Ian Neal
JP, BA (Hons), MA(ed),FHEA, MBCS, CITP
Biography
I am Professor of Higher Education and Associate Dean (Head of Research, External Engagement and Resources) of the Faculty of Education and Society at the University of Sunderland.
My career started as a research psychologist in Staffordshire and then I trained as a teacher. I began teaching in a Merseyside comprehensive school, moving to Cambridgeshire later. Initially, I taught Science and the later moved to Computing and IT, becoming Head of Information Technology in the mid-eighties. I rose to Senior Teacher, in charge of the Curriculum and Pastoral arrangements for forms 3-5 (now Years 9-11). Later, I worked at the University of Cambridge, researching and developing schemes of Achievement Recording and launching the UK's first International Student Centred Review scheme.
I moved to the School of Education at the University of Sunderland in 1992 as Senior Lecturer and was later promoted to Principal Lecturer in Education. I was Programme Leader for the Secondary Programme of School and College-based Initial Teacher Training and later became Subject Area Leader for Education, before being promoted to Associate Director of the School of Education (Head of Initial Teacher Training and Quality Enhancement) and then to Associate Dean of Faculty with responsibility for Research, External Engagement, Resources and Staffing in the Faculty.
In my professional life, I have travelled widely, providing educational consultancy for governments and other agencies such as the United Nations and the British Council, in South America, Egypt and Saudi Arabia as well as most countries in Europe.
Teaching Areas
Initial teacher education, assessment in education
Research Areas
Initial teacher education, assessment in education
Research interests Web-based Learning, Management of Education, Competence-based assessment in Higher Education, and Quality Assurance and Enhancement in Compulsory and Higher Education.
Selected publications/External Engagement/Consultancy
NEAL, I (2008) Doing Other People's Training Presentations - a guide for teachers in implementing a scheme. Education-Today (www.education-today.net/neal/presenting.pdf)NEAL, I & NEAL, L M M (2007) A model for costing taught programmes. Association of University Administrators Annual Conference, University of Nottingham, 2007
O'BRIEN, A & NEAL, I (2007) Boys Writing a hot topic but what are the strategies? Education-Today (www.education-today.net/obrien/boyswriting.pdf)
NEAL, I (2006) Curriculum Efficiency some points for consideration. Education-Today (www.education-today.net/neal/ce.pdf)
NEAL, I (2005) Flexible Learning Systems and Operational Change Education-Today (www.education-today.net/neal/fls_oc.pdf)
NEAL, I (2003) Achieving institutional buy-in. Association of University Administrators Annual Conference, University of Derby, 2003
NEAL, I (2003) Helping academics and students do more administration by letting them use a student administration system. Association of University Administrators Annual Conference, University of Derby, 2003
NEAL, I & STAFFORD, R (2002) Time and Space: Implementing VLE and MLE support for 24 hour a day lifelong learning. Do you 24x7? National conference. Organisers: JMU, SHU and UoS. 15 November 2002.
NEAL, I G (2002) Business Process Review/Re-engineering at the University of Sunderland the immediate effect on staff and systems. Education-Today (www.education-today.net/neal/bpr.pdf)
NEAL, I. G., HASWELL, G., STAFFORD, R. (2002). Joined-up Learning Systems Distributed and Electronic Learning Group (DELG)/JISC Committee for Learning & Teaching (JCLT) Joint Conference. Manchester. 15 February 2002. (Poster Presentation)
NEAL, I.G. (2002) Emerging VLEs - where does the Information Service fit in. Invited speaker - Janet User Group for Libraries[JUGL] national seminar, 17 January 2002
NEAL, I.G. (2002) Selecting Business Systems - while achieving institutional 'buy-in'. BISinfoNet/Knowledge Centre. (http://www.bisinfonet.ac.uk/InfoKits/infokit-related-files/sunderland-case-study)
NEAL, I G & STAFFORD, R (2001) Constructing a Managed Learning Environment: Tools, tactics and the human experience. JISC Conference, Edinburgh. 28 November 2001.
NEAL, I.G. (2001) Getting the institution involved. JISC Committee for Integrated Environments for Learners (JCIEL) Conference, Manchester, 14 October 2001.
