Wendy Finlay

Wendy has held responsibility for a number of key areas since joining the University College of Estate Management (UCEM) as Vice-Principal in 2016, including Professional Services, all Apprenticeships provision, and the project team for UCEM’s flagship Project Transform: the Student Success Project. She is currently responsible for the leadership and management of the School of the Built Environment, Apprenticeships Compliance, and Academic Resource Management.

Wendy has nearly twenty years experience of working in higher education following the achievement of her Ph.D. in 2002. She started her career as a Post-Doctoral Research Associate at Russell Group University, which incorporated the teaching and supervision of undergraduate and postgraduate students. She then held positions that focussed on the leadership and management of the professional services that support the student lifecycle from admission to graduation, as well as quality assurance and enhancement services and the provision of external data returns. Wendy held these positions at a range of providers delivering higher education, including a second Russell Group university, a small and specialist HE provider, and an Ofsted Outstanding Further Education College delivering higher education in partnership with a university.