39-year-old female, progressing an 18 year career spanning varied environments from government agencies to international corporations and dedicatedly honing professional services expertise in the Higher Education Institution sector since 2014.
Board/Executive level Board Secretariat.
A broad understanding of governance as it relates to the Scottish higher education sector and the Scottish Code of Good Higher Education Governance 2023 and associated education legislation.
Contribution to the successful quinquennial Governance and Effectiveness Review.
Leading delivery of the Institute for University to Business' bespoke overseas work-based learning Railway Operations Management programme in tripartite partnership with University of Johannesburg and South Africa’s national commercial Transnet Freight Rail.
-Managing admissions/registration; assessment process, awarding progression & awards; setting resit diets, study plans.
-Board Secretariat to senior level per trimester Programme Board and quarterly Progression & Award Boards.
-Onboarding overseas Associate Lecturers, Subject Matters Experts and UK wide External Examiners.
-Supporting Academic Development Tutors in establishing effective learning and support materials.
-Academic Advisory role re module pathways, assessment extensions, resits, suspension of studies, programme extensions, resumption of studies, withdrawals, coordination of disability support.
-Timetabling overseas in-country teaching schedule.
-Internal collaboration with Quality Assurance, Registration, Admissions, Disability, VISA services.
-Team leader to junior team, assigning workloads and project management, training and performance evaluation.
-Managing Module Enhancement Planning.
Programme Coordinator for the School of Health and Life Sciences' community discipline programmes of Professional Studies in Nursing Honours degree; Masters level Continued Professional Development module suite, Paramedic Science degree.
-Leading collaborations with NHS Scotland Regional Health Board Managers, NHS Education Scotland, Scottish Ambulance Service and the Health Care Professions Council to establish service need requirements and coordinating external associate lecturer programme delivery in conjunction to ensure University academic policy compliance.
Professional teaching support to the School of Physics and Astronomy’s 300 academics and 2000 students, across undergraduate, postgraduate taught/research and PhD levels.
-Project managing examinations, ensuring that over 12,000 exam papers across three exam diets.
-Secretariat to College / School level Research & Teaching and Learning & Teaching Committee Boards.
-Coordination of successful 7 yearly Periodic Subject Review and 5 yearly Institute of Physics Accreditation.
Professional support for the delivery of the Business School Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship's UG, PGT/R and PhD programmes.
-Consistently awarded highest achievement of Outstanding Contribution in Performance & Development Reviews throughout HEI career.
-Executively recruited to a promoted position by GCU’s Institute of University to Business following a strong performance in my first year at the institution within School of Health and Life Sciences.
-Receipt of personal letter of thanks from the University of Glasgow's Principal for concerted efforts during COVID to bring in an electronic examination process at the Physics and Astronomy School level.
· July 2023: CMI Level 3 Award in Coaching & Mentoring, City of Glasgow College
· 2014–2015: 40 credit/SCQF 8 Cert COSCO Counselling & Psychotherapy Skills, University of Glasgow
Advocacy & advisory and facilitator positions in parallel to my professional life, across the following organisations: Helensburgh and Lomond Independent Foodbank (current), Scottish Families Affected by Drugs & Alcohol, Vluchtelingen Werk (Dutch Council for Refugees), Citizens Advice Direct, and Sighthill Youth Project.