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Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic)

Employer
ASTON UNIVERSITY
Location
Birmingham, West Midlands (GB)
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
20 Mar 2023

Job Details

DVC Academic Office
Location: Aston University Main Campus

Aston University is renowned for improving the lifelong prospects, social capital and progression of hard-working students who aspire to develop professional careers and contribute to their communities. Its close and established links with business, the public sector and the professions support career-focused degree programmes which are inspiring, challenging and constantly updated to equip students with essential work-related skills and experiences. Aston is a leading university for graduate employment success, and it was the first university to include integrated placement years as standard in its degree programmes. It is also one of the most diverse universities in the UK.

A Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) is sought to ensure Aston is at the vanguard of higher education delivery. Reporting directly to Aston’s new Vice-Chancellor, Professor Aleks Subic, the successful candidate will provide inspirational leadership and play a central part in the development of Aston’s university strategy for 2030, reiterating its standing as a pioneer in higher education. 

The successful candidate’s responsibilities will include leading innovation in curriculum delivery, driving Aston’s significant commitment to growth in online provision, developing the university’s student experience strategy and reinforcing Aston’s commitment to degree apprenticeship programmes.

Candidates will demonstrate an unequivocal belief in and commitment to the vision, values and ethos of Aston University, together with the ability to understand, assimilate, shape and live the institution’s academic culture to best meet the University’s needs, goals and future ambitions. You will be able to evidence a successful track record in leading innovative academic strategy development resulting in successful outcomes, including excellent employer engagement and student satisfaction. Experience of developing and implementing new curriculum delivery models will be essential, combined with a deep understanding of blended and online learning.

Candidates must be proven relationship builders, internally and externally, able to engage stakeholders of all types regionally, nationally and internationally, to ensure Aston’s contribution to the global higher education sector is a positive and successful one.

Closing Date: 23.59 hours GMT on Monday 20 March 2023
 

Company

Our Mission

To be the UK’s leading university for business and the professions, where original research, enterprise and inspiring teaching deliver global impact.

Our Vision

In 2020 Aston will have an international reputation as the source of the people and the ideas that will shape the businesses and the communities of tomorrow.

We will be:

  • Ranked within the top 1% of universities in the world
  • Exceptional in terms of our worldwide reputation for graduate employability – as a result of innovative teaching and placement opportunities
  • Recognised for excellence in research that delivers real solutions for local and global challenges, develops research leaders and provides the foundations for new businesses
  • Focused on the needs of business and the professions, with courses and research that build on our strengths
  • Transforming lives: developing sought-after, entrepreneurial graduates – from a wide range of backgrounds – with global citizenship skills
  • Delivering our research and teaching in collaboration with international partners and innovative businesses
  • A university with sustainability at the core of all we do, meeting world-class standards for environmental performance
  • A welcoming community that is a great place to work and study.

Our Mission and Vision focus on two ‘core aims’:
1. Developing internationally sought after Aston
Graduates
2. Delivering excellent and transformational Aston
Research

2020 Strategy

With its focus on the application of knowledge for economic and social benefit, Aston University has a distinct mission that sets it apart.

Going forward to 2020, Aston must maintain its responsiveness to the needs of a changing world whilst remaining true to a distinctive, original purpose. Our strategy sets out aims and goals to ensure we are even more distinctive within a crowded and increasingly competitive environment.
 
Divided into eight categories, the strategy states Aston’s commitment to sustainability and social responsibility, widening participation, producing research with real-world impact, building strong links with business, industry and the public sector, and equipping our graduates with the skills they need to thrive.

Company info
Telephone
+(44)01212043000
Location
ASTON TRIANGLE
BIRMINGHAM
WEST MIDLANDS
B4 7ET
United Kingdom

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