Anne Campbell

Dr Anne Campbell started work at The Open University as an Associate Lecturer on 1^st January 2000.  Over the years, she has taught various modules at Levels 1 and 2, covering Astronomy, Physics and Planetary Science and foundation Science, and she got to know many wonderful students and colleagues. Her role within the OU now is as an educational developer, writing and running online professional development for ALs, as well as getting involved in scholarship projects which look at tuition and learning. 

Before joining the OU, she was an academic researcher with a PhD in experimental physics. She got involved in all sorts of interesting areas of physics and astronomy research, including the search for gravitational waves (where she worked on laser stabilisation), microwave thermography (which was a potential way of detecting breast cancers some years ago), and atmospheric modelling (numerical modelling of atmospheric processes to help predict weather). She is still a Chartered Physicist and a Member of the Institute of Physics. She is also a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Anne has been practising Dru yoga for almost 20 years, and recently decided to study part-time to become a Dru yoga teacher.  This is completely different from any studying she has done before!  Apart from yoga, she likes to read fiction, listen to music (particularly classical, Scottish folk and jazz), cycle and walk.  Anne recently took up tennis again after a break of around 35 years – her game has not improved in that time!

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