Associate Dean (International), Coventry University.Her portfolio career spans 17 yrs in the Higher Education sector in both large and specialist HEI’s. She joined Coventry University in 2011 as the Associate Dean (International) and she is now also the Head of Department for Aviation, Aerospace, Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Formely a member of the Executive Team and Head of Faculty Communication Media at Ravensbourne. Over the past 17 years she has provided institutional representation on and engagement with Life Long Learning Networks (The National Arts Learning Network, Creative Way Executive Board, South London Life Long Learning Group), HEA Subject Centres (Information & Computer Science, Art, Design and Media, Engineering) and professional bodies (BCS, Knowledge East, e-skills, Skillset).
She has worked with a significant number of key employers through membership of the Broadcast Advisory Boards (members include ITN, BBC, BSkyB, PACT, Channel 4, ITV, London Studios & O2), the IT Management for Business Employer Forum (members include, IBM, Fujitsu & Ford), Social Media Week London Advisory Board and Jaguar Land Rover/Chery joint venture. She has set up, coordinated and taken strategic oversight for several undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in Malaysia, South Africa, Dubai, Oman, India, Ghana, Sri Lanka, Singapore and Hong Kong. She has also identified markets and developed high quality collaborative partnerships with a number of key overseas institutions in China, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Romania & Brussels for staff/student exchange, funding bids, live projects & joint curriculum development. She has certified as IENG MBCS CITP, Fellow of the HEA, had a number of external examiner roles and have been a QAA Institutional Auditor/Reviewer for the last 7 yrs (to include overseas review).
Specialties: Leadership & Management in Higher Education, Quality Assurance, Internationalisation & Partnerships, Marketing & Communication, Social Media, On-Line & Distance Learning.
