Hi 👋 I’m Santanu. I am an experienced Head of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education with 20+ years of experience in 7 London Universities, including 5 years at Senior Management level with a Masters in Education from the Institute of Education, University College London, a Principal Fellowship of AdvanceHE, an AgilePM® Practitioner qualification and have successfully advanced staff and curriculum development in higher education.
Key achievements:
👉 Led, developed and restructured Learning and Teaching Centres and Educational Strategies and successfully implemented multi-year plans with successful long-term staff and student outcomes.
👉 Accredited AdvanceHE Fellowships at 3 London Universities
👉 Revalidated PGCerts in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
👉 Led Educational and Digital Education Strategic Initiatives to improve the student experience, reducing the degree awarding gap by 10% at the University of East London.
👉Trained 1000+ academic staff including 486 Microsoft Innovative Educators at the University of East London.
👉Supported over 50 successful Senior and Principal Fellowship applications
👉Supported 4 successful National Teaching Fellows and 1 Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence Team
My work has been recognised with:
👉 A Principal Fellowship of AdvanceHE (PFHEA) – the highest level of Fellowship (April 2021)
👉 A Vice Chancellors Award for Teaching Excellence at the University of East London (December 2020)
👉 Shortlisted for a Learning Technologies Award (July 2020)
👉 Shortlisted for a Times Higher Education Awards for Digital Innovation (July 2021)
Founder and host of TalkingHE podcast, go check it out 👂🏽- with a global audience of listeners from over 25 countries.
If you have an initiative that can benefit from my work in your part of the world please get in touch.
