Personal statement

I report directly to the University Provost, providing leadership for effective delivery of the University's ambitions as expressed in our Strategy 2030. As a Pro-Vice-Chancellor, I work at senior level across the full range of professional services and academic schools, providing senior leadership capacity in the pursuit of a wide range of substantial strategic development objectives, but with a particular emphasis on strategic transformation in the academic side of our business.

Academic qualifications

  • PhD Human Geography, University of Birmingham, 1999
  • MBA (Higher Education Management), UCL Institute of Education, 2014
  • BSocSc (Hons) Cultural Studies (Media, Culture and Society), University of Birmingham, first class, 1995.

Professional memberships

  • Fellow, Royal Society of Arts
  • Fellow, Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)
  • Associate Fellow, Leadership Foundation for Higher Education.

Other external roles

  • Editorial Board Member: Journal of Geography in Higher Education; Planet.

Areas of expertise

  • Human, Social, Cultural Geography Sustainability
  • Higher education management, reform and restructuring.

Research supervision

I welcome applications for research degrees in any aspect of human, social and cultural geographies, especially those with interdisciplinary links.

Research and academic outputs

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