Dean Machin: Chief of Staff and Director of the Vice-Chancellor's Office
Biography
Dean joined the Â鶹´«Ã½ as Chief of Staff and Director of the Vice-Chancellor’s Office in December 2022. Previously he worked at the Â鶹´«Ã½ of Portsmouth as an adviser to the Vice-Chancellor.
Dean has an undergraduate degree in Philosophy from UCL and has a Ph.D from the Â鶹´«Ã½ of Bristol, specialising in political philosophy. He has also been a Leverhulme early career research fellow in the Philosophy Department at the Â鶹´«Ã½ of Warwick and has spent three years teaching at UCL in the Philosophy Department before joining the Â鶹´«Ã½ of Portsmouth in 2016.
Dean has also written multiple blogs on higher education and, in 2015, he wrote a report on data-sharing for the Social Mobility Commission. Dean has also worked in the pensions industry.
The Chief of Staff coordinates the Vice-Chancellor’s office, and provides her with senior advisory support on strategic and complex issues. Dean also assists the Vice-Chancellor in coordinating and communicating with the Â鶹´«Ã½’s leadership team, and liaising with the wider Â鶹´«Ã½ community.
Dean is a member of the Â鶹´«Ã½ Executive Team and the Â鶹´«Ã½ Leadership Team.