• Overall leadership and management of the Academic Support Office, including staff development, recruitment, resource planning and budgetary control.
• Project-managing and contributing to the development of the Learning and Teaching Strategy.
• Professional networking within and outside the University to ensure effective ‘horizon scanning’ of emerging national developments in quality assurance and enhancement, analysing their implications, ensuring that the University contributes views as appropriate, and thereby also promoting the University in the sector.

Cathy Moore 
Assistant Registrar and QA
Team Leader
cathy.moore@york.ac.uk
ext 3849
HG08, Heslington Hall

• Secretary to the University Teaching Committee
• QA contact for Science departments:
  • Advising departments on
    • Annual Programme Review
    • Programme approval, modification and withdrawal
  • Periodic Review support
• Contributing to policy review and development

• QA contact for Arts and Humanities departments:
  • Advising departments on:
    • Annual Programme Review
    • Programme approval, modification and withdrawal
  • Periodic Review support
• Secretary for Distance Learning Forum and Coordinating Group for Supplementary Programmes
• Contributing to policy review and development

Jo Fox (on maternity leave until October 2012)
Quality Support Officer
(part-time)
aso-socsci@york.ac.uk
ext 4310
HG08, Heslington Hall

Wednesday – Friday
9am – 5pm

• QA contact for Social Science departments (jobshare with Juliet James):
  • Advising departments on
    • Annual Programme Review
    • Programme approval, modification and withdrawal
  • Periodic Review support
• National Student Survey and other survey support
• Contributing to policy review and development

Juliet James
Quality Support Officer
(part-time)
aso-socsci@york.ac.uk
ext 4310
HG08, Heslington Hall

Monday and Tuesday
9am – 5pm

• QA contact for Social Science departments (jobshare with Zoe Devlin):
  • Advising departments on
    • Annual Programme Review
    • Programme approval, modification and withdrawal
  • Periodic Review support
• Contributing to policy review and development

Cecilia Lowe
Project Leader: Learning Enhancement
cecilia.lowe@york.ac.uk
ext 1142
Room LFA/1.32, Harry Fairhurst Building

• Working directly with departments on:
  • learning enhancement initiatives
  • assessment, standards, marking and feedback issues
  • programme and module development
• Supporting the Learning and Teaching Forum’s activities and supporting learning and teaching projects

Ant Edwards
Project Officer: Maths Support
(part-time)
ant.edwards@york.ac.uk
ext 4936

Room LFA/1.32, Harry Fairhurst Building

Monday – Thursday
9am – 5:30pm

• Developing the Maths Skills Centre and online resources for Maths learning

Katy Mann
Project Officer, Academic Skills
katy.mannbenn@york.ac.uk
ext 1134
Room LFA/1.32, Harry Fairhurst Building

• Working with departments on developing academic skills provision, including
  • training for undergraduate facilitators and postgraduate workshop leaders and tutors
  • widening participation initiatives
  • development and evaluation of transition sites
  • development of blended learning resources
  • advice and support for module and curriculum development in this area
  • support for international students

Position Vacant
Project Officer: Academic Integrity 
 
ext 1135
Room LFA/1.32, Harry Fairhurst Building

• Co-ordinating and working with departments on academic integrity
• Producing academic integrity resources and running workshops
• Co-ordinating Academic Integrity Weeks with YUSU and GSA
• Development of the Academic Integrity tutorial
• Review of the Academic Misconduct policy
• Management of the Turnitin project, where students use the software formatively to develop their academic writing

Alice Wakely
Learning and Teaching
Forum Administrator
(part-time)
alice.wakely@york.ac.uk
ext 2018
HG08, Heslington Hall

Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays
9.30am – 4pm

• Secretary to the Learning and Teaching Forum committee
• Annual Learning and Teaching Conference
• Forum workshops
• Forum magazine
• Learning and teaching project funding
• Vice-Chancellor’s Teaching Awards
• National Teaching Fellowship Scheme nominations

Richard Walker
E-Learning Development Team Manager & VLE Service Group Leader
richard.walker@york.ac.uk
ext 1138
Room LFA/1.31, Harry Fairhurst Building

• Managing the VLE Service
  • providing guidance to departments on VLE guidelines and policy
  • providing advice to staff on e-learning funding provision
  • leading on e-assessment trials

David Barrett
VLE Application Manager
david.barrett@york.ac.uk
ext 1140
Room LFA/1.32, Harry Fairhurst Building

• Creating VLE module sites
• Advice on using the VLE
• VLE troubleshooting
• VLE system administration

Wayne Britcliffe
Digital Learning Resources Manager
wayne.britcliffe@york.ac.uk
ext 1141
Room LFA/1.32, Harry Fairhurst Building

• Assistance and advice on:
  • planning content development and storyboarding
  • structuring modules and deploying content within Yorkshare
  • the Yorkshare toolset
  • structuring and managing areas of the content repository
  • copyright and digital rights issues

Simon Davis
E-Learning Adviser
simon.davis@york.ac.uk
ext 1143
Room LFA/1.32, Harry Fairhurst Building

• Departmental liaison for VLE strategic development and support
• VLE / e-learning training and support

Chris Sparks
E-Learning Training Assistant
chris.sparks@york.ac.uk
ext 1131
Room LFA/1.32, Harry Fairhurst Building

• Upgrades to the VLE
• Training materials
• Providing support to VLE users

Janet Barton
Office Manager
(part-time)
janet.barton@york.ac.uk
ext 2155
HG08, Heslington Hall

Tuesday – Friday
8.30am – 5pm

• PA to Nigel Dandy
• Administrative support for Learning Enhancement Team 
• Web page maintenance
• ASO office finances

David Clarke
Administrative Assistant

ext 3850
HG08, Heslington Hall

• Administrative support for Quality Assurance Team
• Administrative support for Teaching Committee
• Administrative support for VLE Team
• Maintenance of UTC web pages
• Managing submissions of APRs