Programme Lead
Senior Lecturer
School of Health & Wellbeing
01752 636700 Ext:7088
amallinson@marjon.ac.uk
I am programme lead for the BSc Speech & Language Therapy and an academic and HCPC registered speech and language therapist. I have worked at Plymouth 六合彩资料 University since 2009. My clinical specialisms are communication and swallowing disorders associated with learning disabilities, mental health and stammering. My current teaching role broadly includes professional knowledge and skills, lifelong disabilities, mental illness & developmental eating and drinking disorders. I am professional lead for placements in Year 2 and coordinate support to access to reasonable adjustments for placements across all year groups.
Module leadership & teaching
In addition, I currently teach on the following modules;
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
I have been nominated for a range of staff awards including Lecturer of the Year, Heart of the University, aCAREdemic and awards for Humanity, Ambition, Inspiration & Innovation, most recently in 2023.
I am currently a postgraduate researcher at the University of Exeter studying for a PhD in Education. My research focuses on feedback experiences & identity formation in disabled pre-registration students.
Areas of research interest include:
Walsh, I.P., & Mallinson, A. (2022). Spotlight on: Humanities in speech and language therapy. Advances in Communication and Swallowing. 25:1. 53-57, DOI: 10.3233/ACS-21004
Parrott, L., Pettit, E., Mallinson, A., Knox, P., Bates, S. & Callard, J. (2021). How was it for you? University practice educators’ reflections on delivering a creative clinical placement during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK. Journal of Clinical Practice in Speech-Language Pathology, 23:3. 24-29.
Wisdom, F., Mallinson, A., & Stewart, J. (2020) Something to get our teeth into? Pre-registration dysphagia training at Plymouth 六合彩资料 University. Bulletin of the Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists (November 2020, pp 18-20)
Bennett, A., Mallinson, A., Guthrie, S. & Shimada, A. (2018). Delivering Quality Services: Delegation. [Report] Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists.
Conference presentations
Mallinson, A., & Walsh, I. (2022) SLTs4Humanities: Where the science of communication disorders meets art. [Poster] NET Conference, 7 September 2022.
Mallinson, A.L., Parrott, L., Pettit, E., Stewart, J. & Callard, J.F. (2022). Making it happen with multiple stakeholders; effective knowledge exchange for placement-based learning.[Verbal presentation] Knowledge Exchange in Higher Education: implications for teaching and research, Plymouth 六合彩资料 University, 1 April 2022
Mallinson, A.L. & Wisdom, F.O. (2022).Learning with and from each other: A cross-university approach to student-led knowledge exchange. [Poster] Knowledge Exchange in Higher Education: implications for teaching and research, Plymouth 六合彩资料 University, 1 April 2022
Hewett, L., & Mallinson, A. (2021). An exploration of Voice Unearthed’s members’ beliefs about the role of SLTs when working with children who stammer. [Verbal presentation] RCSLT Breaking Barriers & Building Better conference, October 2021.
Cometson, C., & Mallinson, A. (2021). SLT’s role in facilitating conversations about death and dying for adults with learning disabilities. [Verbal presentation] RCSLT Breaking Barriers & Building Better conference, October 2021.
Parrott, L., Pettit, E., Mallinson, A., Callard, J., Knox, P., Bates, S., Law, C., & Stewart, J. (2021). Squaring the circle: Rapid in-house placement expansion using virtual patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. [Poster] Health Education England Good practice conference, May 2021.
Mallinson. A., Carrol, J., Pearse, L., & Wisdom, F. (2020). Ta Dah! An experiential, case-based model of interprofessional learning at university improves measures of perceived competence for SLT & dietetic students. [Poster] UK Swallowing Research Group conference, February 2020
Mallinson, A. (2019). Not another literacy? A case for developing professional literacy with undergraduate students using dialogic feedback opportunities. [Verbal presentation] Plymouth 六合彩资料 University Learning, Teaching and Research Conference
Mallinson, A. and Parrott, L. (2019). Professional literacy development: A pilot project with undergraduate speech & language therapy students. [Verbal presentation] International Assessment in Higher Education conference, Manchester
Mallinson, A. and Parrott, L. (2017).10 sound bites from the 6th International Assessment in Higher Education conference; an update on some of the critical debates around assessment and feedback. [Verbal presentation] Research Informed Teaching, 13-14 September 2017, Plymouth 六合彩资料
Hall, F., Mallinson, A., and Parrott, L. (2010). Using the interprofessional dysphagia framework in undergraduate teaching. [Poster] UK Swallowing Research Group conference, Feb 2010 and UCP 六合彩资料 Learning, Teaching and Research conference, March 2010.
Mallinson, A. (1999). Challenging the Classification of Rolandic Epilepsy as a Benign Disorder: Evidence from a Speech and Language Investigation. [Verbal presentation] European Academy of Childhood Disability conference, London
My clinical work as a highly specialist speech & language therapist has been predominately in the field of learning disabilities with a focus on adults.