Shaping Minds for the 21st Century
Tom Spoors
Adjunct Professor, UBI Brussels
Language
English, French
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Education Qualification
Master of Public Communication of Science - Open University
Post-Graduate Certificate in Education
Bachelor of Science (Hons) - Biochemistry
Recent Professional Academic Experience
2019 - Present Adjunct Professor - United Business Institutes, Brussels (Belgium)
Teaching in BA Programme on Academic Writing & Critical Thinking and Maths & Statistics.
2014 - Present Vesalius College 5Institute for European Studies, VUB
Foundation Programme Instructor
2014 - Present Independent Trainer/Tutor Brussels/Charleroi/Wavre/Spa
Contract English language trainer for Accent Languages (Liège), Talk Forum and TopTraduc (Charleroi).
Companies served include Thales, Cofely-Axima, Dow-Corning, SABCA, Sonaca, GE Power, ABB,Mediacom, Manitou and Aperam.
English Language and Business instructor at Cours Melius (School of Communication and Management)
Translation of short documents/books from French to English and proofreading of English documents especially Masters’ theses.
Foundation Programme Instructor at Vesalius College 5Institute for European Studies) VUB
Teaching statistics, critical thinking, thesis development and English Written and Oral skills for Academic Purposes
Private tutor supporting children in Mathematics, Science and English across the 10-18 age range.
2012 – 2014 Paragon IMH sa Brussels, Belgium
Departmental Director responsible for daily management of team of francophone specialists in a small publishing house. Financial markets researcher and report writer/blogger
2010 – 2011 Collège Ste Veronique Liège, Belgium
Teaching Biology, Chemistry and Physics in English to Year 3-6 as part of an English Immersion Program
Selected Publications & Other Achievements
1982 – Published: Biochemical Research into the Impact on Rats of a Copper-Deficient Diet on
Cytochrome Oxidase in Mitochondrial Electron Transfer Chains - University of Newcastle upon Tyne
2006 – Unpublished: Research into Public Perception of Scientific Information Relating to the
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus - Open University (Masters’ degree project)
2008 – Unpublished: Analysis of Press Coverage of the ‘Life on Mars’ Controversy – How does the
scientific information presented in the tabloids compare to the broadsheets.