PROFESSOR JACKIE POTTER  
Dean of Academic Innovation
University of Chester

Professor Jackie Potter is Dean of Academic Innovation at the University of Chester. She leads the delivery of the Student Education Plan and the Centre for Academic Innovation and Development. Her expertise lies in educational change leadership, curriculum design, digital transformation, the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) and supporting teaching staff to develop high impact teaching practices. She established the University’s AI and Education Working Group in 2023 and continues to guide the University’s work to cautiously, transparently and ethically adopt AI across education, research and business operations. Most recently this includes working with Chester colleagues to source and curate a compendium of secure assessment practice from different institutions and disciplines.

Jackie was Deputy Chair of the QAA Subject Benchmark Statement Advisory Group for Education Studies and is a regular attendee at the QAA Executive Leader (teaching and learning) Network. She is a co-author of the Advance HE Practitioner Guide to Assessment and she founded the Assessment Collective, a network of senior UK educationalists that develop and lead whole institution implementation strategies to ensure academic integrity by providing policy, guidance and support for teaching staff to design assessment that assures standards and learning. She has undertaken research and published practical guidance and opinion pieces on SoTL, whole institutional curriculum reform practices and responses to GenAI. She is an elected member of the UK SoTL Alliance Steering Group, a former Chair of the Heads of Educational Development Group (HEDG), a Principal Fellow of Advance HE and a Senior Fellow of the Staff and Educational Development Association.