Pro Vice-Chancellor and Executive Dean for the Faculty of Science and Engineering
The Pro Vice-Chancellor and Executive Dean for the Faculty of Science and Engineering has strategic responsibility for leading and managing the academic faculty to enable fulfilment of the University’s vision and strategy across education, research, enterprise development, internationalisation, community engagement and campus development.
Role and responsibilities
The Pro Vice-Chancellor and Executive Dean for the Faculty of Science and Engineering:
- delivers strategic plans to address challenges, build on strengths and realise opportunities for the faculty and its Schools across teaching and research within the University’s strategic ambitions and constraints
- understands and supports the distinctive nature of the disciplines and interdisciplinary opportunities within the Faculties and Schools
- Stimulates a working environment within the faculty that is supportive of staff, embraces change and encourages active engagement and a positive contribution from staff
- Oversees the delivery of new academic structures across the faculty that will best facilitate the academic leadership teams to implement University strategy.
Post holder
Professor Ian Bond (he/him) became Pro Vice-Chancellor and Executive Dean for the Faculty of Science and Engineering in August 2023.
Professor Ian Bond's biography
Ian Bond gained his undergraduate degree and PhD from Bath University, after which he worked at Rolls-Royce and in the renewable energy industry. He joined the University of Bristol in 1997, furthering his research interests in multifunctional materials. Major research awards include an EPSRC Advanced Research Fellowship, as well as extensive research funding to support his research from bodies in the UK, EU and US. He is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society (FRAeS). At Bristol, Ian has served as Head of Aerospace Engineering (2011), Head of School - Civil, Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering (2015) and Dean of Engineering (2019). He has led teams responsible for the delivery of multiple major projects, including Temple Quarter (Research Facilities, CM1), a restructure of Faculty of Engineering, a new Soil-Foundation-Structure Interaction Facility, a major refurbishment of wind tunnel facilities, and expansions of faculty spaces including Ada Lovelace Building and 1 Cathedral Square.
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2023/24
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