Staff Profile

Introduction

My interests include eLearning (technologies and pedagogy), particularly ePortfolios, reflection and personal development planning. I also manage systems supporting Postgraduate Research administration and training and development. I have been involved in numerous innovation projects, including over 20 ePortfolio-related projects: www.eportfolios.ac.uk,  learning-maps.ncl.ac.uk and Co-Curate North East.

Research Interests

• learning technologies
• electronic portfolios
• reflective learning

Most of my learning technologies work relates to 'Teaching and Learning Support', though I do also a small amount of direct teaching and facilitation in PGR research training programmes and some taught programmes.

• Articles

  • Gallager N, Mall D, Cotterill S, Valentine R. Facilitating engagement and interaction in teamwork: an online tool. MedEdPublish 2016, 2(5), 11-14.
  • Cotterill S, Hudson M, Lloyd K, Outterside J, Peterson J, Coburn J, Thomas U, Tiplady L, Robinson P, Heslop P. Co-curate: Working with Schools and Communities to Add Value to Open Collections. Journal of Interactive Media in Education 2016, 14(1), 1–9.
  • Vernazza C, Durham J, Ellis J, Teasdale D, Cotterill S, Scott L, Thomason M, Drummond P, Moss J. Introduction of an e-portfolio in clinical dentistry: Staff and student views. European Journal of Dental Education 2011, 15(1), 36-41.
  • Cotterill S, Horner P, Teasdale D, Ellis J, Thomason JM, Vernazza C, Bradley PM, Peterson J, Skelly G, Ball S. Effective embedding and integration of ePortfolios in medical and dental curricula. International Journal of Clinical Skills 2011, 5, 18-23.
  • Ellis JS, Teasdale D, Cotterill SJ, Thomason JM. Is a generic UK e-portfolio for dentistry desirable and achievable?. European Journal of Dental Education 2010, 14(4), 254-256.
  • Calvert J, Jowett T, Cotterill S. E-portfolios in Bioscience. Centre for Bioscience Bulletin 2007, 20, 3.
  • Pritchard J, Cotterill SJ, Germond SM, Imeson J, De Kraker J, Jones DR. High dose melphalan in the treatment of advanced neuroblastoma: Results of a randomised trial (ENSG-1) by the European Neuroblastoma Study Group. Pediatric Blood and Cancer 2005, 44(4), 348-357.
  • Pearce, M. S., Parker, L., Windebank, K. P., Cotterill, S. J., Craft, A. W. Cancer in adolescents and young adults aged 15-24 years: A report from the North of England Young Person's Malignant Disease Registry, UK. Pediatric Blood and Cancer 2005, 45(5), 687-693.
  • Cotterill, S. J., Wright, C. M., Pearce, M. S., Craft, A. W. Stature of young people with malignant bone tumors. Pediatric Blood and Cancer 2004, 42(1), 59-63.
  • Cotterill SJ, McDonald AM, Hammond GR, Bradley PM. Implementation and Evaluation of an Electronic Portfolio to Support undergraduate medicine. Educacion Medica 2004, 7, 20.
  • Pearce MS, Cotterill SJ, Parker L. Fathers' occupational contacts and risk of childhood leukemia and Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma. Epidemiology 2004, 15(3), 352-356.
  • Pearce, M. S., Parker, L., Cotterill, S. J., Gordon, P., Craft, A. W. Skin cancer in children and young adults: 28 Years' experience from the Northern Region Young Person's Malignant Disease Registry, UK. Melanoma Research 2003, 13(4), 421-426.
  • Bown N, Cotterill SJ, Roberts P, Griffiths M, Larkins S, Hibbert S, Middleton H, Kelsey A, Tritton D, Mitchell C. Cytogenetic abnormalities and clinical outcome in Wilms tumor: A study by the UK Cancer Cytogenetics Group and the UK Children's Cancer Study Group. Medical and Pediatric Oncology 2002, 38(1), 11-21.
  • Lastowska, M., Cotterill, C., Bown, N., Cullinane, C., Variend, S., Lunec, J., Strachan, T., Pearson, A.D.J., Jackson, M.S. Breakpoint position on 17q identifies the most aggressive neuroblastoma tumors. Genes Chromosomes and Cancer 2002, 34(4), 428-436.
  • Cotterill SJ, Pearce MS, Parker L. Thyroid cancer in children and young adults in the North of England. Is increasing incidence related to the Chernobyl accident?. European Journal of Cancer 2001, 37(8), 1020-1026.
  • George, R.E., Variend, S., Cullinane, C., Cotterill, S.J., McGuckin, A.G., Ellershaw, C., Lunec, J., Pearson, A.D.J. Relationship between histopathological features, MYCN amplification, and prognosis: A UKCCSG study. Medical and Pediatric Oncology 2001, 36(1), 169-176.
  • Cotterill S. Pediatric oncology and the Internet. Pediatric Hematology and Oncology 2001, 18(6), 393-395.
  • Cotterill SJ, Pearson ADJ, Pritchard JA, Kohler JA, Foot ABM. Late relapse and prognosis for neuroblastoma patients surviving 5 years or more: A report from the European Neuroblastoma Study Group "Survey". Medical and Pediatric Oncology 2001, 36(1), 235-238.
  • Lastowska MA, Cullinane C, Variend S, Cotterill SJ, Bown NP, O'Neill S, Mazzocco K, Roberts P, Nicholson J, Ellershaw C, Pearson ADJ, Jackson MS. Comprehensive genetic and histopathologic study reveals three types of neuroblastoma tumors. Journal of Clinical Oncology 2001, 19(12), 3080-3090.
  • Skinner R, Cotterill SJ, Stevens MCG. Risk factors for nephrotoxicity after ifosfamide treatment in children: a UKCCSG Late Effects Group study. British Journal of Cancer 2000, 82(10), 1636-1645.
  • Cotterill, S. J., Ahrens, S., Paulussen, M., Jurgens, H. F., Voute, P. A., Gadner, H., Craft, A. W. Prognostic factors in Ewing's tumor of bone: Analysis of 975 patients from the European Intergroup Cooperative Ewing's Sarcoma Study group. Journal of Clinical Oncology 2000, 18(17), 3108-3114.
  • Estlin EJ, Cotterill S, Pratt CB, Pearson ADJ, Bernstein M. Phase I trials in pediatric oncology: Perceptions of pediatricians from the United Kingdom Children's Cancer Study Group and the Pediatric Oncology Group. Journal of Clinical Oncology 2000, 18(9), 1900-1905.
  • Cotterill SJ, Parker L, Malcolm AJ, Reid MM, More L, Craft AW. Incidence and Survival for cancer in children and young adults in the Northern Region Young Person’s Malignant Disease Registry. British Journal of Cancer 2000, 83(3), 397-403.
  • Cotterill, S. J., Parker, L., Malcolm, A. J., Reid, M. M., More, L., Craft, A. W. Incidence and survival for cancer in children and young adults in the North of England, 1968-1995: A report from the Northern Region Young Persons' Malignant Disease Registry. British Journal of Cancer 2000, 83(3), 397-403.
  • Rowe D, Cotterill SJ, Ross FM, Bunyan DJ, Vickers SJ, Bryon J, McMullan DJ, Griffiths MJ, Reilly JT, Vandenberghe EA, Wilson G, Watmore AE, Bown NP. Cytogenetically cryptic AML1 - ETO and CBFβ - MYH11 gene rearrangements: Incidence in 412 cases of acute myeloid leukaemia. British Journal of Haematology 2000, 111(4), 1051-1056.
  • Cotterill, S. J., Pearson, A. D. J., Pritchard, J., Foot, A. B. M., Roald, B., Kohler, J. A., Imeson, J. Clinical prognostic factors in 1277 patients with neuroblastoma: results of The European Neuroblastoma Study Group 'Survey' 1982-1992. European Journal of Cancer 2000, 36(7), 901-908.
  • Shankar AG, Pinkerton CR, Atra A, Ashley S, Lewis I, Spooner D, Cannon S, Grimer R, Cotterill SJ, Craft AW. Local therapy and other factors influencing site of relapse in patients with localised Ewing's sarcoma. European Journal of Cancer 1999, 35(12), 1698-1704.
  • Shankar, A. G., Pinkerton, C. R., Atra, A., Ashley, S., Lewis, I., Spooner, D., Cannon, S., Grimer, R., Cotterill, S. J., Craft, A. W. Local therapy and other factors influencing site of relapse in patients with localised Ewing's sarcoma. European Journal of Cancer 1999, 35(12), 1698-1704.
  • Bown N, Cotterill S, Lastowska M, O'Neill S, Pearson ADJ, Plantaz D, Meddeb M, Danglot G, Brinkschmidt C, Christiansen H, Laureys G, Speleman F, Nicholson J, Bernheim A, Betts DR, Vandesomple J, Van Roy N. Gain of chromosome arm 17q and adverse outcome in patients with neuroblastoma. New England Journal of Medicine 1999, 340(25), 1954-1961.
  • Craft, A. W., Cotterill, S. J., Malcolm, A. J., Spooner, D., Grimer, R., Souhami, R., Imeson, J., Lewis, I. Ifosfamide-containing chemotherapy in Ewing's sarcoma: The second United Kingdom Children's Cancer Study Group and the Medical Research Council Ewing's tumor study. Journal of Clinical Oncology 1998, 16(11), 3628-3633.
  • Craft AW, Cotterill SJ, Bullimore JA, Pearson DA. Long-term results from the first UKCCSG Ewing's Tumour Study (ET-1). European Journal of Cancer 1997, 33(7), 1061-9.
  • Craft, A. W., Cotterill, S. J., Bullimore, J. A., Pearson, D. Long term results from the first UKCCSG Ewing's tumour study (ET-1). European Journal of Cancer 1997, 33(7), 1061-1069.
  • Lastowska M, Cotterill S, Pearson AD, Roberts P, McGuckin A, Lewis I, Bown N. Gain of chromosome arm 17q predicts unfavourable outcome in neuroblastoma patients. U.K. Children's Cancer Study Group and the U.K. Cancer Cytogenetics Group. Eur J Cancer 1997, 33, 1627-33.
  • Lastowska M, Cotterill SJ, Pearson ADJ, Roberts P, McGuckin A, Lewis I, Bown NP. Gain of chromosome arm 17q predicts unfavourable outcome in neuroblastoma patients. European Journal of Cancer 1997, 33(10), 1627-1633.
  • Pritchard J, Imeson J, Barnes J, Cotterill S, Gough D, Marsden HB, Morris-Jones P, Pearson D. Results of the United Kingdom Children's Cancer Study Group first Wilms' Tumor Study. J Clin Oncol 1995, 13, 124-33.
  • Saha V, Eden OB, Hann I, Attard-Montalto S, Cotterill S, Carter R. Primary extra-thoracic T-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of childhood. The United Kingdom Children's Cancer Study Group. Leukemia 1995, 9, 40-3.
  • Craft AW, Cotterill SJ, Imeson J. Improvement in survival for Ewing's sarcoma by substitution of Ifosfamide for Cyclophosphamide. American Journal of Pediatric Hematology / Oncology 1993, 15(Supplement 1), 31-35.
  • Eden OB, Hann I, Imeson J, Cotterill S, Gerrard M, Pinkerton CR. Treatment of advanced stage T cell lymphoblastic lymphoma: results of the United Kingdom Children's Cancer Study Group (UKCCSG) protocol 8503. Br J Haematol 1992, 82, 310-6.

• Book Chapters

  • Joyes G, Turnock C, Cotterill S, Banks S. Sustainability. In: Hodson L; Segal R, ed. FDTL Voices: Drawing from Learning and Teaching Projects. York: Higher Education Academy, 2009, pp.131-142.
  • Cotterill SJ, Bradley PM, Hammond GR. ePortfolios: Supporting assessment in complex educational environments. In: Bryan, C., Clegg, K, ed. Innovative Assessment in Higher Education. London, UK: Taylor and Francis Group Ltd, 2006, pp.191-199.
  • Cotterill SJ, Aiton J, Bradley PM, Hammond GR, McDonald AM, Struthers J, Whitten S. A flexible component-based ePortfolio: embedding in the curriculum. In: Jafari A; Kaufman C, ed. Handbook of Research on ePortfolios. Hershey, Pennsylvania: Idea Group Inc, 2006, pp.292-304.
  • Cotterill SJ. Cancer information on the internet. In: Kiley R, ed. A Guide to Healthcare Resources on the Internet. London: Royal Society of Medicine Press, 2001.

• Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

  • Hetherington R, De Blaquiere G, Aitchison K, Atkinson M, Robinson L, Bedford R, Leonardo L, Stevenson L, Cotterill S. Adapting Research Student Training and Development to Integrate Personal Development and Wellbeing Support for Research Students. In: UKCGE Annual Conference 2021. 2021, Virtual: UKCGE.
  • Cotterill S, Hetherington R, De Blaquiere G, Leonardo L, Humphrey R, Emmerson W. PGR Training Needs Analysis: joining up training, ePortfolio & personal development planning. In: Education for Life: Celebrating Partnership, Encouraging Innovation: Newcastle University Learning and Teaching Conference. 2018, Newcastle: Newcastle University.
  • Cotterill SJ, Hudson M, Lloyd K, Outterside J, Peterson J, Coburn J, Thomas U, Tiplady L, Robinson P, Heslop P. Co-Curate: working with schools and communities to add value to Open collections. In: Open Educational Resources - OER15. 2015, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff.
  • Gardiner N, Corbett S, Cotterill S, Spencer J, Barton JR. Assessment of Clinical Teaching: Developing an instrument to improve feedback to clinical teachers (Abstract). In: ASME Annual Scientific Meeting 2009. 2009, The Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh: Association for the Study of Medical Education.
  • Cotterill SJ, Bradley PM, Stacy R. Using ePortfolios to support annual appraisal in undergraduate medicine. In: ePortfolios, identity and personalised learning in healthcare education. 2008, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: HE Academy MEDEV Subject Centre.
  • Aiton J, Struthers J, Whiten S, Cotterill SJ, Horner P. Using an ePortfolio to encourage independent learning, self-evaluation and peer review. In: ePortfolios, identity and personalised learning in healthcare education. 2008, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: HE Academy MEDEV Subject Centre.
  • Horner P, Cotterill SJ. Meeting the ePortfolio interoperability challenge. In: ePortfolios, identity and personalised learning in healthcare education. 2008, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: HE Academy MEDEV Subject Centre.
  • Cotterill SJ, Horner P, Walters R, Moss J, McDonald AM, Jones S. Evaluating the use of hand-held computers by medical students to access ePortfolios and clinical guidelines in a wireless environment. In: ePortfolios, identity and personalised learning in healthcare education. 2008, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: HE Academy MEDEV Subject Centre.
  • Cotterill SJ, McDonald AM, Hammond GR, Bradley PM. ePortfolio to support planning, learning and summative assessment for student selected components in Medicine: 4 years experience. In: ePortfolios, identity and personalised learning in healthcare education. 2008, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: HE Academy MEDEV Subject Centre.
  • Ellis J, Teasdale DW, Vernazza C, Cotterill SJ, Drummond P, Moss JD, Scott L, Thomason M. Effective use of ePortfolios and mobile technologies to support learning and assessment in Dentistry. In: ePortfolios, identity and personalised learning in healthcare education. 2008, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: HE Academy MEDEV Subject Centre.
  • Cotterill SJ, Horner P, McDonald AM, Drummond P, Teasdale DW, Moss JD, Hammond GR. A blog for learning: blogs and social networking with explicit support for skills and learning outcomes, within an integrated ePortfolio. In: ePortfolios, identity and personalised learning in healthcare education. 2008, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: HE Academy MEDEV Subject Centre.
  • Horner P, Cotterill SJ. Embedding Europass at Newcastle University to support student and graduate mobility. In: ePortfolios. 2007, Maastricht.
  • Cotterill SJ, Horner P, Gill S, McDonald AM, Drummond P, Teasdale D, Whitworth A, Hammond GR. Beyond the Blog: getting the right level of structure in an ePortfolio to support learning. In: ePortfolios. 2007, Maastricht: European Institute for eLearning.
  • Cotterill SJ, Angarita M, Horner P, Teasdale D, Moss J, Jones S, Walters R, Firth G, Hennessy S, McDonald AM, Fajardo R, Cendales JG, Quintero G. Towards the m-portfolio. In: ePortfolios. 2006, Oxford, UK.
  • Horner AP, Cotterill SJ, Ingraham B, Gill S, Thompson J, Ayestaran H, Webster D, Ollerenshaw B, McDonald AM, Taylor L, Wilson R, Quentin-Baxter M, Hopkins P. EPICS – outcomes of a regional ePortfolio initiative to support life-long learning. In: ePortfolios 2006. 2006, Oxford, UK: EPICS.
  • Cotterill SJ, Horner P, Hammond GR, McDonald AM, Drummond P, Teasdale D, Aiton J, Orr G, Bradley PN, Jowett T, Heseltine L, Ingrham B, Scougall K. Implementing ePortfolios: adapting technology to suit pedagogy and not vice versa!. In: Proceedings of ePortfolio. 2005, Cambridge, UK.
  • Cotterill SJ, Darby J, Rees Jones P, Roberts G, van Tartwijk J, Veugelers M. ePortfolios in the Netherlands and the UK. In: Joint ALT SURF Seminar: ePortfolios and Digital Repositories. 2004, Edinburgh, UK: Association for Learning Technology.
  • Cotterill SJ, McDonald AM, Drummond P, Hammond GR. Design, implementation and evaluation of a ‘generic’ e-portfolio: the Newcastle experience. In: ePortfolio 2004. 2004, La Rochelle, France.
  • Cotterill S, Skelly G, McDonald A. Design and integration issues in developing a managed learning environment which is responsive to changing curriculum and policy requirements. In: Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Networked Learning. 2004, Lancaster, UK: University of Lancaster.
  • Cotterill S, McDonald T, Hammond G, Robinson L, Bradley P. Design and evaluation of an electronic portfolio to support student selected components in undergraduate medicine. In: Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) Conference. 2004, Edinburgh, UK.
  • Cotterill S, McDonald T, Roberts T, Roberts C, Davis M, Hammond G. Can electronic portfolios facilitate personal development planning and meet the requirements for HE Progress Files and CPD?. In: SEDA/SRHE Conference. 2003, Bristol, UK.
  • Cotterill, S. J., Parker, L., More, L., Craft, A. W. Neuroblastoma: Changing incidence and survival in young people aged 0-24 years. A report from the North of England Young Persons' Malignant Disease Registry. In: 8th Advances in Neuroblastoma Research Conference (1998). 2001, Bath, United Kingdom: Medical and Pediatric Oncology: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
  • Cotterill, S. J., Parker, L., More, L., Craft, A. W. N7: A novel multi-modality therapy of high risk neuroblastoma (NB) in children dignosed over 1 year of age. In: 8th Advances in Neuroblastoma Research Conference (1998). 2001, Bath, United Kingdom: Medical and Pediatric Oncology: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
  • Lastowska M, van Roy N, Bown NP, Speleman F, Roberts P, Lunec J, Strachan T, Pearson ADJ, Jackson MS. Molecular cytogenetic definition of 17q translocation breakpoints in neuroblastoma. In: 8th Advances in Neuroblastoma Research Conference (1998). 2001, Bath, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
  • Bown NP, Rowe D, Cotterill SJ, Ross FM, Bunyan DJ, Vickers SJ, Bryon J, McMullan DJ, Griffiths MJ, Watmore A, Reilly JT, Vandenberghe EA, Wilson G. Cytogenetically cryptic rearrangements of AML1/ETO and CBFB/MYH11 in acute myeloid leukemia. In: BLOOD. 2000.
  • George R, Variend S, Cullinane C, Cotterill S, McGuckin A, Ellershaw C, Lunec J, Pearson ADJ. Neuroblastoma cells provoke Schwann cell proliferation in vitro. In: 8th Advances in Neuroblastoma Research Meeting. 1998, Bath, UK: Medical and Pediatric Oncology: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

• Online Publication

  • Cotterill SJ, Lowing K, Cain K, Lofthouse R, Mackay C, McShane J, Stancliffe D, Wright D. Blogs and e-Portfolios: can they support reflection, evidencing and dialogue in teacher training?. London, UK: Association for Learning Development in Higher Education, 2010. Available at: http://www.aldinhe.ac.uk/ojs/index.php?journal=jldhe&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=97&path%5B%5D=51.

• Reports

  • Cotterill, Hetherington R, et al. North East regional collaboration for personalised, work-based, and life-long learning: EPICS-2 JISC Final Report. JISC, 2009.
  • Hammond GR, McDonald AM, Cotterill SJ. Managed Environments for Portfolio-based Reflective Learning - Integrated Support for Evidencing Outcomes. London, UK: Higher Education Funding Council for England, 2005. Final Report of HEFCE FDTL Phase 4 Project No. 141/02.