Academic Lead

Ian Dewing - Academic Director of Partnerships

Overall responsibility for UEA's academic partnership developments and relationships with partner organisations, reporting to PVC (Academic), and working closely with the Partnerships Office in ensuring that academic standards are met and carrying forward the UEA strategic priorities for partnerships.

 

Administration

Sally Walker - Head of Partnerships 

• Partnerships strategy
• Implementation of QAA Quality Code
• Responsibility for UCS and UCS Learning Network Centres:
  • UCS Ipswich
  • UCS Bury St Edmunds
  • UCS Lowestoft
  • UCS Great Yarmouth
  • UCS Otley
  • UCS Suffolk New College 
• Chair of Mountview Joint Board of Study
• International developments and agreements
• Policy Development
• Oversight of partnership agreements
• Regional Liaison
• Regional representation: 
  • CAVA http://www.cava.ac.uk
  • Association of Collaborative Providers (ACP)http://ww.acp.ac.uk/
  • Association of Colleges in the Eastern Region (ACER) – HE in FE Research and Scholarly Activity Group
•  National representation: 
  • Executive member on Council for Validating Universities (CVU) http://www.cvu.ac.uk/
  • Associate of Collaborative Providers(ACP) http://ww.acp.ac.uk/ 

Laurence Daly - Senior Partnerships Manager

Responsibility for:

• INTO UEA (Norwich and London)
• London Academy of Diplomacy (London and Rome)
• Initial Teacher Education co-ordination across all partners, including liaison with Ofsted and Standards Verification UK (SVUK)
• Social Work course liaison across all partners, including liaison with the General Social Care Council (GSCC)

Gavin Tash - Senior Partnerships Manager

Responsibility for:

• Institute of Health and Social Care Studies (Guernsey)
• Partnerships Office reports to UEA Learning and Teaching Committee
• Partnerships Office representative at UCS committees (Course Approvals Group and Learning Network HE Commitees at Suffolk New College and Lowestoft College)
• PGR arrangements for Partner institutions
• Panel member at validation events
• Partner college exam boards

 

Stephen Knock - Partnerships Manager

Responsibility for:  

• Easton College
• Secretary to IHSCS (Guernsey) Joint Committee and London Academy of Diplomacy Joint Board of Study
• Data management
• Websites
• Partner college exam boards
• Panel member at validation events

Hannah Coman - Partnerships Manager

Responsibility for:

• City College Norwich
• Secretary to INTO UEA and Mountview Joint Boards of Study
• Academic appeals and complaints
• Partnerships Agreements
• Panel member at validation events
• Partner college exam boards

 Maggie Rhodes - Assistant Manager (Partnerships)

Responsibility for:

• Diary management for Sally Walker
• Partner graduation ceremonies
• Finance enquiries
• Partnerships calendar and validation schedule
• Web-based committee papers

 

Nicky Ward - Administrative Assistant

Responsibility for:

• Diary management for Ian Dewing, Laurence Daly and Gavin Tash
• Admin support for Joint Board of Study/Joint Committee meetings
• Admin support for validation arrangements and events
• Processing External Examiner and Academic Link reports
• Records/database entry and management