Lucy Tallents

Dr Lucy Tallents is the Founder and Director of VerdantLearn, a UK-based e-learning and data science company which focusses on enabling academics and tutors to develop interactive and collaborative online learning activities. 

She also works to enhance the technical skills of environmental conservationists globally. 

She earned Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy in 2011 and has won awards both within Oxford University and beyond for her innovative e-teaching methods. 

Her joint passions of wildlife conservation and teaching, and desire to open up opportunities and remove barriers to learning, led her to explore the potential of online courses. 

She views learning as a collective activity, and aims to make her training inclusive, flexible and accessible. 

She is always eager to learn from those who work alongside her, as everyone has a unique perspective and experience to share - that includes you!

Before creating VerdantLearn, Lucy set up the PGDip in International Wildlife Conservation Practice at Oxford's Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU) and taught online and face-to-face courses for Continuing Education and the Environmental Research Doctoral Training Partnership.