Mr Jeff Braham
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Job title: Head of Academic Partnerships
Email: j.braham@derby.ac.uk
Phone No: 01332 591081
Room: E225
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Recent publications
- Towards a Global Understanding of Lifelong Learning: Making a difference, Hudson, Braham et al (Eds) FACE, London 2006
- Towards an holistic institutional approach to Widening Participation in Hudson, Braham et al (2006, ibid)
- A-Z of Retention - A Practitioners' Handbook (Ed), University of Derby, 2007
"Widening Participation and Improving Economic Competitiveness - the dual role of work-based learning within Foundation Degrees" (with Pickering, J) - in Work-based learning Futures, eds Young and Garnett, UVAC,
"Continuing Professional Development in Partnership - A model of inclusive practice to develop excellence in teaching across the FE/HE spectrum." (with Church, F; Osborne, C; Rawlinson, S; Senior,L;) in Face to Face, Issue 31, Spring 2009, London, Forum for Access and Continuing Education.
"The use of disaggregated curriculum and credit frameworks as a means of incremental engagement of employers in higher level development" (with Minton, A; Myciunka, M; White, T) published as an addendum to Work-Based Learning Futures III, Eds Garnett, J; Young,D UVAC,
"The development of programme specific Progression Agreements as an aid to vocational progression" (with Bowen, S; Gray, D) in Towards a new agenda for Lifelong Learning: Access Diversity and Participation, (Eds Jones,P Storan, J;Hudson,T and Braham,J, )
Faculty: Flexible and Partnership Learning
Subject Area: Widening Participation
Head of academic partnerships, and member of School Senior Management Team. Responsibility for development of partnerships with FE colleges and other providers both internationally and in UK. Focus on increasing progression from other provision into higher education. and network approaches to regional curriculum. Previously Head of Widening Participation. Project Manager for collaboration with Mediterranean College.
Teaching responsibilities
Tutoring in Learning through Work programme
Professional interests
Widening participation; Compact schemes; guaranteed progression arrangements; collaborative provision; Foundation degrees; Work-based learning; APEL; student retention, Internationalisation
Research interests
Work-based learning, widening participation, prior and planned experiential learning, Academic partnerships and progression
International Experience
Currently prioject manager, developing Collaborative Franchise partnership with Mediterranean College, Athens and Thessaloniki, Greece.
Membership of professional bodies and advisory committees
- External Moderator City and Guilds Higher Awards
- External, Nottingham University Senior Awards Scheme
Recent Conferences
1 Action on Access April 2010
2 FACE conference, 2009
3 UVAC conference 2009
Action on Access regional confs Del/Pres 22 April 2010
Media experience
- Radio Derby
- Ram FM Radio
Undergraduate qualifications
- Cert Ed, Coventry College of Education
- BEd, University of Warwick
Postgraduate qualifications
- MA (Continuing Education), University of Warwick
