Andy Colley Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

London, England, United Kingdom

I provide vision and strategic guidance for the Innovation Support Unit and the broader Birkbeck community, driving forward innovation initiatives. My focus is on building and nurturing relationships with key internal stakeholders and external partners to unlock new opportunities for collaboration.I develop long-term strategies that align with Birkbeck’s goals and emerging market opportunities, setting clear objectives, monitoring progress, and evaluating the impact of our innovation efforts to ensure we achieve meaningful results.

London, England, United Kingdom

I was responsible for driving the expansion of commercial opportunities for the University’s extensive portfolio of short courses, PG Certs, training, and degrees across the globe. I worked to expand the University’s current global network of Recognised Teaching Centres (RTC’s) and actively searched for new additional routes, mechanisms, and market opportunities for the University to capture new business. I built relationships with Member Institutions of the University of London, to improve product development, service delivery, and the market awareness of the educational courses under development.

London, England, United Kingdom

I led the development and delivery of high quality, high impact short courses across Queen Mary University of London. I had particular oversight of designing and implementing a new operating model and establishing foundational policies, processes and strategies.

London, United Kingdom

I provided business analysis to support the delivery of the Student Information Management Programme, with responsibility for delivering the College’s vision of an excellent student and staff experience; empowered staff; and integrated systems. The aim was to identify requirements, opportunities for enhancement and potential solutions for key operational functions of student administration; this included focus on a specific area of cross-functional activity such as user experience, process architecture, data architecture or system integration.

London, United Kingdom

I managed the development of International Business to Business sales activities for UAL Short Courses Ltd, initiating new relationships and establishing repeat business opportunities including managing on-going relationships with clients in the creative higher education sector. I also developed and supported new international activities across Academic Enterprise at University of the Arts London.

London, United Kingdom

Working in the UAL Short Course team at Central Saint Martins, I managed the development of existing and new professional training opportunities. I designed, promoted and coordinated the planning and delivery of bespoke courses and events for external groups both nationally and internationally. I managed, developed and cultivated relationships with external clients and academic tutors to grow and improve the college’s services for the future.

London

Working on secondment in the Business & Innovations team at London College of Communication, I was responsible for managing the relationship between external corporate partners and the college and for sourcing, supporting and delivering student projects.

London, United Kingdom

My main focus in this role was increasing and developing alumni engagement within the Faculty of Architecture & the Built Environment. Using my event management and communications experience, I worked to provide opportunities for alumni to volunteer their time to support the employability of current students, and develop alumni events and initiatives across the UK and overseas with a clear link to organisational needs.

London, United Kingdom

As part of the Architecture & the Built Environment Registry team, my work was split into three main areas of responsibility:Management of continued professional development courses in the Architecture, Construction, Property, Tourism and Transport sectors.Coordination of events; from facilitating external corporate events and the successful Architecture End of Year Show (OPEN2014 & OPEN2015) at University of Westminster, to marketing and design.Content management and copy writing of the faculty website and ensuring the development and growth of our social media channels and audiences.

Leeds, United Kingdom

I provided the first point of contact for 1650 Undergraduate Students at Leeds University Business School and many more based in other faculties of the University. I managed student communication through Facebook, Twitter and Digital Signage (Text Announcements, HTML coding and video streaming onto large, public plasma screens). On top of this I was part of a project to implement a new social media strategy to increase student engagement.PA support to the Director of Undergraduate Studies including diary management, servicing meetings, administrative support and researching for project work.Management of the Undergraduate Reception providing administrative support to the office.

Middlesbrough

Leeds

Middlesbrough, Uk

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Philosophy & Ancient Civilization (Roman History)

Activities and Societies: Part time Retail Assistant in Leeds University Union, Volunteering in schools (Art Education), Joint Honours.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Museum Management

Thesis: The viability of using education programs as an alternative method of income generation in arts organisations facing reduced core.

Btec Foundation Diploma In Art & Design, Fine Art & Photography