Professor Pam Parker

Professor Pam Parker has been in education development for over nine years having spent 16 years in nurse education and prior to that a nurse in practice. Her values of supporting others to achieve their potential and believe in their ability, treating people equally and valuing individual contribution, have underpinned all of her roles. She also reflects on her practice and engages in professional development, both formally and informally, throughout the year. It is essential that those she supports to provide excellent education for their students are also supported and recognised for their role. Therefore the development opportunities provided needed to be stimulating and engaging but also offer flexibility. This led Pam to review aspects of the MA Academic Practice programme and initiate a PhD Professional Education programme at City, University of London. She encourages people to engage in professional development so that they can enhance their role but also gain recognition for their work. She also designed the university's RISES CPD programme to gain HEA Fellowship. Pam has also led a number of institutional projects including a JISC curriculum design project, an HEA change academy project for recognising teaching excellence, personal tutoring policy review and is project sponsor for the learning spaces project. Impact of work Pam's ability to inspire others to engage in professional development has had a positive impact on a range of activity. The MA Academic Practice programme is very successful with more than 100 staff engaging in this annually. The PhD programme has already had one student completion and a further two are due this year. Registrations for the university RISES programme have risen to 100 in three years. The change academy project she led produced criteria and guidance for teaching awards which are being used for the award scheme. Plans for the future Pam will continue to support staff to achieve their potential but also explore ways to develop good teachers into excellent teachers. She would also like to examine how City, University of London can ensure equal recognition for educational activity to compliment research recognition.