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Katie Akerman

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Katie Akerman

Director of Quality and Standards, University of Chichester

Katie is Director of Quality and Standards at the University of Chichester. Her career in higher education started 21 years ago at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, and she has worked at Southampton, Winchester and Bath Spa, as well as for the Quality Assurance Agency. Katie is a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and a Fellow of both the Association of University Administrators and the Royal Society of Arts.

3 pieces

Newest first, since October 2016

  1. · Comment

    Is the concept of exit velocity for final-year students fact or fiction?

    Katie Akerman ponders whether there is any logic behind giving higher weighting to the final year of study

  2. · Comment

    Academic administrators are ready to lead universities

    It’s time to accept that senior academic administrators could be future vice chancellors. argue Katie Akerman and Emma Standen

    With Emma Standen

  3. · Analysis

    Is the UK’s external examining system past its sell-by date?

    The external examination system is anachronistic and a waste of time and resources. The sector needs to stop simply tinkering with it and consider more drastic reform, argues Katie Akerman.