Professor Jess Power
Committee Member

Jess is Associate Pro Vice Chancellor Learning, Teaching and Enhancement at University of Salford. She is a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Chair of The Textile Institute, Fellow of Chartered Management Institute, and a National Teaching Fellow.

She has over 14 years teaching experience and has contributed extensively to the development of quality assurance, policy enhancement both internally and externally at national and international levels. She has led a variety of internally and externally funded research projects and has published widely with over 70 national/international publications, including 2 keynote presentations. 

Jess is particularly interested in contributing to shaping the future of Higher Education through design challenge-led learning integrating academic disciplines, creating learning networks and knowledge co-creation. Her innovative approach bridges disciplines and has resulted in best-practice models for integrating interdisciplinarity into teaching and learning (T&L) to develop enterprise and employability skills for higher education students which has led to innovative and valuable social assets.  Her focus on interdisciplinarity has enabled her to transform the student experience by creating networks for individuals, who share the common goal of transferring knowledge beyond the boundaries of their own disciplines, whilst developing employability and enterprising skills.