Leading Change in Higher Education

Overview

This free East/SE regional event, part of Advance HE’s benefits for LGM member institutions, brings together a network of those leading change in higher education primarily from the south-east and eastern regions of England. It will offer an opportunity to hear from senior leaders who have led change and will explore thought leadership on organisational change.

The focus of this free LGM members’ event is to provide a confidential, stimulating network for those leading change in higher education from the East / SE and to hear from senior leaders who have led successful change.

Professor Mark Allinson

Professor Mark Allinson is Head of Academic and Educational Developments at Regent's University, London. His role is to promote and support the development of both institutional strategy in learning and teaching, and the professional development of academic staff. Originally a linguist, Mark set up the Spanish department at Royal Holloway, London, before taking up a Professorship at the University of Leicester. He has published three books and many chapters and articles. Now his practice and research is focussed on teaching and educational development. His research interests are in collaborative and creative curriculum design, and the use of experiential activities such as simulations in learning. He is also a Principal Fellow of the HEA, and an accreditor and consultant for Advance-HE.

Ellen is Head of Library & Learning Services at the University of Suffolk and began her professional working life in 2000, as a librarian in the Civil Service, supporting Government scientists, vets and policy makers during the national foot and mouth and swine fever outbreaks. She moved in to the higher education sector in 2007, leading the development of front-of-house library services at the Tremough Campus of what is now University of Falmouth. Since joining University Campus Suffolk in 2011 as Library Services Manager, Ellen has begun a transition away from pure librarianship developing as a wider education professional; Ellen provides strategic vision and leadership to the Department of Library and Learning Services in a changing HE landscape in order to maintain and advance the University’s position whilst enriching the student experience.  She is a member of the University Senior Leadership Team and Senate and advising in relation to Library, learning and information services and wider information policy. Ellen has led the department through review and realignment to the Deputy Vice Chancellor’s portfolio, project managing the development of blended learning degree apprenticeships, an International Foundation programme, learner analytics, a lecture capture pilot, and actively contributing to the development of the University’s Centre of Excellence in Learning and Teaching. In the last year, she has achieved Senior Fellowship, and is on track to submit her Doctorate in Education in April this year.

As Head of Learning Information and Environments Aaron works to strategically design and deliver the University’s learning and research information systems and environments. As University system owner, he has responsibility for the review, identification, procurement, integration and development of these spaces, and the management of the University's Learning Innovation Hub.   Working in partnership with academic and researchers Aaron develops opportunities to showcase learning and research through the provision of Carpe Diem course design and 'make-over' events to support validations and pedagogic practice development.  Alongside this work he is also a member of the Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching. Aaron joined the University in 2007 from the Centre for Research in Educational Applications of Telematics where he worked from 1998 developing and implementing the first iterations of virtual learning environments in a jointly funded project with BT Labs at Adastral Park. In the past year Aaron has completed a PgC in Academic Practice and been awarded Fellowship of the HEA. 

Harriet is responsible for providing leadership in the enhancement and evaluation of the student experience as Dean of Learning and Teaching at University of Portsmouth. She champions the student voice, and facilitates partnership working, ensuring that student engagement is central to the University's activities. In 2017/18 she led the revision of theCurriculum Framework which included embedding the Hallmarks of the Portsmouth Graduate within the curriculum. After completing her DPhil via the universities of Sussex and Toulouse, and following a postdoc in Psycholinguistics, Harriet undertook research in Higher Education at the University of Oxford. Post-Oxford, Harriet has held positions at UCAS, the 1994 Group, and the universities of Bath and Bradford. See www.harrietdm.com for more detail. Harriet tweets as @HE_Harriet. She is a Principal Fellow of the HEA.

Eilís Ferran is PVC for Institutional and International Relations and Professor of Company & Securities Law at the University of Cambridge, a University JM Keynes Fellow in Financial Economics, and a Fellow of The British Academy. She did her undergraduate studies in Law at Cambridge University and also completed her doctorate there on the topic of mortgage securitization. She qualified as a Solicitor with Coward (now Clifford) Chance. Since April 2012 she has been Chair of the Law Faculty at Cambridge. She is a Professorial Fellow of St Catharine’s College, Cambridge. She has written extensively on UK, EU and international financial regulation, company law and corporate finance law.  Her recent publications include contributions to Ferran, Moloney, Hill and Coffee, The Regulatory Aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis (CUP 2012) and Ferrarini, Hopt and Wymeersch (ed), Rethinking Financial Regulation and Supervision in Times of Crisis (OUP, 2012. The new edition of her textbook Principles of Corporate Finance Law (OUP) was published in 2014. She has advised and given evidence to Parliamentary committees and other bodies, including serving as the Specialist Adviser to the UK Parliament House of Lords European Union Committee (Sub Committee A) in its inquiry into banking union (September -  December 2012). She has been a visiting scholar at law schools in the United States, New Zealand and Hong Kong, and speaks regularly at conferences in Europe and beyond. She is the founding editor of the Journal of Corporate Law Studies (Hart Publishing) and serves on numerous advisory boards and committees. She is a member of the European Company Law Experts Group (ECLE) and a former member of the European Banking Authority’s Stakeholder Group.

Kate is the programme Lead for ourcambridge at Cambridge University. This is a large change programme, in its early stages, that aims to Support our Staff and Simplify our Processes across the University’s Professional Services. Prior to that, Kate was the Senior User Lead for the University’s Student System Improvement Programme and the Head of Student Operations. These roles involved significant organisational restructures and integration of operational procedures, working in partnership with multiple stakeholders across the collegiate University and in collaboration with Information Service Providers. Kate holds a PhD in Plant Sciences from Newcastle University and started her career as a Royal Society University Research Fellow working on acclimation to light stress in epiphytic bromeliads- this has given her insight into ecosystem biology that have proved invaluable since she moved into University administration.

Helen is Head of Membership, Advance HE. Prior to academia, Helen pursued a career in industry between her undergraduate and postgraduate studies. This career brought her into direct contact with corporate social responsibility, organizational culture issues regarding gender, leadership and management in the workplace, and has most recently led her to research fiduciary duty and trust in organizations. Before joining Advance HE Helen was Course Director of the Master’s in Sustainability Leadership at the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership. Helen holds an MPhil and PhD in Gender Studies from the University of Cambridge, fully funded by the Cambridge Political Economy Society Trust. She is a Senior Member of Newnham College, Cambridge, and a Research Associate at the Centre for Business Research at the Judge Business School. Helen’s research is highly interdisciplinary. She is published in philosophy (ethics, epistemology and ontology), heterodox economics, and social psychology. A full list of her publications is available athttps://cambridge.academia.edu/HelenMussell

Professor Ruth Taylor is Senior PVC and Dean of the Faculty of Health, Education, Medicine and Social Care at Anglia Ruskin University. Based across campuses in Cambridge, Chelmsford and Peterborough, and with partnerships in the NHS, in Social Care and with schools that span the East of England, Ruth’s role is to lead and manage the five Schools that make up the faculty. In June 2018, Ruth merged two faculties as part of a wider university restructure, a process that required a keen focus on the organisational culture and working practices across the existing faculties. Ruth’s research and scholarship interests include: leadership, the quality of healthcare practice, and the student experience and retention. Ruth is on the Executive Team of the Council of Deans of Health, and is widely networked across the sector.

Cindy is Assistant Director, Knowledge, Innovation and Delivery at Advance HE. Cindy is an experienced HE professional with an eighteen year track record of successfully working with universities in the UK and internationally and holds two first class university degrees (BFA and MBA). Cindy is currently Advance HE Assistant Director, Knowledge, Innovation and Delivery. She has held senior leadership roles in the areas of organisational development and equality, diversity and inclusivity in the HE sector and has also designed and delivered programmes across a wide range of universities and seniority levels. She previously created university-led leadership and management programmes for the public and not-for-profit sector and led research grant and contract development in Canada. Cindy has been a member of senior leadership programme steering groups at Russell Group and non-affiliated universities and has also undertaken impact evaluations for these programmes. Prior to working in HE, she worked in senior leadership and management roles in the commercial and arts sectors for over fifteen years.