Jeremy Hoad
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Jeremy Hoad is best known as co-author of the BBC Doctor Who novel, The Blue Angel (with partner, Paul Magrs). The Blue Angel has been adapted to script form by Piers Britton and will be used as the basis of a course at the University of Redlands in Southern California in 2007.
Hoad has built a career managing representative organisations within the education sector. He is an expert in university administration and management with specialist knowledge of postgraduate education. As a former General Secretary of the National Postgraduate Committee (1998 - 2000) and Executive Officer of the Association of Heads of University Administration (2001 - 2005) his knowledge and experience of the higher education sector in the UK is wide-ranging. His move into education management followed a period of academic training and research in the social sciences and human geography having studied at the University of Oxford, University of Newcastle upon Tyne and the University of Edinburgh. He has also taught and lectured at both the University of Edinburgh and Napier University.
Hoad is also an occasional journalist having written for a variety of print and online media in the UK such as The Guardian, The Times, the Times Higher Education Supplement and The Independent newspapers and the British Council among others.
Hoad wrote the NPC Postgraduate Resource Folder with Ewan Gillon as an evolving resource for postgraduate students, students' unions and others interested in the support and management of graduate education. The Folder provides detailed information on postgraduate choices including funding, types of degrees and reasons why people undertake postgraduate study. Advice on areas such as establishing postgraduate societies and identifying ways in which institutions can provide better provision is also included. In addition to new information, the Folder also acts as a central reference source for any postgraduate activity and information and presents responses to various policy reviews which affect postgraduate life such as the Harris and Dearing Reviews. A comprehensive listing of publications that may be of use to postgraduates is also provided.
