Deputy Head of Academic Quality and Partnerships Enhancement
| Posting date: | 29 September 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £23,024 to £25,126 per year |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 12 October 2025 |
| Location: | Bristol, South West England |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 1 day per week |
| Company: | University West of England |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | R08806 |
Summary
About us: We have an exciting opportunity for a skilled higher education professional with leadership capability to join UWE Bristol’s Academic Quality and Partnerships Enhancement (AQPE) team. The Deputy Head (Standards and Accreditation) is one of three deputy head roles, working in collaboration together under the direction of the Head of Academic Quality and Partnerships Enhancement – the other roles being the Deputy Head (Collaborative Provision) and the Deputy Head (Curriculum). Working closely with a jobshare partner, the successful candidate will lead AQPE’s delivery of services supporting Standards and Accreditation, as well as acting as business partner for one of our three academic colleges.
The Academic Quality and Partnerships Enhancement team provides university-wide support for the ongoing development and review of UWE Bristol’s educational portfolio across three interconnected areas of activity:
Standards and Accreditation: supporting oversight of regulatory compliance in relation to quality and standards and engagement with professional, statutory and regulatory bodies
Curriculum: supporting the design, development, approval and continuous improvement of the University’s academic programmes, including coordinating support for cross-university curriculum enhancement projects and initiatives and related evaluation activities
Collaborative Provision: supporting the development, oversight and enhancement of the University’s UK and international academic partnerships and associated collaborative provision, including apprenticeships.
About you: You are an experienced higher education professional with a track record of shaping and delivering agile, customer-focused services. You combine advanced knowledge and understanding of good practice and the latest thinking in academic quality matters, with a commitment to promoting innovation and continuous improvement in programme and partnership development and delivery. Energetic and resilient, you enjoy working at pace and are comfortable with complexity and ambiguity. With excellent communication and influencing skills, you are confident to challenge received wisdom and open to change. You are passionate about higher education and have the capability to inspire teams to deliver high quality services that support excellence in learning, teaching and the student experience.
This post is based at our lively Frenchay campus where we have invested in the latest facilities and resources to give both our staff and students access to everything they need to succeed.
Why UWE Bristol?
We are one of the largest providers of Higher Education in the South West with 38,000 students and 4,000 staff from right across the globe. Based in vibrant Bristol, our ambitions are to make a positive difference to our planet, transforming futures through actions and solving real world challenges.
We offer a wide range of employee benefits including progressive pay rates, very generous annual leave and career average pension schemes as well as retail savings, onsite nursery and opportunities for training and personal development.
Add your individuality to ours
UWE Bristol recognises the power of a truly diverse university community.
We are proud to be part of a dynamic, multicultural city that celebrates diversity, we’re always looking for talented people from all backgrounds to join us. Our people are our strength, and diversity enhances our creativity and leads to better decision-making and problem-solving. Bring your talent and ambition to our stimulating and supportive community where we’ll help you thrive.
UWE is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity to create an inclusive working environment. We believe this can be achieved through attracting, developing, and retaining a diverse range of staff from many different backgrounds who share our ambition to be a university recognized for the success and impact of our practice-oriented programmes, our strong industry networks, and our inclusive global outlook.
We particularly encourage applications from global majority candidates as we are currently under-represented in this area, however all appointments are made strictly on individual merit.
As a Disability Confident employer, we welcome applications from those who identify as having a disability
Further information
If you would like an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contact Harriet Castor on 0117 3282421 or email: harriet.castor@uwe.ac.uk.
This is a part-time, permanent post, working 18.5 hours per week as part of a jobshare. Interviews will take place on Frenchay campus – date to be confirmed.
UWE Bristol is a campus-based University and it is important for our success and the delivery of an outstanding experience for our students that our campuses are dynamic and vibrant places to learn and spend time. This role is therefore campus based with some opportunity for home working.
The University’s normal practice is that new appointments will be made at the starting point of the grade.
The University has a legal responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to work in the UK. You will therefore be required to provide evidence of this right, please refer to the Home Office Right to Work Checklist for information on which documents are acceptable.
Should you be shortlisted you will be asked to provide your right to work documents at your interview. Please refer to the Home Office Right to Work Checklist which provides details of which documents are acceptable.
Please note that UWE does not cover any visa or health surcharge costs.
The Academic Quality and Partnerships Enhancement team provides university-wide support for the ongoing development and review of UWE Bristol’s educational portfolio across three interconnected areas of activity:
Standards and Accreditation: supporting oversight of regulatory compliance in relation to quality and standards and engagement with professional, statutory and regulatory bodies
Curriculum: supporting the design, development, approval and continuous improvement of the University’s academic programmes, including coordinating support for cross-university curriculum enhancement projects and initiatives and related evaluation activities
Collaborative Provision: supporting the development, oversight and enhancement of the University’s UK and international academic partnerships and associated collaborative provision, including apprenticeships.
About you: You are an experienced higher education professional with a track record of shaping and delivering agile, customer-focused services. You combine advanced knowledge and understanding of good practice and the latest thinking in academic quality matters, with a commitment to promoting innovation and continuous improvement in programme and partnership development and delivery. Energetic and resilient, you enjoy working at pace and are comfortable with complexity and ambiguity. With excellent communication and influencing skills, you are confident to challenge received wisdom and open to change. You are passionate about higher education and have the capability to inspire teams to deliver high quality services that support excellence in learning, teaching and the student experience.
This post is based at our lively Frenchay campus where we have invested in the latest facilities and resources to give both our staff and students access to everything they need to succeed.
Why UWE Bristol?
We are one of the largest providers of Higher Education in the South West with 38,000 students and 4,000 staff from right across the globe. Based in vibrant Bristol, our ambitions are to make a positive difference to our planet, transforming futures through actions and solving real world challenges.
We offer a wide range of employee benefits including progressive pay rates, very generous annual leave and career average pension schemes as well as retail savings, onsite nursery and opportunities for training and personal development.
Add your individuality to ours
UWE Bristol recognises the power of a truly diverse university community.
We are proud to be part of a dynamic, multicultural city that celebrates diversity, we’re always looking for talented people from all backgrounds to join us. Our people are our strength, and diversity enhances our creativity and leads to better decision-making and problem-solving. Bring your talent and ambition to our stimulating and supportive community where we’ll help you thrive.
UWE is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity to create an inclusive working environment. We believe this can be achieved through attracting, developing, and retaining a diverse range of staff from many different backgrounds who share our ambition to be a university recognized for the success and impact of our practice-oriented programmes, our strong industry networks, and our inclusive global outlook.
We particularly encourage applications from global majority candidates as we are currently under-represented in this area, however all appointments are made strictly on individual merit.
As a Disability Confident employer, we welcome applications from those who identify as having a disability
Further information
If you would like an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contact Harriet Castor on 0117 3282421 or email: harriet.castor@uwe.ac.uk.
This is a part-time, permanent post, working 18.5 hours per week as part of a jobshare. Interviews will take place on Frenchay campus – date to be confirmed.
UWE Bristol is a campus-based University and it is important for our success and the delivery of an outstanding experience for our students that our campuses are dynamic and vibrant places to learn and spend time. This role is therefore campus based with some opportunity for home working.
The University’s normal practice is that new appointments will be made at the starting point of the grade.
The University has a legal responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to work in the UK. You will therefore be required to provide evidence of this right, please refer to the Home Office Right to Work Checklist for information on which documents are acceptable.
Should you be shortlisted you will be asked to provide your right to work documents at your interview. Please refer to the Home Office Right to Work Checklist which provides details of which documents are acceptable.
Please note that UWE does not cover any visa or health surcharge costs.
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A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.