Meet the Academic Quality and Standards Team

The Academic Quality and Standards Team is responsible for upholding the academic quality and standards of the university by coordinating and managing the university’s processes for developing, approving and quality assuring all of its taught programmes, including collaborative provision.

Through its work, the Academic Quality and Standards Team supports and underpins the assurance and enhancement of academic quality and standards, the student learning experience and student outcomes.

The team is responsible for advising on matters relating to quality management, enhancement and standards in Higher Education, taking a lead role in the Institutional management of policy and strategy in relation to standards and quality of provision.

In relation to the team’s responsibilities for collaborative provision, as well as working closely with partner institutions, Faculties and the wider university to support the approval, monitoring and review of collaborative provision, the team also takes a lead role in the due diligence and partner approval processes as well as contract development. Furthermore, the team is also responsible for the on-going operation and management of links with the university’s collaborative partners in the UK and overseas.

Head of Academic Quality and Standards

Andrew Jarrett

Tel: 0151 904 6076

Email: A.J.Jarrett@ljmu.ac.uk

Curriculum Development and Review

Helen Summers, Academic Quality and Standards Team Leader

Tel: 0151 231 8092

Email: H.Summers@ljmu.ac.uk

Kris Barrow-Yates, Curriculum Development and Review Officer

Tel: 0151 231 8088

Email: K.BarrowYates@ljmu.ac.uk

Katherine Camm, Curriculum Development and Review Officer

Tel: 0151 904 6139

Email: K.N.Camm@ljmu.ac.uk

Charlotte Davies, Curriculum Development and Review Administrator

Tel: 0151 231 4228

Email: c.a.davies@ljmu.ac.uk

External Examining

Jenny Moran, Academic Quality and Standards Team Leader

Tel: 0151 904 6074

Email: J.R.Moran@ljmu.ac.uk

Elizabeth Bason, Academic Quality and Standards Assistant (External Examining)

Monitoring and External Regulation

Lucy McKenzie, Academic Quality and Standards Team Leader

Tel: 0151 231 8076

Email: L.H.McKenzie@ljmu.ac.uk

Jannette Sullivan, Academic Quality and Standards Assistant (Monitoring and External Regulation)

Tel: 0151 904 6075

Email: J.Z.Sullivan@ljmu.ac.uk

Collaborative Provision

Vicky Jones, Academic Quality and Standards Team Leader

Tel: 0151 231 8771

Email: V.R.Jones@ljmu.ac.uk

Elain Houghton, Contract Officer

Tel: 0151 231 8168

Email: E.A.Houghton@ljmu.ac.uk

Gillian Sephton-Jones, Academic Quality and Standards Assistant (Collaborative Provision)

Tel: 0151 904 6155

Email: G.A.SephtonJones@ljmu.ac.uk

Siofra Ward, Academic Quality and Standards Assistant (Collaborative Provision)

Tel: 0151 231 8769

Email: S.C.Ward@ljmu.ac.uk