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Professor Kathleen Armour, Vice-Provost (Education & Student Experience) leads ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº's education provision and flagship excellence projects, part of ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº's Strategic Plan 2022-27.

Professor Armour and her team drive improvements in:

• personalising student support
• putting research and enquiry at the heart of learning
• improving assessment and feedback
• developing student engagement and leadership
• revitalising postgraduate taught education
• creating a teaching estate to meet our needs
• enriching digital learning
• preparing students for the workplace and the world

What we do

Led by Professor Kathleen Armour, Vice-Provost for Education and Student Experience, we create the framework for improvement to ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº teaching and learning, putting teaching on a par with research.

Using the education strategy as our road map, we work with Education Services and the Higher Education Development & Support Institute (HEDS)Ìýto give support and resources to faculties and professional services.

We look outward, managing ¹û¶³Ó°Ôºâ€™s submission to the Teaching Excellence Framework, responding to government policy and broader external pressures.

We look inward, running the institutional surveys like New to ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº, NSS and PTES and we use the data to measure our success and inform our direction.

We deliver extra-curricular programmes like the Laidlaw Research and LeadershipÌýprogramme for the benefit of the entire institution, exemplifying a key aspect of the education strategy:Ìýresearch-based education.

At the moment, we are leading institution-wide improvement projects on:

• personal tutoring;
• Student Success;
• assessment and feedback;
• academic careers framework;
• academic writing support; and
• the Introductory Programme.

We monitor our progress through:

• Education Strategy Implementation Group (ESIG)
• Annual Programme Survey
• National Student Survey (NSS) and Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey (PTES)
• Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF)

Meet the team

We deliver our objectives through the following functions:Ìý

• Senior Education Leadership TeamÌý
• Education and practice development
• Student engagement and experienceÌý
• Co-curricular initiativesÌý
• AdministrativeÌýsupport

Meet the full Education & Student Experience team.Ìý

Where to find us