Amanda is currently the Pro-Dean for Student Education in the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences at the University of Leeds. As Pro-Dean she plays a key role in the development and implementation of the Faculty’s student education strategy across seven Schools, over 50 programmes and approximately 7000 taught students with 3500 of these on clinical programmes.
She is committed to widening participation, reducing barriers to success and improving the experience of students and staff. She has led major transformation programmes, developed senior and emerging leaders, and contributed to regional and national work on educational quality and access to higher education.
Amanda also works with regional health and care partners on workforce planning, education and training, clinical placement capacity and service priorities. Her experience includes oversight of major education and training contracts, professional accreditation, academic standards, performance and risk, and the development of sustainable programmes that respond to workforce and community needs.
Born in Scotland, Amanda first moved to Yorkshire in 1986. Following her academic pursuits at Cambridge University and The Scripps Research Institute in California, she returned to Yorkshire where she has been living for over 25 years.