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“why should be the first question, and the first to be answered”
Brent has extensive experience of teaching across a wide range of visual communication courses at both an undergraduate and postgraduate level built up over an extensive career, a career that has also been very closely linked to his industry and entrepreneurial experiences. Indeed, it is this very real-world experience that is the cornerstone of his vocational approach to education.
Brent is a former Head of Department for the Art & Music department and sits on the Academic Leadership Team for Southampton Solent University, and so is responsible for overseeing the operational running of the university’s creative courses within the arts, design, fashion music, performance and interior design provision at the university, as well as such outward facing projects as RE:SO. He is the department’s Strategic Lead for Internationalisation and so has oversight of the department’s operations for recruitment & student/staff exchange programs across Europe and the Far East, as well as the department’s franchised courses in Portugal, China and India.
He has almost 30 years of teaching experience across a range of creative undergraduate and postgraduate courses both here in the UK and internationally; this combined with extensive industry knowledge accumulated over a 40-year career in the creative sector has been used to deliver a both vocational and meaningful student experience. Leading to innovative curriculum transformation for courses, both undergraduate and postgraduate.
Areas of Expertise & Core Skills
New course & curriculum development | UK & International course validation, both as chair and external academic expert | Budgetary Planning | Strategic Lead, Internationalisation, recruitment & student exchange programs across Europe and the Far East; and franchised courses in Portugal, China and India | Sitting on numerous university committees and working groups | Responsible for 95 staff & 1,450+ students across 27 separate courses, foundation, undergraduate and postgraduate | Staff recruitment & development | Working with key stakeholders on behalf of the university within the community
| Experienced External Examiner | Senior Fellow of Higher Education Academy (HEA)|
- Strategic Lead Scholarships and Bursaries Governance Group - 2021 - 2025
- Strategic Lead for VCG Risk Management Group - 2021 – 2025
- Project Governance Board, Michael Andrews Building Refurbishment, Key Stakeholder & Strategic Lead for £2.9M move of the Below Bar Campus and the redevelopment of Andrews Building on EPT
- Strategic Lead for Health & Safety – 2019 – 2025
- Strategic Lead for International Recruitment - 2018 – 2025
- Strategic Lead for Postgraduate Recruitment Working Group 2021 – 2025
- Strategic Lead for SEF (Southampton Education Forum) – 2018 - 2025
- School Lead for Solent Business Advisory Board – 2022
- Academic Member for New Ways of Working Group – 2021
- Investigation Manager for Grievance Investigations - 2018 - 2025
- UCAS Recruitment Fairs – Design of University stands and Participation in London & Manchester, Speaker 2018, 2021 & 2022
- Chair of/Academic member of Progression and Award Boards – 2016 – 2025
- Extenuating Circumstances Panel Member – 2018 – 2025
- Chair of/Academic member of Academic Misconduct Panel – 2018 – 2025
- Academic member of Virtual Learning Enviroment (Moodle) Continuous Improvement Group – 2020 – 2022
- Chair of IBMS Accreditation Event for BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science apprenticeship – 2022
- Chair of Validation board for BA (Hons) Digital Game and Art Top Up - 2022
- Chair of Validation board for BA (Hons) Sociology, BA (Hons) Criminology and Sociology, BSc (Hons) Psychology, BSc (Hons) Criminology and Psychology, BSc (Hons) Psychology and Sociology, BSc (Hons) Psychology with Counselling and Mental Health, BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Psychology, BA (Hons) Criminology, BSc (Hons) Criminal Investigation with Psychology and FdSc Criminal Investigation with Psychology – Bournemouth and Poole College - 2022
- Chair of Validation board for BA (Hons) Film, BA (Hons) Film & Television and BA (Hons) Film Production courses – 2019
- Chair of Validation board for DL (Distance Learning) & campus-based PgDip International Trade and Maritime Law- 2018
- External Board member for validation of DL (Distance Learning) MA Visual Communication, Malta – 2018
- Academic Reviewer for Routledge/Taylor & Francis– 2020
- External Examiner - Newcastle College – 2015 – 2019
Higher Education Qualifications
Dates |
Qualification |
Awarding Body |
2015 |
MA Graphic Design |
London College of Communication, University of the Arts (UAL) |
2015 |
PGCLT(HE) (Fellow) of Higher Education Academy |
Solent University |
2016 |
PhD |
Solent University (*ongoing) |
2021 |
Senior Fellow of Higher Education Academy (HEA) |
Solent University |
Online Video Resources
Portfolio preparation, Art and Design - click to view
Virtual Insight Series - Branding, an introduction - click to view
Virtual Insight Series - Branding and you - click to view
Virtual Insight Series - What is marketing? - click to view
Utalks.Boundaryless
The Cultural and Education Section of the British Embassy in Moscow delivers programmes designed by the British Council, this was an interview that I gave based on branding - click to view
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