Robin McGregor
ROBIN MCGREGOR
Vice Principal (Curriculum and Quality)
North East Scotland College
Robin McGregor is Vice Principal (Curriculum and Quality) at North East Scotland College, one of Scotland’s largest regional colleges, with strategic responsibility for curriculum, learning and teaching, quality, and the student experience. With more than 20 years’ experience in further education, he has held a range of leadership roles and has extensive experience in curriculum development, organisational change, service transformation and partnership working. Robin is actively involved in national and regional developments across the Scottish tertiary education sector, with particular interests in curriculum reform, quality enhancement, skills, digital transformation and responding to the changing needs of learners and employers. He brings a practical leadership perspective to institutional change and to the role colleges can play in supporting learners, communities and regional economic development.
A growing focus of Robin’s work is the responsible and effective adoption of artificial intelligence across education. He is particularly interested in how AI can enhance teaching, learning, assessment and the student experience, improve services and productivity, and support staff and students to develop the capabilities needed for an increasingly AI-enabled world. More broadly, his work focuses on ensuring that innovation and emerging technologies are embedded thoughtfully within institutional strategy and practice to deliver meaningful benefits for learners, staff and employers.
I’m delighted to be involved in the QAA Sector Advisory Group for Assessment Validity, Assuring Standards and AI. I’m passionate about the college sector and keen to ensure its unique perspective is reflected in the conversation around assessment, standards and AI. Scottish colleges span a remarkably diverse curriculum, from school-college provision through to vocational, work-based and higher-level learning, often operating across complex awarding, occupational and regulatory frameworks. Bringing that experience together with perspectives from across the wider tertiary sector, the devolved nations and internationally gives us a real opportunity to learn from one another and develop a stronger collective response. I’m looking forward to helping shape principles that are practical, proportionate and flexible enough to work across different contexts.
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