Steve Outram has worked at the Higher Education Academy since 2004. Appointed originally to be an adviser for Further Development in Teaching and Learning projects he has led a number of Academy projects such as the facilitation of the HEFCE funded Flexible Learning Projects and he has been a member of a number of Academy teams including the Assessment and Feedback team. He has contributed to work in Scotland and Wales as well as contributing to pedagogic research activities. Steve has considerable experience in leading and contributing to the Academy’s change programmes and joined the Change Academy team in 2006.

Steve has over thirty years’ experience of working in higher education, starting as a social scientist and moving into educational and academic development in 1993. He has over ten years’ experience as a senior manager in higher education, having been a head of department in two institutions. He has led a number of campus-wide projects including the introduction of e-learning; PDP implementation; recognising and rewarding teaching excellence systems and the development of quality enhancement processes. He has a particular research interest in leading and managing change in higher education, as well as with quality management and quality enhancement. His other interests include dissemination and knowledge brokerage.

Steve is the Higher Education Academy’s Academic Lead for Institutional Strategy with particular responsibility for change programmes and also for non-HEI providers. Steve is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Visiting Fellow at the University of Liverpool.