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England, United Kingdom

Reading, England, United Kingdom

• Determine and implement the School’s strategic focus and operating plan, to ensure the School delivers against the UCEM M7 goals.• Lead agreed areas of strategy that relate to the School, for example the Learning, Teaching & Assessment Strategy, the National Student Survey Action Plan, and Widening Participation initiatives. • Develop and maintain effective working relationships with key senior internal and external partners. • As a member of the Senior Leadership Team, proactively contribute to and lead on School and UCEM initiatives.• Act as Chair of a range of cross-institutional and external committees as required.• Provide academic leadership for, and line manage, the academic staff within the School.• Ensure all agreed activities within the scope of the school are appropriately resourced, developed and supported, in line with institutional expectations, for example: module delivery; module development; programme development; academic administration; industry and academic engagement; research, scholarship and knowledge exchange.• Be responsible for ensuring that the delivery of education meets the highest standards and expectations of the Office for Students, Ofsted, Professional Bodies and associated external agencies. • Present information, analyses and opinion within areas of responsibility to the Academic Board, the Board of Trustees and their respective sub-committees. • Ensure budgets set for the School are monitored and managed effectively.

Reading, England, United Kingdom

Chair Module Boards, and Progression & Award Boards, liaising with Academic Registry on the production of Board paperwork, the logistical arrangements for the Boards and external examiner review.Chair committee meetings as required, including Mitigating Circumstances Committee, External Examiners Appointments Subcommittee and Academic Misconduct Panels.Attend and, where necessary, write papers for Deliberative Committee meetings, including Academic Board, Quality, Standards & Enhancement Committee, Learning, Teaching & Enhancement Committee and Academic Regulations & Specifications Subcommittee.Participate in validation and periodic review events to maintain and enhance the ongoing academic provision, including chairing validation events at both postgraduate and undergraduate level as required.Chair regular meetings with programme leaders and module leaders supporting delivery of modules and module developments.Monitor and track module development activities to ensure:Coursework and examinations meet scrutiny deadlines and are processed through the scrutiny process in readiness for module delivery, assessment marking turnaround times are met, moderation activities take place, an equitability of student’s experience, enhancement of student learning opportunities, improvement of student retention and success rates.

Reading, United Kingdom

Am responsible for the project management and co-ordination of all activities connected with the operation, delivery, quality assurance and quality review of UCEM's legacy programmes. This involves: Maintaining and developing the academic calendar of key events for all legacy programmes.Collaborating with legacy programme leaders to ensure all updating, delivery, quality and review events are appropriately resourced and managed.Chair the module boards, progression and award boards and programme review meetings.Ensure all assessments and module material updates are prepared appropriately in accordance with the academic schedule.Ensure all live engagement events with the student body are appropriately staffed, resourced and delivered in accordance with the academic schedule.Ensure that student feedback and dialogue with student representatives is co-ordinated and maintained.Monitor the performance of all tutors involved with the programmes.

Reaseheath College

Contribute to the development and implementation of the college HE strategy, translating it into effective operational objectives.Lead the validation / revalidation of college HE programmes. Identify any performance quality gaps in the HE provision and work with Heads of Department to support improvements. Work with external committees and exam boards at partner HEI's. Create and monitor development plans which inform the budget processes in order to meet college financial procedures. Support the effective resourcing of Higher Education.Develop a culture that enables the college to become a centre for applied research and knowledge transfer, especially in the agri-tech industries .Monitor and improve HE KPI's to ensure recruitment, retention, achievement, participation and progression targets are met. Manage the recruitment of overseas students and ensure compliance with UKVI protocols. Manage fair and consistent application of college policies and procedures with responsibility for student discipline and academic appeals. Work with HR to ensure correct application of HR policies and procedures. Chair committees and groups as required.

Hartpury, Gloucester, Gloucestershire

Be responsible for the delivery of the college HE strategy, curricula and academic development planning, providing academic leadership and strategic management of constituent departments.Act as line manager for relative Departmental Subject Managers to support the management of staffing issues to ensure the effective development of the college’s subject disciplines, scholarly activity and teaching programmes.Lead the development and delivery of academic programmes, the continuous improvement of the student experience and the expansion of student choice and access within the department.Develop and maintain effective links with relevant professional bodies and industry representatives to ensure the currency of the department’s programmes.Co-ordinate UK academic partnerships, including the maintenance of quality and standards in existing collaborative partnerships, and the development of further progression agreements with interested stakeholders.Assist database and other managers with the timely provision of accurate information relating to the operations of the Department.Coordinate and contribute to the Departments input to College marketing, careers and interview days.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Agricultural Botany

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Applied Biology, Upper Second Class

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