Pro Vice-Chancellor (Student Experience)
Professor John Raftery
Professor John Raftery is Pro Vice-Chancellor (Student Experience).
John is responsible for academic affairs across the university apart from research, providing strategic leadership for both the undergraduate and postgraduate academic portfolio, and for academic planning, academic development, and the enhancement of all taught programmes.
He is chair of the Academic Enhancement and Standards Committee (AESC) and, the Portfolio Development and Redesign Advisory Group. (PDRAG). In addition, he carries responsibility for the wider student experience and the quality of student life outside the curriculum.
Formerly the Dean of the School of Architecture and Pro Vice Chancellor (International), John is the author of four books and over seventy scientific papers in the field of Applied Economics (Real Estate and Construction). He was active in management consultancy with assignments on risks in major public infrastructure projects costing more than US$20bn, and on cartels and restrictive practices in Hong Kong, Scandinavia and the UK.
He was a member of Kofi Annan’s Global Humanitarian Forum (2008-10) and he has Chaired and been a non- executive board member of a number of national educational bodies including, currently, the Office of the Independent Adjudicator and the Open University, National Role Advisory Board.
