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Consulting Faculty, Excelsior College 1999-date
(quality assurance and strategic direction)
- Visiting Professor, Ramkhamhaeng University 2004- (M.Ed programme teaching pedagogic design for quality; finance and accounting)
- External Academic:
2006 University of Central Lancashire
External Validation Panel (Computing Science)
Education background:
-MSc in Training and Development, 2002 (=
Research Masters)
University of Leicester Centre for Labou
Market Studies
-BA (J.Hons), in French and German + -
Certificate in Spoken French, 1978
Royal Holloway College, University of London
Experience not in education:
-2001-Present: ElementE Senior Consultant
- 1999-2001: FTKnowledge Ltd. (Global
online learning division of Pearson)
- Director: Programme Design (major
universities worldwide)
-1996-1999: Pearson Group PLC
Product DevelopmenManager
-1988-1996: Henley Distance Learning Ltd.
Product Development
Manager
Overview of work
Consulting with a wide variety of universities and professional bodies since 1987 to adapt and/or develop programmes to meet user needs. Most of the work involves not so much the content as ensuring that the systems (quality, finance, admissions, tracking, examinations, staffing) are appropriately designed, fully operational and fiscally sound. This necessarily includes considerable change management, awareness of cultural issues, end-user market awareness and application of detailed external regulatory codes. Occasionally, centuries of tradition have needed to be altered (Judge Institute, University of Cambridge). Occasionally, systems have needed to be developed from the ground up for new programmes (Wharton, University of Michigan Executive programs, Hotel and Catering competences, teadcher training, University of Reading, Nottingham Trent University, Excelsior College, Institute of Directors, Malaysia, etc). Quality assurance systems include: several national Ministries of Education, QAA (UK), AACSB, IACBE, US Regional authorities (inc ‘Middle States’).
Academic consulting:
Since 1987 have designed over 150 accredited
degree/CPD programmes for universities and
professional bodies including: Wharton Business
School, Henley Management College, Nottingham
Trent University, Monash (Australia), University of Michigan, Leeds Metropolitan University,
University of Reading, Institute of Personnel
Management,
Chartered Institute of Marketing, (London)
Stock Exchange
National competence and accreditation projects
Strategic and change consultancy for UK
educational research Society, continuing education
programs Revenue and market development for
existing IP
Media diversification (publishers and major
corporates)
Migration to effective online learning (SMEs,
universities and dispersed business communities)
Program design balancing educational quality standards and financial imperatives
Not-for-profit staff training worldwide
-Seminars, training programs, etc., conducted for
business and industry (all each year to date):
Project design and management of
education/training inc. training needs analysis
Adapting programs for international usage
Designing for equivalency (adapted delivery but
same outcomes)
Assessment design including simple valid
questionnaires
Papers published:
-2008: “The Evolving Role of ‘Good Governance’ in University Programme
Marketing Since Sarbanes-Oxley 2002” , Journal of International Business
Disciplines (in publication July 2008) ISBN and ISSN to follow
-2008: “The Evolving Role of
‘Good Governance’ in University
Marketing since Sarbanes-Oxley”,
Building Bridges In a Global Economy,
ESIC, Spain, ISBN: 978-84-7356-556-1
-2007 “Visibility of lifelong development in ICT
in the UK”, UNISO, Versailles
-2007 “La mobilité requise au plan mondial du
développement des
employés de la domaine TIC”, UNISO, Versailles
-2005 “Towards a Sustainable Model of
European Professional
Integrated Lifelong Learning”, Making Knowledge Work Stirling.
-2003:“Emerging Commercialization of
e-Learning” with Richard
Reeves-Ellington in The EBusiness Review: Vol 2, The International Academy of e-Business.
-2002:“The changing and improving
of CRM in adult learning” -
IBM Conference; Warwick, England.
Publications (excluding course materials for universities and professional bodies):
-2006 “Leadership and teamworking”
in Dalcher and Brodie Successful
IT Projects ISBN-13: 9781844806997
-2003: The Effective Computing
Student ISBN: 1 898253 81 1
2003 The Interactive Learning Toolkit:
the OKactE guide to designing
flexible learning materials;
Middlesex University Press
-2003:A Brief Guide to Mentoring, MU Press
-2003: A Student's Guide to HE Study, MU
Press
Professional presentations, speeches, etc (sample):
-2008 Chennai, India-USA Global Business and
PR Conference, Portfolios for
Learning, Life and Economic
Development
-2007 University of Galaţi, Romania
Approaches to University Governance in an Era of Digital and Lifelong Learning
-2007 IABD: The Working Adult in Higher
Education
-2007 Wolverhampton, Assessment SIG:
Assessment in Lifelong Learning
-2006 Southampton, Portfolio SIG :
Climbing not surfing
-2006 Newcastle University Administrators
Conference: Governance in Lifelong
learning
-2006: UK HE guest speaker; Wolverhampton,
Portfolio SIG: Portfolios for
ICT employment and mobility in Europe
-2005 IABD, San Antonio Planning managerial
work-based elearning for global
organizations
-2005 UK Conference on Quality
Enhancement in Further and
Higher Education:
Learning Design Frameworks
(Invited speaker. Presentation of
own developed models.)
Professional growth activities (2000 to date):
-March 2001 Preventing Plagiarism (?title
have kept only weekly session titles) ,
University of Maryland University College, online
-June 2002
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