Tim Gregory, Director of Academic Partnerships Operations

With a background in engineering, teaching, and leadership and management in further and higher education, Tim has significant experience of quality assurance and of working in partnership with higher education institutions to deliver higher education in further education. Prior to working in the Centre for Academic Partnerships, Tim was the Head of Quality at the University of Bedfordshire from 2010 to 2016.

Within CAP, Tim leads on the operational delivery of both UK and international academic partnerships in line with internal and external requirements. He manages the central staff teams responsible for partnerships operations, including account management and student administration at international partners, and is involved in resource management, planning, analysis, project management, the development of the academic infrastructure to support partnerships and internal and external communications.

He works to monitor and develop the student experience at partners, and provides oversight of quality assurance and enhancement in CAP, in line with University expectations.

tim.gregory@beds.ac.uk

Susan Lin, Partnership Development Coordinator

susan.lin@beds.ac.uk

Eimantas Bosas, Partnerships Analyst

Eimantas is responsible for developing and imbedding an evaluation framework and establishing a programme of cohesive evaluation and monitoring activity across the various strands of Centre for Academic Partnerships as well as providing data and statistical analysis in support of various on-going or planned projects. Moreover, he is responsible for gathering data from various internal and external sources and providing the statistical findings to CAP senior management for future planning and evaluation.

eimantas.bosas@beds.ac.uk

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Richard Miller, Partnerships Contracts and Compliance Manager

Richard has worked for the University since 2012, originally as part of the Finance team in a Central Management Accountant role. Within the Centre for Academic Partnerships team, he manages the contracts and compliance for both UK and International partners. This post involves the operational management of partnership contracts, student numbers, fee reconciliations and invoicing.

richard.miller@beds.ac.uk

The Account Managers are the single point of contact between the Centre for Academic Partnerships and the University's partners. They are responsible for developing and sustaining the relationship between the partner and the various functions that support the partnership both centrally and in the academic faculties. As such, the Centre' s team of Account Managers is pivotal to the success of both the business development of the University's partnerships and the running of their day-to-day operations. The Centre for Academic Partnerships' team of Account Managers come from a wide variety of backgrounds including academia, the further education sector, and private business, but they all share one thing in common - a passion for ensuring their partners' students receive the best possible experience.

Senior Account Managers (Academic Partnerships)

• Shaheda Khatun shaheda.khatun@beds.ac.uk
• Banke De-Marro banke.de-marro@beds.ac.uk

Account Managers

• Garry Layden garry.layden@beds.ac.uk
• Parminder Puar parminder.puar@beds.ac.uk
• Rachel Seru rachel.seru@beds.ac.uk
• Sarah Williams sarah.williams@beds.ac.uk
• Huma Kiani huma.kiani@beds.ac.uk
• Fauqrull Amin fauqrull.amin@beds.ac.uk

Laura Beagle - Collaborative Partnerships Manager

Laura leads the collaborative partnerships administration team that works on a range of academic courses operating at our international partners. The team, based in the Centre for Academic Partnerships in Luton, is responsible for administrative processes associated with students studying at our international partners.

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Collaborative Partnerships Officers

Our Collaborative Partnerships Officers are each responsible for the administration of an assigned group of courses operating at the international partners. They manage the team of administrators associated with these courses, undertaking administrative duties relating to the admission, registration, assessment mark entry, progression and awarding of students at these partners, working closely with relevant staff across the University and at the partners, to provide high quality administrative support.

Jess Goddard - Collaborative Partnerships Officer

Jess leads the team that provides support for courses operating at international institutions in Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Guyana, Jordan, , Vietnam, Hong Kong, Singapore, Maldives, Malta Mauritius and Trinidad.

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Kay Wheeler - Collaborative Partnerships Officer

Kay oversees admissions and leads the team that provides support for courses operating at international institutions in Sri Lanka, Nepal, Myanmar, Italy, Guyana, Jordan, Egypt and Spain.

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Farhana Choudhury - Collaborative Partnerships Administrator (International Admissions)

Farhana undertakes administrative duties relating to the admission of students to courses operating at our international partners. Her work includes processing applications and offer letters, considering equivalent international qualifications and ensuring entry requirements are met, and the maintenance of student databases.

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Collaborative Partnerships Administrators (International)

Our Collaborative Partnerships Administrators (International) perform a range of duties for nominated partners and courses which include: registration, course related and assessment administration, processing enquiries from the partner(s) and within the University, examination and assessment administration, and the maintenance of student databases, including unit information leading to progression and award decisions.

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Honor Healy - Collaborative Partnerships Administrator (International)

Honor provides support for courses operating within Accounting, Business, Law and Human Resources at partner institutions in Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Singapore, Maldives, Jordan, Guyana and Trinidad.

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Karen Kerr - Collaborative Partnerships Administrator (International)

Karen provides support for courses operating within Computer Science, Health and Education at partner institutions in Sri Lanka, Nepal, Myanmar, Italy, Guyana, Jordan and Trinidad.

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Manprit Marvaha - Collaborative Partnerships Administrator (International)

Manprit provides support for courses operating within Law, Business and Health at partner institutions in Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Guyana.

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Joe Church - Collaborative Partnerships Administrator (International)

Joe provides support for courses operating within CATS and UBBS at a partner institution in Cairo, Egypt.

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Harry Sutton - Collaborative Partnerships Administrator (International)

Harry provides support for courses operating within Masters Business Administration at partner institutions in Trinidad, Mauritius, Maldives, Jordan, Guyana, Trinidad, Malta, Sri Lanka and Myanmar.