As Head of Subject and a member of the management team at the Claude Littner Business School (CLBS) at the University of West London (UWL), Dinusha is involved in developing and delivering the school strategic plan, including supporting an outstanding student learning experience by ensuring effective arrangements are in place. She ensures quality compliance and enhancement in all areas of the school’s operations in line with national expectations, driving the development of courses that transcend time and implementing an effective employer engagement strategy where business and employability skills are integrated into the curriculum and all students benefit from exposure to practical business experience.
She is also co-editor for UWL New Vistas journal. In her drive to raise the profile of excellence in teaching and thus improve the learning experience, she actively works with institutions beyond her own, acting as a ‘critical friend’ and sharing best practices. She is very involved with ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants), where she sits on its Global Council, providing strategic oversight for the qualification, learning framework and the regulation of members and students.
She is a true learning champion who actively engages in her own professional development and uses her learning to inform and inspire others. Prior to moving to the UK, she was involved with several higher education institutions in Sri Lanka driving operations relating to professional and academic accountancy education, transforming the overall teaching, learning and assessment experience through innovative pedagogical initiatives at a national level.
Dinusha is not only driven by her own values, but also by UWL’s social mission and national strategic imperatives such as graduate employability, improving life chances, and inclusiveness. Her longstanding and ongoing strategic influence, contributions, and active commitment towards developing and raising the profile of excellence in teaching and learning has positively impacted pedagogic practices and policies, and student outcomes and experience, within and beyond her own institution, in the UK and in Sri Lanka, as well as on a national and global scale.
