alive learning spaces and technology. pp 117-120. ISBN 9780992790325
• Swallow, K. and Grange, I. (2017) Seasonal constraints or opportunities? Teaching field ecology skills through the academic year. School Farms Network, RAU Cirencester, 30 June – 1 July.
• Smith, M., Grange, I., Masefield, S., Swallow, K. and Wilson, Z. (2016) Effects of different conservation grazing regimes within calcareous grassland on small mammal population. Mammal Society 62 Spring Conference. Staffordshire. 8 April
• Swallow, K. (2015) Phytosociology of ancient woodland indicator species in the Cotswolds. Postgraduate Conference. University of Gloucestershire. 22 June.
• Swallow, K. (2015) Woodland moss species richness in the Cotswolds: a pilot study. Postgraduate Conference. University of Worcester. 26 June
• Swallow, K. (2015) Biodiversity value of ancient woodland flora: not quite as it seems. British Ecological Society Annual Meeting. Edinburgh. 13-16 December