Leaders in Learning & Teaching:

Programme 2015-2016

September 2015 – Session 1 Day One 13:30 – 14:15 Programme Welcome

Anne Kiem, Chief Executive, Chartered ABS Professor Julia Clarke, Manchester Metropolitan University Dr Diane Sloan, Northumbria University

14:15 – 17:00 Knowing and Developing Your Leadership Style

Dr Shirley Jenner, Manchester Metropolitan University

17.00 – 18.00 Developing a Quality Student Learning Experience Dr Cathy Minett-Smith, University of Bedfordshire

Day Two 09:00 – 10:30 Individual Leadership and Circles of Influence Professor Julia Clarke, Manchester Metropolitan University

10:45 – 12:00 Action Learning Sets

Professor Julia Clarke, Manchester Metropolitan University Dr Diane Sloan, Northumbria University

12:00 – 12:30 Review, Q&A and Preparation for Session 2 Professor Julia Clarke, Manchester Metropolitan University Dr Diane Sloan, Northumbria University

Leaders in Learning & Teaching:

Programme 2015-2016

December 2015 – Session 2 Day One 13:00 – 13:30 Welcome and Introduction to Session 2 J Hall, AD Learning and Teaching Professor Julia Clarke, Manchester Metropolitan University Dr Diane Sloan, Northumbria University

13:30 – 14:30 Learning and Teaching – Developing a University Culture

Professor Susan Robson, Newcastle University

14:30 – 15:15 Speed dating – who is doing what research in Learning & Teaching Identify a research buddy

15:15 – 16:00 Extended Break Meet and greet Business School L&T staff

16:00 – 17:00 Sources of Learning and Teaching Funding – what is out there?

Alona Welby, Research and Business Services, Northumbria University Louise Wyers, Research and Business Services, Northumbria University

17:00 – 18:00 Action Learning Set activity from Session 1

Continuation of the leadership issues identified in Session 1

Day Two 09:00 – 10:00 “Work in Progress Papers” Chartered ABS Learning & Teaching

conference submissions 10:15 – 12:00 Disseminating your research – where and how? Professor Neil Marriott, University of Winchester

12:00 – 12:30 Review, Q&A and Preparation for Session 3 (NSS) Professor Julia Clarke, Manchester Metropolitan University Dr Diane Sloan, Northumbria University

Leaders in Learning & Teaching: Programme 2015-2016

February 2016 – Session 3

Day One 13:00 – 13:45 Work in Progress Research Update Professor Julia Clarke, Manchester Metropolitan University Dr Diane Sloan, Northumbria University

13:45 – 14:45 Leadership of Graduate Employability

Lizzie Morris, Student Recruitment, KPMG

15:00 – 15:55 Leading on Student Experience Strategies,

Part 1 Dr Aftab Dean, Leeds Beckett University

16:00 – 17:00 Leading on Student Experience Strategies,

Part 2 Dr Aftab Dean, Leeds Beckett University

17:00 – 18:00 Action Learning Set activity from Session 1

Continuation of the leadership issues identified in Session 1

Day Two 09:00 – 10:30 Working with the Accrediting Bodies Katherine O’Flynn, Association of MBAs

10:45 – 12:15 Accreditation – Leading the Challenge from the Business School Timothy Nichol, Liverpool John Moores University

12:15 – 12:30 Review, Q&A and Preparation for Session 4 (Strategies) Professor Julia Clarke, Manchester Metropolitan University Dr Diane Sloan, Northumbria University

Leaders in Learning & Teaching: Programme 2015-2016

May 2016 – Session 4

Day One 13:15 – 13:30 Overview Professor Julia Clarke, Manchester Metropolitan University Dr Diane Sloan, Northumbria University

13:30 – 14:45 Business Schools, Visions and Strategies

Professor Julia Clarke, Manchester Metropolitan University Dr Diane Sloan, Northumbria University

15:00 – 16:30 Leading a Business School

Professor Debra Leighton, University of Bedfordshire Business School

16:30 – 17:30 Action Learning Sets

Day Two 09:00 – 10:30 Building your External Profile Dr Sue Beckingham, Sheffield Hallam University

10:45 – 12:15 Working with Executive Search Agencies Peter Viqueira, Odgers Berndtson

12:15 – 12:30 Onwards and upwards Final roundout

Presentation of certificates Professor Julia Clarke, Manchester Metropolitan University Dr Diane Sloan, Northumbria University Anne Kiem, Chief Executive, Chartered ABS

Leaders in Learning & Teaching: Facilitators’ Biographies

September 2015 – May 2016

Professor Julia Clarke, Dean of Faculty of Business and Law, Manchester Metropolitan University

Prior to moving into higher education, Julia worked for one of the big four accountancy firms in Manchester where she specialised in corporate taxation. She moved across to the HE sector to take up a post as a research assistant at the University of Central Lancashire, working

on a project on monitoring and evaluation by charitable trusts. Julia's first lecturing post was at Manchester Metropolitan University and she moved from here to the University of Leeds in 1997. At Leeds, Julia has taught on a range of undergraduate, Masters, MBA and corporate programmes on Business Ethics, Corporate Governance, Financial Analysis, Financial Accounting, Taxation and Auditing. She was previously Undergraduate Tutor and the Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Business School. In 2011 she became Pro-Dean for Student Education for the Faculty of Business.

Julia is a founding member of the Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning in Inter-Disciplinary Ethics Applied http://www.idea.leeds.ac.uk/ and was the first Director of the Q-Step Centre at the University of Leeds. Julia is an active participant in the business education community, through her work with the Chartered ABS and the international accrediting bodies. She has been a reviewer for the Quality Assurance Agency since 2008. Her current research is on equity and graduate employability with a particular focus on mentoring and social capital.

In June 2015, Julia returned to Manchester Metropolitan University and took up the post of Dean of the Faculty of Business and Law.

Dr Diane Sloan, Principal Lecturer in Strategy and Research, and Director of Learning & Teaching Enhancement, Newcastle Business School

Dr Sloan is recognised for her subject and pedagogical expertise contributing nationally to the sector through publications, committee membership, as well as organising and supporting international

conferences. She is committed to enhancing and supporting staff and students through the academic learning journey and has developed a nationally recognised research profile in two areas: supporting student transition to University study through developing a new pedagogical approach for international students studying Academic Skills/ESAP, the CEM Model; and the development and utilisation of technology enhanced delivery methods in particular simulation games.

She is lead researcher on the CEM Model, Dissertation Game and Student Transition and has developed and contributed to multidisciplinary teams from across the University and the sector producing conference submissions, papers and funding bids. Recognised for her enthusiasm and support of colleagues, her research, publications and contribution within the learning and teaching discipline has had a national and international impact.

Her commitment has been recognised through awards of University Learning and Teaching Fellow, Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy - the highest category awarded by the Academy and first in the history of her Faculty - and University nominee for National Teaching Fellow.

Leaders in Learning & Teaching: Speakers’ Biographies

September 2015 – Session 1

Dr Shirley Jenner, Principal Lecturer, Ph.D. Chartered Fellow

CIPD, Manchester Metropolitan University

Dr Shirley Jenner is a Principal Lecturer at MMU Business School,

with responsibilities for managing a portfolio of post-

graduate HRM and professional programmes. Shirley has over 20

years of experience working in people development as a

university lecturer, researcher and also commercially in private

practice. Shirley is also a Fellow of the HEA, and has been

involved in the introduction of a number of university staff peer- mentoring systems, one

for enhancing teaching and learning, and another for cross faculty staff career development.

Shirley is also an MBTI practitioner and a qualified management coach, and uses these skills

in teaching/facilitating reflective practice for leadership on our Executive MBA, MSc courses,

commercial and business growth programmes. At week-ends Shirley balances her interest

in wine-tasting with regular Saturday morning 5K outings with South Manchester Parkrun…

Dr Cathy Minett-Smith, Associate Dean (Student

Experience), University of Bedfordshire

Cathy is Associate Dean Student Experience in the Business

School at the University of Bedfordshire where she is

responsible for developing and enhancing all aspects of the

student experience. She works with colleagues in the Business

School and wider university to actively link the functional areas

of the student learning experience, including administrative,

learning support and academic delivery, to creatively and effectively develop the learning

experience for students. She has worked at Middlesex University where she was a senior

teaching fellow and Head of Learning Enhancement in the Business School. Her career path

from an academic statistician to leading learning development and the student experience

was supported by the completion of a Masters in Higher Education focussing on supporting

and developing staff to deliver excellence in challenging and complex contexts. She has a

longstanding interest in the dynamics and implementation of team-teaching with a

particular focus on team-teaching in a transnational education context, empowering staff to

lead and work with colleagues in remote/global communities of practice.

Leaders in Learning & Teaching:

Speakers’ Biographies

December 2015 – Session 2

Professor Sue Robson, Professor of Education, School of

Education, Communication and Language Sciences, Newcastle University Sue Robson is Professor of Education in the School of Education,

Communication and Language Sciences at Newcastle University.

She was Head of School from 2007-2015. Sue is a member of the

Research Centre for Learning and Teaching and leads the Teaching

and Learning in HE Research Group. Her research interests include the internationalization

of HE; professional learning in schools and HE; and reward and recognition for teaching

excellence in HE. Her recent projects include an international project on Promoting

Teaching [http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/reward-and-recognition/promotion]; convening a

national network on Internationalising the Curriculum, and developing an

Internationalisation Framework for HE. She is principal investigator on an Erasmus+ strategic

partnerships project on Entrepreneurial Leadership. Sue was awarded an HEA National

Teaching Fellowship in 2013. http://www.ncl.ac.uk/ecls/staff/profile/sue.robson

Alona Welby, Research Funding and Policy Manager, Faculty of

Business and Law, Northumbria University

Alona is the point of contact for funding development in the Faculty of Business and Law. She provides development support for research applications to all funders, including EU, UK and international. Alona worked in Brussels for ten years on EU funding, policy development and advocacy, and has managed a large UK

government-funded project at the University of Birmingham. She is also a qualified counsellor, a role that comes in particularly handy when working with people grappling with research funding.

Louise Wyers, Research Pre Award Co-

ordinator, Faculty of Business and Law, and Health and Life Sciences (Healthcare, Public Health & Wellbeing, Sport Exercise and Rehabilitation), Northumbria University Louise provides support for costing, recording and authorisation of research proposals and funding applications as well as advising upon funder and scheme guidance. Louise’s background is in the

financial sector and prior to joining the university Louise worked for over 20 years as an IT analyst and project manager.

Professor Neil Marriott BSc, MBA, PhD, DipM, CPFA, FHEA,

Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Winchester Professor Marriott has over 30 years of teaching, research and management experience in UK Business Schools and universities. He is the Editor-in-Chief of The International Journal of Management Education and Associate Editor of The British Accounting Review. His research embraces accounting education,

NHS financial management and small business financial management, including angel finance, SME reporting and auditing. He has published over 100 refereed articles, working papers, professional journal articles, chapters, books and edited works as well as presenting at over 100 international academic and professional conferences.

Leaders in Learning & Teaching: Speakers’ Biographies

February 2016 – Session 3

Lizzie Morris (née McCoy), Assistant Manager, Student

Recruitment, KPMG LLP Lizzie Morris has over 10 years recruitment marketing experience with a leading recruitment advertising agency and more recently in-house with KPMG Student Recruitment. Lizzie has spent over 6 years with KPMG undertaking a variety of roles to include campus marketing at universities in the Midlands, Oxford and Cambridge as well as implementing

KPMG’s new, innovative assessment centre in 2011. She now manages undergraduate programme planning and trains interviewers and assessors on behalf of the team.

Dr Aftab Dean, Senior Lecturer, School Of Strategy,

Marketing & Communication, Leeds Beckett University

Dr Aftab A. Dean has a wealth of experience in higher

education, through working at a number of UK universities,

and experience of teaching in the Far East and the Gulf. He has

successfully helped a number of managers, from leading

companies in Europe, complete their PhD and has worked with

these international companies to resolve key marketing

challenges. His consultancy work, for the Higher Education Academy, in analysing the full

dataset of the National Student Survey has helped identify the key challenges facing

students in higher education. He has been invited, by a number of UK universities, to host

workshops on how managers, course leaders and tutors can align university resources to

enhance the learning journey for students. Recently, he completed a national audit of the

effective use of marketing in higher education. Dr Dean is currently researching the impact

of Governance on financial performance and brand reputation.

Katherine O’Flynn, Accreditation Director

– Northern Europe, South East Asia, Oceania, Association of MBAs

Katherine O’Flynn, Director of Accreditation joined AMBA in January 2013. Katherine is based in London but travels globally to join assessment panels for Business Schools seeking AMBA Accreditation.

Katherine has worked in educational quality assurance for thirteen years, starting her career at an exam board (Trinity College London) before moving onto the Chartered institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) and Universities UK (UUK). She has a background in teaching English to international students and spent five years living abroad in Singapore and Hong Kong. Prior to joining AMBA Katherine managed the Undergraduate Science without Borders scheme in the UK for the Brazilian Government, and has maintained an interest in TNE, internationalisation and the student experience. In recent roles Katherine has been responsible for improving quality assurance systems and processes to maintain their relevance and customer focus, by implementing a risk based approach to accreditation. Katherine has a History degree (MA Hons.) from the University of St Andrews, Scotland and MBA awarded by University College London, Institute of Education.

Timothy J Nichol, Dean, Liverpool Business School,

Liverpool John Moores University Tim graduated with a degree in Jurisprudence from Oxford University and joined Coopers and Lybrand where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1985. At Coopers he specialised in international personal tax. In 1992 he joined Newcastle Business School where he held a number of senior roles including Associate Deanships in

Undergraduate and Teaching and Learning. His early career at Newcastle Business School was spent working on Know How Fund consulting contracts in Eastern Europe. This led to a two year secondment to work as Resident Advisor at the Ukrainian central bank in Kiev. He was responsible for leading Newcastle Business School through EPAS accreditation system and also led the AACSB accreditation agenda. In 2014 Newcastle Business School became the first school in Europe to achieve both business and accounting accreditation. In 2014 he left Newcastle Business School and took the lead in the launch and development of the Northumbria University London campus before joining Liverpool John Moores University in August 2015.

Leaders in Learning & Teaching:

Speakers’ Biographies

May 2016 – Session 4

Professor Debra Leighton, Executive Dean, University of Bedfordshire Business School

Debra Leighton is Executive Dean, University of Bedfordshire

Business School, having taken up the post in September 2015. Prior

to this she was Associate Dean (Teaching and Learning) at Salford

Business School, where she designed and implemented innovative

postgraduate and undergraduate blended learning initiatives and

employability focused curricula that contributed to the school achieving Times Higher

Business School of the Year 2014 together with quality accreditations such as EPAS, AMBA,

Small Business Charter, CEEMAN and others. She has also developed successful academic

and commercial partnerships within the UK and overseas and memberships include the

CABS LTSE committee, EQUIS TEL standards committee and SF HEA.

Her research interests include experiential and relationship marketing, and within the field

of learning and teaching the application of experiential learning and blended learning to the

student experience. She has contributed to and Chaired UK and international teaching and

learning conferences and is committed to the active promotion of research informed

teaching.

Sue Beckingham, Educational Developer and Lecturer

in Information Systems, Sheffield Hallam University

Sue Beckingham is a Senior Lecturer in Information Systems

within the Department of Computing at Sheffield Hallam

University. She is also a LEAD Associate and Educational

Developer, taking a Faculty lead for technology enhanced

learning. She is also a course designer and facilitator of the cross-

institution open online course 'Bring Your Own Device for Learning’ and the co-founder of

the national #LTHEchat Learning and Teaching in Higher Education Chat.

Her research interests include social media and digital identity, and the use of technology to

enhance learning and teaching; and she has presented this work internationally as an

invited keynote speaker. Sue is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a

Fellow of the Staff and Educational Development Association (where she is a member of the

Executive Board).

Peter Viqueira, Principal Consultant, Higher Education

Peter is a Principal Consultant specialising in appointments within

the Higher Education sector at the most senior levels. Recent

assignments he has delivered within the Business School arena

include Dean level placements at the Universities of Kingston, De

Montfort, Liverpool John Moores, Salford and Manchester Met,

amongst others. He is also currently working with Sheffield

Hallam University and the University of Lincoln to recruit the Deans of their respective

Business Schools.

From a sector-wide perspective, Peter has worked to appoint several Vice-Chancellors, the

Chief Executive of HEFCE and the current Chief Executive of Universities UK (UUK). He has

also worked closely with the National Union of Students (NUS) on several non-executive

Trustees so has a very strong grasp of the overarching issues affecting Higher Education and

the UK student population as a whole. Peter holds a BA in History from the University of

Nottingham.