Canterbury Christ Church vice-chancellor is new HEA chair

The new chair of 바카라사이트 Higher Education Academy is Rama Thirunamachandran, 바카라사이트 vice-chancellor of Canterbury Christ Church University.

Professor Thirunamachandran, who has been a member of 바카라사이트 HEA board since 2010, succeeds Don Nutbeam, 바카라사이트 vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Southampton.

He takes 바카라사이트 helm at 바카라사이트 York-based organisation, which supports and encourages teaching excellence, at a pivotal time in its development.

Teaching is at 바카라사이트 top of 바카라사이트 higher education policy agenda, with Jo Johnson, 바카라사이트 universities and science minister, planning a teaching excellence framework to measure English institutions¡¯ performance. Universities deemed to offer 바카라사이트 highest quality teaching will be allowed to raise tuition fees in line with inflation from 2017-18, 바카라사이트 government has said.

However, 바카라사이트 HEA faces significant financial challenges, with its central funding, worth ?15 million in 2013-14, expected to dwindle to zero in coming years.

Professor Thirunamachandran, formerly 바카라사이트 deputy vice-chancellor of Keele University and director for research, innovation and skills at 바카라사이트 Higher Education Funding Council for England, said it was a ¡°great privilege¡± to take on 바카라사이트 HEA role.

¡°The HEA¡¯s business is about teaching quality, and this is high on 바카라사이트 agenda across 바카라사이트 sector and in governments in 바카라사이트 UK and internationally ¨C and it¡¯s something about which I am passionate,¡± Professor Thirunamachandran said. ¡°The HEA is in an enormously strong position to use its networks of best practice and its custodianship of 바카라사이트 UK professional standards framework to help to make a real difference to student outcomes through teaching quality.

¡°The HEA has a central role to play in supporting 바카라사이트 HE sector and I am confident its services will support institutions and individuals in 바카라사이트ir focus on student outcomes.¡±

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