Vashti oversees the Student Engagement Team. We put our students’
experience at Northumbria at the heart of everything we do, and we want every
student’s time at the University to be positive; to help ensure that happens,
the team works with Faculties and other University services at every stage of
the student journey to help support our students to thrive.The team has
focussed activities which comprise: Ask4Help, Student Casework, Student
Conduct, Specialist Student Support, Student Knowledge Management and Student
Success.
Before joining the Student Library and Academic Services
team in 2017, Vashti held a variety of professional support management and
leadership roles within the University, including School Registrar for Design,
and Faculty Registrar for Arts, Design and Social Sciences. Prior to
working at the University, Vashti worked for the Civil Service, in the Further
Education Funding Council.
Vashti led the development of the Student Progress service
in 2017, bringing together staff from across Faculties to create a centralised
team to provide impactful, consistent services and support for students,
putting students at the heart of everything we do. In 2020, the refreshed
Student Engagement team was launched, to further support proactive,
personalised student support across all of our activities.
Vashti has played an active role in many University
committees and change projects, recently including Student Attendance
Monitoring and Learning Analytics. Vashti has a BA in History of Art from
the University of Leeds, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Management from
Northumbria University.
vashti.hutton@northumbria.ac.uk
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