Profile

DAN DERRICOTT
Having just finished a sabbatical, between the second and final year of my undergraduate degree (management & public relations), I have been and continue to be involved in the Higher Education sector primarily through that full-time role as Vice-President (Academic Affairs) at the University of Lincoln Students’ Union, but also through my ongoing involvement more widely with the Quality Assurance Agency and the National Union of Students. I am also involved in youth issues and policy as Trustee & Director of the British Youth Council, the national representative voice of young people in the UK on both domestic and international platforms.

My interests are in the student experience, particularly the academic elements; quality assurance & enhancement; research-engaged-teaching at undergraduate level;

I have particular interest in exploring how experience of first year undergraduates can be re-engineered to foster certain learner attitudes (moving away from an assessment focused mindset); encourage discovery of personal research interests; support learners to critically discover, understand and challenge knowledge; provide and encourage take-up of support for employability and personal development. In my opinion the first 10 weeks of the undergraduate degree are crucial and determine the success of the student, universities must ensure this time is demanding and more challenging than A-levels within a framework of tailored support.

My careers ambitions are within Higher Education administration, management & policy. I aim to progress towards a mixture of HEI senior management and HE sector body roles where I can contribute to maintaining the UK’s reputation for high quality HE and promote social mobility / equality of opportunity within education.

Professional Experience

Present

2011-: Evaluation Team Member, Institutional Evaluation Programme, European University Association

2011-: Member, Quality Assurance Expert Pool, European Students’ Union

2011-: Student Engagement Champion, National Union of Students UK

2011-: Member & Student Engagement Lead, Project Management Group, Student as Producer (Higher Education Academy funded initiative)

2011-: Institutional Reviewer, Quality Assurance Agency UK

2010-: Trustee; Finance Committee; Lead on HR; Lead on Equality Policy, British Youth Council

2010-: Member, National Student Sounding Board, Quality Assurance Agency UK

2010-: Workshop facilitator, various conferences on student engagement, National Union of Students UK, Higher Education Academy UK, Quality Assurance Agency UK

Previous

2011: Community Engagement Coordinator & Strategist, Univeristy of Lincoln Students’ Union

2011: Advisor, Research into the engagement of undergrads in programme quality assurance

2011: Author, A brief student guide to institutional review, Quality Assurance Agency UK

2010-11: Author, various articles on good practice of student engagement, National Union of Students UK

2010-11: Vice-Chair, Union Alliance (mission group of students’ unions)

2010-11: Principal Student Representative, Project Management Group, Student as Producer (Higher Education Academy funded initiative)

2010-11: Vice-President (Academic Affairs) & Trustee, University of Lincoln Students’ Union

Committee membership included: Academic Board, Teaching & Learning Committee, Academic Affairs Committee, Ethics Committee, Student Experience Committee, Student Job Shop Steering Group [Chair], Student Representatives Executive [Chair], Virtual Learning Environment Steering Group, Employability Strategy Working Group, New Building Project Management Groups

2009-10: Executive Officer, University of Lincoln Students’ Union

2008-11: Annual & Extraordinary Conference Delegate, National Union of Students

2008-09: Trustee & Member of Student Council, University of Lincoln Students’ Union

2008-09: Course & Faculty (Business & Law) Student Representative, University of Lincoln

2007-08: Chair of Student Council, Nicholas Chamberlaine Technology College

Education

2008 – 12 (expected): BA (Hons) Management & Public Relations, University of Lincoln [Lincoln Business School & Lincoln School of Journalism]

2001-08: A-Levels & 11 GCSEs (A*-C), Nicholas Chamberlaine Technology College, Bedworth, Warwickshire

Training includes: 2010 Train the Trainer – NUS & OCN, 2010 Students’ Union Leadership for Trustees – ILM.

Contact
Email: dderricott@lincoln.ac.uk
Tweet: @danderricott