Nick Dearden

Background

About Nick Dearden

At Staffordshire University, I had the privilege of leading our: Academic Development, Academic Projects, Academic Quality Service, Careers and Employability, and Digital Pedagogies teams, as well as working across the institution to deliver our updated Academic Strategy and implementation plan, Transition to HE Programme (with multiple partner colleges), development of micro-credentials to meet the needs of our diverse learner communities, and our Academic CPD Framework.Together we supported the delivery of the university's academic strategy, through our focus on next generation curriculum design, learning, teaching and pedagogy, helping to grow our regional, national and global reputation for academic practice.I have private, public and voluntary sector experience: in the private sector as a commercial solicitor, the public sector as an academic and Director of Learning and Teaching and the voluntary sector as Director and Chair of a national charity.My most recent external roles include: membership of the Chartered Association of Business Schools’ Learning, Teaching & Student Experience Committee, delivering the annual LTSE Conference and sessions on career development and leadership and management in Higher Education as part of the annual Leaders in Learning and Teaching Programme.National Centre for Entrepreneurship in Education: Entrepreneurial Leaders and Entrepreneurial Heads Programmes, regularly presenting on leading change.My recent conference presentations include:Dearden, 2023, LLE Insights: Translating Modularity into Long Term LLE Delivery‘, Lifelong Loan Entitlement and Short Courses, Inside Government ConferenceDearden et al, 2022, ‘Driving Student Outcomes Through B3 Thresholds – What Does this Mean in Practice?’, Action on B3 Indicators: Continuation, Completion and Progression, Inside Government Online ConferenceAllen, Christie and Dearden, 2021, ‘How Students’ Self-Perception Impacts on Themes of Graduate Employability’, Society for Research into Higher Education ConferenceAllen and Dearden, 2020, ‘Compulsory Career Coaching for Final Year Undergraduates’, Chartered Association of Business Schools Learning, Teaching & Student Experience Conference, virtual conference/festival Dearden and Monyneux, 2019, ‘Application of the Mental Toughness Framework to measure impact of Personal and Professional Development initiatives: initial findings’, Chartered ABS LTSE Conference, Manchester