Alan Howard

Alan Howard is an experienced academic and quality assurance professional currently serving as Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Quality Assurance) and Professor at the University of Reading since May 1993. In addition to this role, Alan Howard has been an Expert Assessor for the Office for Students since September 2022 and has held positions as an External Expert and Institutional Reviewer for The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education since April 2011. From September 2019 to March 2023, Alan Howard was an Assessor for Quality and Standards and New Degree Awarding Powers at DQB England. Earlier in Alan Howard's career, a lecturer role was held at Leeds Metropolitan University in early 1993 and a research demonstrator position at the University of Leeds from October 1990 to April 1993. Alan Howard earned a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in 1993, focusing on the modeling of movement and growth of cyanobacterial blooms, having previously obtained a Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Geography from the University of Leeds in 1990.