EDUCATION SUPPORT UNIT

• Contact details
  • ESU Staff
  • Faculty Liaison Roles
  • Faculty E-Learning Support Officers and eLAN Staff
  • Faculty Education Directors
  • Learning and Teaching Advisers
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INFORMATION ABOUT

• Academic Development
• Assessment and External Examining
• Committees and Groups
• Distance Learning
• e-Learning
• Faculty Advice and Support
• Postgraduate Education
• Programme and Unit Approval
• Supporting Student Learning
• Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Programme
• Undergraduate Education

Education Directors

The Faculty Education Directors are:

• Dr Vanda Zajko and Professor James Clark, Arts
• Dr Mark Gilbertson and Professor Majid Mirmehdi, Engineering
• Dr David Dymock, Medicine & Dentistry
• Dr Kelly Moule and Dr Catherine Nobes, Medical & Veterinary Sciences
• Professor Jan Noyes and Dr Heidy Mader, Science
• Ms Chris Willmore and Dr Sally Barnes, Social Sciences & Law

The duties of the Faculty Education Director include:

1. supporting and facilitating the implementation of the University's Education Strategy at faculty level;
2. supporting colleagues in the development of new initiatives, including faculty strategies;
3. representing the Faculty externally in educational fora, to raise its profile;
4. leading the development and sharing of good practice, within the faculty (working with Learning and Teaching and eLearning Advisers), and at a University level in collaboration with other Faculty Education Directors;
5. taking the lead in developing an appropriate portfolio of Continuing Education/Continuing Professional Development/Lifelong Learning activities and regularly reporting on the faculty's progress in these areas;
6. working with the Faculty Research Director to identify research themes in which the Faculty has an international profile that can inform programme development;
7. supporting members of the Faculty in generating additional income from education for the faculty;
8. assuring the efficiency and quality of teaching.