The Global Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Sarah's work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
About Sarah
I was one of that pioneering generation of young women who entered the British Merchant Navy in the early 1970s where I trained as a navigating officer. Cadet training was undertaken with BP Shipping Ltd between 1974-1978, followed by four years’ experience as a deck officer on ships ranging from Very Large Crude oil tankers to small coastal bulk carriers. My Class I Master Mariners Certificate of Competency was gained in 1986. This was followed by a period of home responsibilities, combined with service as Lt (RNR) in the Royal Naval Reserve’s Naval Control of Shipping Branch at HMS Vivid in Plymouth.
I entered academic life with accelerated undergraduate study at the University of Plymouth between 1996-1998. On graduation, I was appointed as Lecturer in Maritime Business at Plymouth University, combined with part-time study for my doctorate, which was awarded in 2007 for “Socio-economic Aspects of Commercial Ports and Wharves in Southwest England: A Grounded Theory Approach to Regional Competitiveness”. This was followed by an award-winning KTP project with Falmouth Harbour Commissioners.
My academic career has been focussed on research supervision, programme leadership, innovative teaching and transnational education. This has included research supervision and examination at all levels including internal and external examination of MPhil and PhD theses; substantial work on international collaboration programmes in Athens, Hong Kong and Malaysia; programme leadership at both undergraduate and postgraduate level; and appointments as Subject or Programme External Examiner as well as advisory panel work for taught undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the UK, Hong Kong and Germany. I have also been involved in conference organisation, organising field trips in the UK and abroad, and placement tutoring in the UK and Hong Kong.
Supervised Research Degrees
Current Supervision
“Evaluation Of Port Pricing in the Post Concession Era in Nigeria”, PhD project, Plymouth University, Oct 2022-2026. PhD candidate: Moses Aponjolosun. DoS Dr Sarah Tuck
Teaching
Port sustainability
Maritime Economics
Shipbroking
Tanker Operations
Research training
Contact Sarah
Room 303, Fitzroy Building, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA
+44 1752 585686
S.Tuck@plymouth.ac.uk
