Dr Mike Heath

Senior lecturer

Mike joined Sheffield Hallam University in March 2005 as a senior lecturer in environmental management. He is a chartered geologist who, prior to joining Sheffield Hallam, worked for 20 years in geoenvironmental consultancy, research and training in the UK and overseas and, since 1996, lectured at Camborne School of Mines, University of Exeter.

Research interests
• hazardous and nuclear waste disposal
• natural radiation environment
• geothermal energy
• mining environmental management
• environment and development
• participatory development
• geohazards
• hazard-resistant housing

Teaching interests
• environmental management systems
• environment and development
• contaminated land
• solid and hazardous waste management
• atmospheric pollution control
• energy management

Author of
Heath, M J (2002) Environmental aspects of geothermal energy resources utilization in: Chandrasekharam D and Bundschuh J (eds) Geothermal Energy (Resources) for Developing Countries. AA Balkema, Rotterdam

Geoff Cartwright

Senior Lecturer

Currently Geoff teaches on a wide range of environmental topics at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

Geoff has a diverse background in habitat and visitor management having worked as a senior ranger at a country park, as an ecologist for a local authority and as a countryside management officer. He has been involved in both strategic and practical management and, during his time as a countryside management officer, he was responsible for the creation of a major urban, wetland nature reserve through a difficult reclamation project. He also acted as the chairperson of the Trust that runs the visitor and education service at the reserve.

Geoff also has a background as a course director in providing nationally-acclaimed training services for in-service countryside professionals. In view of his recognised experience and expertise in the compilation of management plans he was asked to take responsibility for developing and running an annual residential course on countryside management planning attended by people from diverse geographical locations (including Malaysia, Malta and the Netherlands) and diverse professional interests. Other courses included countryside ranger training and integrated woodland management.

Research interests
• habitat and species management
• interaction of people and wildlife in the landscape
• historic effects people have had in shaping the visible landscape.

Teaching interests
• land management for wildlife
• restoration and habitat creation
• health and wellbeing effects of contact with nature
• management planning
• visitor management
• dynamics of community and voluntary groups.

Selected publications
Cartwright, G.A. (2004)Wetland enhancement on an urban river: Issues of social and economic regeneration. M.Phil. Sheffield Hallam University.

Rotherham I. D. and Cartwright, G.A. (2006) Water and wetlands: their conservation and re-creation in a social landscape – the vital role of project champions. Proceedings of the IALE Conference, Water and the Landscape: The Landscape Ecology of Freshwater Ecosystems, 321-326

Suzanne Leckie

Postgraduate programme leader

Suzanne began her career working for the Peak District National Park as an environmental educator, trainer and education service manager. Tasks ranged from creating nature areas in school grounds, to delivering training courses about how to design exciting and inspiring educational events, to forging partnership projects with organisations such as the Youth Hostel Association (YHA) and Water Companies.

After 10 years she moved to Sheffield Hallam, where she has been teaching on undergraduate and postgraduate courses for over 14 years. In addition to teaching, Suzanne acts as the postgraduate programme leader for a wide range of MSc courses in the postgraduate sustainable communities and environments programme.

Suzanne maintains her connections with vocational practice through her position as a trustee for Whirlow Hall Farm Trust (acting as chair of the education committee), and by undertaking consultancy work for environmental organisations.

Suzanne's main consultancy and research interests relate to the interface between people and the environment. She has recently undertaken consultancy work for Sheffield Wildlife Trust to develop an evaluation system to measure the benefits of their people focused projects, and has organised conferences for the Association of National Park Authorities. She was also commissioned to lead a project for the Department of Foreign and International Development in designing an environmental education curriculum for the Silistra region of Bulgaria.

Selected publications
Swarbrooke, J., Beard, C., Leckie, S., Pomfret, G. (2003), Adventure Tourism - the new frontier, Butterworth Heinemann

Crowe, L., and Leckie, S. (2006) Recreation in National Parks, report of annual workshop proceedings of the Association of National Park Authorities

Crowe, L., and Leckie, S. (2007) Responding to the Challenge of Climate Change, report of annual workshop proceedings of the Association of National Park Authorities

Dr John Rose

Course leader for MSc Environmental Managament

John has taught at Sheffield Hallam University for ten years. Prior to joining the University he worked for two years as an ecologist with Sheffield City Council and for five years as an ecologist with Land Use Consultants, a multidisciplinary environmental consultancy.

During the time at Land Use Consultants he worked on a range of projects including research for government bodies, environmental impact assessments for several major projects and the production of management plans for sites such as Cannock Chase and Hampstead Heath. He has retained an involvement in ecological consultancy through his role with the Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (IEEM).

John is chair of the Training Education and Career Development Committee and also sits on the Institute's Council.

John is actively involved in nature conservation outside of the University. He is a founder member of the South Yorkshire Bat Group and is a licensed bat worker undertaking voluntary roost visits on behalf of Natural England.

Research interests
• habitat management
• ecological impact assessment
• IT in ecology and ecological teaching

Teaching interests
• ecology
• nature conservation management
• ecological survey and evaluation
• environmental impact assessment
• ecological impact assessment
• soil science
• geographical information systems (GIS) in environmental management

Selected publications
Rotherham, I.D., Rose, J.C., Handley, C. and Goodman, K. (2000) Restoring urban wet meadows: five years of recovery of a major floodplain in urban South Yorkshire, UK. In: Abstract Proceedings SER 2000, Liverpool, Unpaged.

Effects of the management of field scale releases of genetically modified herbicide-tolerant crops on the abundance and diversity of farmland wildlife. - Evaluation of the monitoring programme. For Friends of the Earth. 2002

Dr Douglas Fraser

Senior Lecturer

Douglas previously worked in ecological research, with a specific interest in fungi. He has also worked for a National Park Authority, developing and providing environmental education for children and adults. This involved activities suitable for school, university and professional groups, including the EUROPARC-accredited English Language for Professionals and international training courses. He has also been a self-employed, consultant landscape interpreter.

His current role at Sheffield Hallam University includes working with international organisations, professionals and students.

Research and teaching interests
• habitat creation and landscape rehabilitation
• habitat management
• landscape development history
• international conservation perspectives
• environmental education and interpretation

Publications
Rotherham ID, Spode F and Fraser D (2003) Post Coal-mining Landscapes: an under-appreciated resource for wildlife, people and heritage in: Moore HM, Fox HR & Elliott S (eds) Land Reclamation: Extending the Boundaries (Balkema).

Baker S, Fraser D and Kostkan V (2006) 'A New Method for Assessing the Suitability of Sites for Eurasian Beaver (Castor fiber) Colonisation' Journal of Practical Ecology.

Lynn Crowe

Professor of environmental management

My main interests are in the field of environmental policy development, particularly access and countryside recreation, and landscape management. I am particularly interested in the contribution the natural environment can make to the quality of people's lives, and how we can encourage more people to enjoy the countryside and green spaces more often.

I have worked for Sheffield Hallam University for 20 years. Before that I also worked for the Countryside Commission, local authority countryside services, and the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE). I have also had extensive involvement in regional and national government organisations, having been a Member of the Peak District National Park Authority for ten years, and a government appointed board member of both English Nature and Natural England.

At Sheffield Hallam, I manage two important national networks

• the Countryside Recreation Network is a network of 26 government agencies and other organisations in the UK and Ireland who wish to promote good practice and co-ordinate research in the countryside recreation sector

• the Sustainable Communities Network is our online gateway to all the professional development services we provide for the planning, housing, architecture, and environmental management sectors

I also work closely with related professional bodies, such as the Institute of Public Rights of Way and Access Management, the Landscape Institute, and the Countryside Management Association.

Selected recent publications
Crowe, L. and Leckie, S. (2007), Responding to the Challenge of Climate Change, report of the annual workshop proceedings of the Association of National Park Authorities.

Crowe,L. and Bennett,L. (2008), Landowners' Liability?: Is perception of the risk of liability for visitor accidents a barrier to countryside access?, a study undertaken on behalf of the Forestry Commission, Environment and Heritage Service (Northern Ireland), the Scottish Government, and Sport Northern Ireland.

Crowe, L. (2010), Chapter on Leisure and the Natural Environment in Torkildsen's Sport and Leisure Management, edited by Peter Taylor, to be published by Routledge.