Dr Steven Butts

My current and previous roles have allowed me to engage with academic and professional services staff across both large and complex and specialist institutions on a range of strategic projects including resourcing, student number forecasting, and the development of attractive and efficient curricula leading to positive student outcomes.

I have led student experience strategies and high level actions plans and TEF submissions, and forward planning to ensure evaluation of continuous improvement strategies. I have successfully led multiple times in the planning and development of revised curricula to meet changing needs of students and the sector.

I have also been a leader in a Change Academy venture which saw the internationalisation of university curriculum, co-led with the President of the Student Union a National Student Survey and Student Voice campaign, raising both NSS response and success rates which drove League Table Performance upwards and concretised the ongoing approach. As a Senior Leader with in-depth understanding of diverse pedagogies, professional bodies, models of delivery, and financial costs associated to subjects, I am regularly called upon to advise on strategic priorities and chair periodic and international partner reviews and approvals. My personal values of openness, positive energy, and honesty alongside my collaborative approach and sector knowledge has afforded me success in working difficult problems, and bringing staff and students along to enact institutional change.