Directors
Professor Paul Webley took office as Director and Principal of SOAS in August 2006. Previously, he served as Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the University of Exeter, UK.
Professor Webley’s undergraduate and postgraduate education was at the London School of Economics. Following a short term at the University of Southampton, he moved to the institution that was to become his academic and professional home for 26 years, the University of Exeter. At Exeter he held several senior positions including Head of the Department of Psychology, Head of the School of Psychology and, latterly, Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor.
As a scholar, Professor Webley’s general aim has been to explore the contribution that psychology can make to our understanding of problems that have traditionally been seen as the concern solely of economics. He has co-authored 10 books, contributed chapters to a further 58 and has written over 70 scholarly articles on a wide range of topics at the intersection of economics and psychology.
Professor Webley is married, with 3 children, and divides his time between his family home in Exeter and London. His idea of an ideal day is a walk in the hills followed by good food in the company of friends and family.
Colin Henerson, (Company Secretary)
Colin is currently employed at Tower Hamlets College as Director of Finance and Planning with responsibility for all financial matters for the college and for Information Systems. He has been working at Tower Hamlets College since late 2006. Prior to Tower Hamlets College Colin worked at Merton College where he had responsibility for finance, IT, Estates and front of house services. He also had client responsibility for the college’s £35m rebuilding project.
Prior to joining the Further Education sector Colin worked in industry for Rolls Royce and National Grid as an accountant.
He is currently studying for an MBA in Public Service Management at Brighton Business School.
Malcolm Raggett (Chair of Business Development Group)
Malcolm trained as an engineer then lectured on the subject, specialising in hydraulics and control systems, at both further and higher education levels before moving into IT management. His current post is IT Manager at the School of Oriental and African Studies, where he has been since 1999. Information about SOAS IT.
Although he works in the city, Malcolm's home is in the north Essex countryside, where he walks, runs, and pursues his hobby of photography.
Information about Malcolm.
Andrew Kerl (Chair
of Technical Group)
Andrew Kerl is a founder member of the LMN technical group and he is
Assistant Director Information Systems, UCL.
Ed
Carter is a founding Director of the LMN Board. Based at the University
of Leeds and Business Manager for the Yorkshire and Humber MAN Ed
brings advice from outside the London region. Ed is also Chair of
the JISC Regional Support Centre for Yorkshire and Humberside and
Special Projects Manager with Information Systems Services at Leeds
University. Back in the 1980's Ed was Manager of Microcomputing
with the Inner London Education Authority when the first desktop
computers were being provided in Primary, Secondary and Colleges
by the LEA.
Maggi
Knights is Vice Principal, Information, Learning and Human Resources
at Greenwich Community College. Maggi’s main interest in ILT
is as a tool to access information and enable learning thereby enhancing
the learning experience. At Greenwich Maggi has been responsible
for the connectivity between the College centres enabling efficient
administration and internet access for learners via the JANET network,
for developing the IT open learning centres, for joining up the
College information systems, e.g. integrating management information
systems and taking forward the VLE, MLE visions. Maggi believes
that ILT is the way forward to provide flexible access to learning
“anywhere, any time, any place.” Maggi has a passionate
belief that the revolution in enabling technologies for students
with disabilities is fundamental to meeting the inclusiveness agenda.
Satnam
Gill is the principal of the Working Men's College (1999 onwards),
Europe's oldest adult education college. He has previously worked
at Newham Sixth Form College (1991 -1999), in Local Government and
the voluntary sector. He is Governor of Acland Burghley School,
the temporary Governing body of Haringey Sixth Form centre and a
member of London Central LSC. His key interests are in widening
participation and enabling access to education to those who failed
to get on to the education ladder for whatever reason.
Nick Atkins is the Director of IT Services at the University of the Arts London and is a founder member of the LMN Business Development Group. Prior to joining the HE sector, Nick was Head of Information Management and Technology at the Oxford Radcliffe Hospital. He holds a master’s degree in Information Systems and is a Chartered Professional member of the British Computer Society and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
Nick’s first career was as a biomedical scientist and in that role lectured as a visiting tutor on microanatomical techniques for over 10 years and was a contributing author on a number of research papers.
He currently also Chairs the Unversities Apple Computer Group which negotiates and oversees the National HE contract with Apple Computer and is a former member of the UCISA executive committee.
Nick’s key interests are in the role of information technology as an agent of organisational change in particular developing new paradigms for teaching, learning and research.
Nick is married with 3 children and lives in West Oxfordshire
Laura Gibbs
Laura is IT Director, Information Services at Royal Holloway University of London. She worked for many years at London Business School as Head of IT, Information Services Division.