Professor Mark Benjamin Peace BA, Msc, PGCE, PhD, FRSA

I have been with Manchester Met since 2008, following a career teaching in schools. My academic discipline is Education.

At Manchester Met, my primary responsibility is to provide strategic academic leadership for our education initiatives and to cultivate an environment that fosters educational innovation. This involves collaborating with educators across our Faculties and Professional Services to develop and promote effective ideas, while also ensuring that we capture their impact and build momentum around them.

My role involves working closely with the PVC (Education), executive group around Education, and Senior Leadership Team of LEED on a daily basis. I also take devolved responsibility for policy development and representation, such as serving as the institutional author for our Teaching Excellence Framework return.

As a practice-oriented academic in the Education, Pedagogy, and Citizenship field, my focus is on empowering students and positioning them as active participants in the learning process. I work to disrupt the traditional view of students as passive consumers by building their agency and encouraging them to be producers of knowledge.

I have explored the impact of the dominant knowledge-centric higher education model and advocated for more emergent, experience-driven, and co-constructed approaches. My work values diverse experiences and talents, recognizing that success can be achieved through multiple pathways.

Overall, my approach has enhanced student experience and satisfaction, nurtured a sense of belonging and community, and improved outcomes in terms of student continuation and progression. These efforts have helped to narrow achievement gaps across different student demographics.