Dan Tromans Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

Member of the Board of Governors ensuring accountability of the leadership team and monitoring and evaluating the school's policies, procedures and progress. Supporting the school as they transition from a secondary school to an all-through school. Chair of the Curriculum and Assessment Committee. The Committee reviews the school’s progress in preparing and adopting the Curriculum for Wales, it’s approach to formative assessment and performance in national qualifications and measures.

Newport, Wales, United Kingdom

Member of the Board of Governors ensuring accountability of the leadership team and monitoring and evaluating the school's policies, procedures and progress.

Member of a small (Managing Director and three Heads of Department) but impactful Senior Leadership Team; the business generating over £15m income per annum. Business Lead for regulatory compliance, quality assurance, assessment standards, customer service, and stakeholder engagement and management.Leading a department of circa 50 staff and 80 associates, overseeing all awarding organisation operations, end point assessment operations, regulatory compliance, quality assurance and governance, and various high profile projects and contracts.Overseeing and supporting departmental and organisational recruitment and workforce planning, financial management, marketing and communications.Supporting and leading on aspects of business, process and system review, transformation and implementation. Using technology and people as enablers to drive improvement and add efficiency and value across the business.Developing and operationalising business vision, strategy and planning. Overseeing continuous improvement and risk management, and managing the business’s customer and stakeholder community. Supporting Board activities through the authoring and presenting of papers, presentations and recommendations.

Newport, United Kingdom

Contributing to the development of organisational strategy and operational delivery within qualification policy and reform.Leading a multidisciplinary team to implement innovative change within the qualification and assessment system, engaging with senior colleagues in other public bodies, government and education institutions (including further and higher education).Providing senior leadership, including supporting corporate functions such as finance, procurement, human resources and governance to ensure that we meet our responsibilities to government.Implementing qualification and assessment reform within Wales, leading on the reform of Health and Social, and Childcare, and Construction and the Built Environment qualifications.

Establishing a newly created function and team within a newly established organisation – this involved significant change management, planning and implementation activities. More broadly, as a senior leader within the organisation I played a supporting role in the wider establishment of policies, processes, procedures and approaches to working across the organisation, as well as having a significant external stakeholder relations role, establishing comprehensive partnerships with other public bodies and organisations through the development of memorandums of understanding and other formal working agreements. The development, implementation and review of reformed GCSEs and A Levels for Wales. Leading the commissioning and contract management of awarding bodies to develop new national qualifications. Leading on the implementation of the new qualifications and assessments.Supporting the Welsh Government as part of their Curriculum for Wales Reform Programme through membership of the Curriculum and Assessment Expert Group, Manageability Group and Coherence Group.

Leading the development of academic processes and procedures – As the College was newly established I was responsible for creating all of academic processes in preparation for the first, and subsequent inspections by the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA).Senior leadership across the College, working closely with the College Director and Head of Student Services to ensure the College offered a high-quality service to all stakeholders. Working more broadly across Kaplan International colleges, supporting a variety of teams including marketing, engagement and executive management.As Acting Academic Director and Chair of the Awarding Committee overseeing the delivery of all academic programmes across the College, ensuring high quality teaching and assessment across all subjects (Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Business, Law and English). This included engaging with tutors, assessors, external examiners, senior colleagues within Kaplan International Colleges and the University of West England, and with the Quality Assurance Agency.Representing the College at academic meetings and events and presenting at conferences.Ensuring robust and comprehensive academic and pastoral support was available for all students (international) and engaging with external stakeholders including representatives of cultural attachés and embassies, as well as home office representatives (immigration).

Uwe Bristol'S International College

Preparation and teaching of course material at foundation (Level 3), degree year 1 (level 4) and pre-Masters (level 7) in physical and life sciences.

Norwich, Uk

Assisted in laboratory demonstrations for genetics and biochemistry practicals. Laboratory class size: ~100 students.Supported university and Norwich Research Park science outreach activities.

Baglan, Port Talbot, S.Wales

I participated in the Go Wales Summer placement programme at Obsidian Research.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Biochemistry, Biophysics And Molecular Biology

Activities and Societies: Founder and Editor-in-Chief of science magazine Scisense; Vice Chair of the Norwich Research Park Student.

Bachelor'S Degree, Biochemistry (First Class)

Activities and Societies: University of Swansea Lifesaving Team and committee member University Student Representative for Biosciences

Ncfe Level 4, Business Law, Pass With Distinction

Education record

10 GCSE's A*-C AS Level Mathematics A Levels in Biology, Chemistry, French and General Studies