Jon is a higher education consultant with extensive experience in academic governance, quality assurance and developing practice in learning and teaching. He has ongoing expertise in undertaking institutional reviews having served as a reviewer for the QAA for over 20 years as well as being an Accreditor for Advance HE and for the Royal Society of Biology. He is currently a member of the Peer review Quality Committee of Advance HE and chair of the Education & Science Policy Committee of RSB. He was also a member of the main TEF Panel. As a previous Pro Vice-Chancellor and, prior to that, an Academic Registrar, he has an in-depth appreciation of educational management and governance which has been broadened through his ongoing experience of serving on boards of governors and as an academic adviser in both higher and secondary educational institutions in the UK and internationally.
Jon is an emeritus Professor of Bioscience Education and has published on a range of educational projects, including assessment and feedback, academic integrity, belonging and retention, transitions and the student experience. In 2011 he was recognised as UK Bioscience Teacher of the Year, as a National Teaching Fellow in 2012 and as a Principal Fellow of Advance HE in 2013.