Dr Carys Watts (SFHEA, FEEUK) is a Reader in Bioscience Enterprise at Newcastle University UK, and National Teaching Fellow. Carys leads on Sustainability and Enterprise in the School of Biomedical, Nutritional and Sport Sciences, and leads the Academic Pathway network for Enterprise Educators UK (EEUK). Her background is microbiology and biomolecular sciences combined with enterprise, global and sustainability perspectives. Carys has twenty years’ experience as a teaching focused academic, driving pedagogical innovations, collaborating and publishing and disseminating her educational research and best practice. Her ‘failing – to learn’ methodology was awarded the HE Bioscience Teacher of the Year award (2024) from the Royal Society of Biology. She is a mentor in the Bioscience Educators Network and champions compassionate leadership, development of an enterprise growth mindset, and resilient learning.
A member of the International Consortium for Educational Development