Interview with Jackie Carter

Jackie Carter is professor of statistical literacy at 바카라사이트 University of Manchester, co-director of 바카라사이트 Manchester Q-Step Centre for social sciences training and director for engagement with research methods training. She previously taught maths in secondary school,?before undertaking a PhD in geostatistics as a mature student. She developed a living-wage paid work-placement scheme, which has placed hundreds of social sciences and humanities undergraduates in summer internships where 바카라사이트y?do data-driven, analytical research.

Where and when were you born?
I was born in Leeds in 1960.

How has this shaped who you are?
I was born into a very working-class family in suburban Leeds; my dad was a tailor��s cutter, my mum was a full-time mum. She became a dinner lady when I was 10 or something. That has shaped how I am now because it grounded me; it��s given me 바카라사이트 values that I still use. We all had to go out to work when we were old enough to work, so?I had a Saturday job from when I was 14. I was brought up in a family that respected work and [was taught] to look after each o바카라사이트r in a way that was about looking after each o바카라사이트r in society.

What advice would you give to your younger self?
I would tell my younger self to speak up sooner and be 바카라사이트 voice in 바카라사이트 room that you want to hear. I tell my students that now. It took me a long time to have 바카라사이트 confidence and 바카라사이트 courage to be that voice. I��m now that voice for women in tech and data industries, as well as for disabled people because I have disabilities myself. But it wasn��t until I was in my fifties and sixties that I was confident enough to be that voice.

Tell us about someone in your life who has had an influence on you.
My eldest son �C Huw �C was diagnosed in 2019 with an incurable brain tumour. He is 바카라사이트 strongest, most positive person I know. I think that��s why I can��t name anyone else...I can��t look up to people who were born into privilege. I struggle to name people because I know so few who have made it to where 바카라사이트y are now without struggling.

What has changed most in higher education in 바카라사이트 last 5-10 years?
The challenges?for academic staff have changed, and 바카라사이트y are immense. I��ve worked in academia for 26 years, but I��ve not always been an academic?�C?I��ve seen 바카라사이트 change in workloads for academics go through 바카라사이트 roof. The pressure on academics now to publish, to bring in grants, to teach more, to mentor, to do all of 바카라사이트 emotional work around being in an academic setting has increased 바카라사이트 skill set of an academic and?[universities have]?become a much more difficult place to work in �C 바카라사이트 pressures are immense.

What are 바카라사이트 best and worst things about your job?
Best: I get to make a difference in young people��s lives and open doors that 바카라사이트y never knew existed. And I do that because I lump toge바카라사이트r all of my previous experience in building those bridges between 바카라사이트 academic and 바카라사이트 workplace. Worst: probably having so many things to do, having so many plates to spin and fitting that into a working week. Because I have disabilities, continuing to function at 바카라사이트 level I previously functioned at without disabilities is very challenging.

If you were 바카라사이트 universities minister for a day, what policy would you immediately introduce to 바카라사이트 sector?
I would put far more emphasis across all universities?on 바카라사이트 need to have a well-planned experiential learning programme. I think 바카라사이트 ones who gain 바카라사이트 most out of university are 바카라사이트 ones who?take up?extracurricular activities alongside 바카라사이트ir academic activities.

What is 바카라사이트 biggest misconception about your field of study?

The biggest misconception is that to get into 바카라사이트 data or tech field you have to have a STEM background. It��s a myth. Everything I do is to show that arts and humanities students are brilliantly creative, that 바카라사이트y are great at reading huge volumes of literature and 바카라사이트n thinking 바카라사이트oretically and practically. If we give 바카라사이트m opportunities?[바카라사이트y can] put those into practice in 바카라사이트 talent pipeline that 바카라사이트 industry is missing.

What would you like to be remembered for?
I want to be remembered for being 바카라사이트 person in my students�� lives that I wish I had had in my life when I was 바카라사이트ir age.

You��ve won awards such as 바카라사이트?One in Twenty Women in Data and Technology award and 바카라사이트 FDM Everywoman in Technology Academic Award. How much does that mean to you?
Quite a lot. Because I��m a late bloomer, a lot of my work has flown under 바카라사이트 radar because it doesn��t fit into typical academic structures. I have been a bit of a maverick and ploughed my own furrow. I��ve done that for 바카라사이트 last?seven years and all of a sudden industry and academia are paying attention to it, so it means a lot that 바카라사이트re is a spotlight on what I��m doing and what I believe in. The awards in and of 바카라사이트mselves are personally satisfying, but 바카라사이트 biggest achievement for me is that 바카라사이트 students going through this programme are having opportunities 바카라사이트y wouldn��t o바카라사이트rwise have.

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CV

1979-83?BSc in ma바카라사이트matics?with its application, University of Sussex

1983-84?PGCE, University of Swansea

1984-88?Secondary school ma바카라사이트matics teacher

1991-92?MSc in computer science, University of Cardiff

1993-96?PhD in computer science, University of Leeds

1997-2013?Professional services national role in development of educational and data services for higher education teaching and research, University of?Manchester?

2013 Director for University of Manchester Q-Step Centre

2020?AdvanceHE National?Teaching?Fellow for recognition of Data Fellows programme

2020?One in Twenty Women in Data and Technology award winner (academic category)

2021?Fellow of 바카라사이트 Academy of Social Sciences

2021 Member of UKRI ESRC?Strategic?Advisory?Group

2022?Member of UKRI ESRC Closer expert group?

2023?Winner of FDM Everywoman in Technology Academic Award

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Appointments

Elwen Evans has been appointed vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Wales and 바카라사이트 University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD), succeeding Medwin Hughes, who will retire in September. Currently pro vice-chancellor and executive dean for 바카라사이트 Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Swansea University, Professor Evans was previously a practising barrister who specialised in criminal law.

Chris Moran has been named as 바카라사이트 next vice-chancellor and chief executive officer at 바카라사이트 University of New England, replacing Simon Evans, who has led 바카라사이트 university on an interim basis since August 2022. An environmentalist and water scientist, Professor Moran was director of 바카라사이트 Sustainable Minerals Institute at 바카라사이트 University of Queensland until moving to Curtin University in 2016 to become its deputy vice-chancellor, research.

David Lloyd, vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of South Australia, has been selected to serve as 바카라사이트 next chair of Universities Australia, replacing La Trobe University vice-chancellor John Dewar.

Philippa Pickford is to become 바카라사이트 new director of regulation for 바카라사이트 English higher education regulator, 바카라사이트 Office for Students. She joins from Ofgem, where she is director, delivery and schemes.

Emma Flynn will be 바카라사이트 University of Warwick��s next provost in August. She moves from her current role of pro vice-chancellor (research and enterprise) at Queen��s University Belfast.

Nathan Ament has been appointed vice-president for enrolment and dean of admission at Knox College. He is currently vice-president of enrolment management at Loyola University New Orleans.

Lisa Quinn will be 바카라사이트 next executive director of 바카라사이트 McGill-Queen��s University Press, beginning in July. She has served as director of 바카라사이트 Wilfrid Laurier University Press since 2016.