Dawn Edwards
Clerk to the Board and Director of Academic Governance
PhD, PFHEA
Email: [email protected]
- Strategic oversight of academic governance, including academic standards and the quality of learning opportunities for students at the College
- Strategic oversight of the compliance of the College with the Office for Students Conditions of Registration
- Clerk to the Board advising the Chair of the Board, Chairs of Board Committees and members of matters relating to governance best practice and corporate responsibility
- Responsible for the Instrument and Articles of Government and all Governance Regulations of the College
- Responsible for policies and procedures related to the conduct and business of the Board of Governors
- Secretary to the Board of Governors and all committees of the Board
Dawn joined the College in February 2010 as Head of Quality Assurance and Enhancement. In 2015 she was appointed as Clerk to the Board of Governors and Director of Academic Governance and a member of the College’s Executive Team.
Dawn has overarching strategic responsibility for the College’s framework of policies, structures, relationships, systems and processes which collectively assure both the Principal and Board of Governors that academic quality and standards are maintained at the highest level and that the College complies fully with the requirements of the Office for Students. Dawn has worked extensively with and for the UK Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) and Advance HE for over twenty years. She is the College’s key point of contact for the Office for Students on all matter relating to governance.
In 2015 Dawn was awarded Principal Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy in recognition of her sustained record of effective strategic leadership in academic practice and academic development nationally and internationally and in 2021 was granted Professorial title, becoming Professor of Academic Leadership.
Her academic background is as a scientist. She obtained her PhD in physiology from University College, London, and following this worked at a postdoctoral research fellow at McMaster University, Canada.
