Jon is AUB's University Secretary. This is a wide-ranging post which encompasses the role of Clerk to the Board of Governors and the AUB Charitable Foundation, as well as institutional responsibility for compliance with the HE operating and regulatory framework (including oversight of academic governance arrangements).
Jon has worked at Arts University Bournemouth since 2004, initially as Director of Academic Services and subsequently as Director for Student Experience, before appointment to his current role. Jon has a background in academic governance quality management, having worked at the universities of Brighton and East London, and joined AUB from the former Surrey Institute of Art and Design, University College (now part of University for the Creative Arts). He is a graduate of the University of Reading (at both undergraduate and postgraduate level) and recently completed a DBA (Higher Education Management) at the University of Bath on the subject of third-space professionals working in English higher education.
Jon maintains a significant external profile, having been Chair of the GuildHE Quality Management Network since 2010. He is a member of the UK-wide Standing Committee for Quality Assessment and a Director of the Office of the Independent Adjudicator (OIA). He has also acted as external examiner for Aberystwyth University, and Solent University.