Dr S. P. S. Eyres, BSc, MSc, PhD, PGCert, FRAS, MInstP, MIAU, FHEA

Employment history

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Dean and Associate Professor , Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Science . 2019 August 1 to date . University of South Wales (USW)

Deputy Dean and Associate Professor , Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Science . 2017 July 3 to 2019 July 31 . University of South Wales (USW)

Head , School of Physical Sciences and Computing . 2015 August 1 to 2017 July 2 . University of Central Lancashire (UCLan)

Associate Dean , School of Computing, Engineering and Physical Sciences . 2013 July 1 to 2015 July 31 . University of Central Lancashire (UCLan)

Associate Head , School of Computing, Engineering and Physical Sciences . 2009 October 1 to 2013 June 30 . University of Central Lancashire (UCLan)

Reader in Astronomy , School of Computing, Engineering and Physical Sciences . 2010 October 1 to 2017 July 2 . University of Central Lancashire (UCLan)

Acting Head of School (re-designated Dean in 2011 August) , School of Computing, Engineering and Physical Sciences . 2010 April 1 to 2010 August 31 . University of Central Lancashire (UCLan)

Senior Lecturer, Course Leader in Astronomy , School of Computing, Engineering and Physical Sciences . 2008 April 1 to 2009 September 31 . University of Central Lancashire (UCLan)

Acting Head of Physics , School of Computing, Engineering and Physical Sciences . 2007 October 1 to 2008 March 31 . University of Central Lancashire (UCLan)

Senior Lecturer, Course Leader in Astronomy , Department of Physics, Astronomy and Mathematics . 2006 November 15 to 2007 September 30 . University of Central Lancashire (UCLan)

Senior Lecturer, Deputy Course Leader in Astronomy , Department of Physics, Astronomy and Mathematics . 2004 September 22 to 2006 November 14 . University of Central Lancashire (UCLan)

Senior Lecturer, Faculty Web and eLearning Coordinator , Department of Physics, Astronomy and Mathematics . 2003 March 22 to 2004 September 22 . University of Central Lancashire (UCLan)

ODL Tutor (Science) , Department of Physics, Astronomy and Mathematics . 2001 March 22 to 2003 March 21 . UCLan

Distance Learning Tutor , Astrophysics Research Institute (ARI) . 2001 January 1 to 2001 March 21 . Liverpool John Moores University (JMU)

Postdoctoral Research Assistant , Professor M. F. Bode, ARI . 1999 January 1 to 2000 December 31 . Liverpool John Moores University (JMU)

Postdoctoral Research Assistant , Professor A. Evans, Astrophysics Group, Physics Department . 1996 January 1 to 1998 December 31 . Keele University

Job details

University of South Wales As Dean I am responsible for the strategic leadership of portfolio development. Lead on development and implementation of University and Faculty strategies, including staff development to support this. Line management of Heads of School and the Faculty's Head of Learning, Teaching and Student Experience, collaborating with the Executive Dean to align external and internal activities
I maintain oversight and development of: course portfolio; teaching; assessment; learning culture and environment; quality assurance; student voice; identifying and addressing staff development needs. I develop strategy and related resource cases to ensure effective delivery of existing provision and exploitation of new opportunities, including gaining buy-in from academic staff and management. Faculty Executive Team sponsor for Equality, Diversity & Inclusion. Lead for Engagement, with business and the wider community.
I also retain a visiting status in the Jeremiah Horrock Institute, where I pursue astronomical research in line with my status as an Associate Professor in Astronomy at the University of South Wales. I continue as second supervisor to an MSc by Research student, and work with colleagues at UCLan on the exploitation of Herschel observations or pre- and proto-stellar objects.

University of South Wales As Deputy Dean I was responsible for the strategic leadership of quality assurance, student experience, learning and teaching. I was accountable to the Dean, and deputised for him as necessary. I worked in collaboration with the Head of Learning, Teaching and Student Experience, Heads of School and the PVC Student Experience
I maintained oversight and development of: teaching; assessment; learning culture and environment; quality assurance; student voice; identifying and addressing staff development needs. I developed strategy and related resource cases to ensure effective delivery of existing provision and exploitation of new opportunities, including gaining buy-in from academic staff and management.
I also retained a visiting status in the Jeremiah Horrock Institute, where I pursued astronomical research in line with my status as an Associate Professor in Astronomy at the University of South Wales. I continued as second supervisor to an MSc by Research student, and worked with colleagues at UCLan on the exploitation of Herschel observations or pre- and proto-stellar objects.

University of Central Lancashire As Head I was responsible for the strategic leadership and operational management of the School. I have strategic responsibility for all the activities of the School, accountable to the Executive Dean of Science and Technology. I work with the Professors and Principal Lecturers of the School to achieve our aims, with priorities being student retention, student recruitment and academic research of high impact.
My main duty within the Jeremiah Horrocks Institute was the pursuit of original astronomical research, studying the circumstellar matter and outburst remnants of symbiotic stars, classical novae, recurrent novae and other eruptive variable stars.
I also pursued astronomical research in other areas, such as my study of the final helium shell-flash object V4334 Sgr and similar targets (17 refereed papers to date) and the coolest giant star known to date, V838 Mon (6 refereed papers to date). I completed the supervision of five PhD students at UCLan, and I remain second supervisor to an MSc by research student. In my time at UCLan I also examined six PhD student theses. I am currently moving my research into star formation, working with Herschel data.

University of Central Lancashire As Associate Dean I was responsible for operational management of the School. I have strategic responsibility for Learning & Teaching, Recruitment and Retention for all our programmes. I am also acting as School Executive Team Lead for Engineering,
My main duty within the Jeremiah Horrocks Institute was the pursuit of original astronomical research, studying the circumstellar matter and outburst remnants of symbiotic stars, classical novae, recurrent novae and other eruptive variable stars. I am Principal Investigator for proposals to observe with e-MERLIN and ALMA.
I also pursued astronomical research in other areas, such as my study of the final helium shell-flash object V4334 Sgr and similar targets (17 refereed papers to date) and the coolest giant star known to date, V838 Mon (6 refereed papers to date). I completed the supervision of five PhD students at UCLan.

University of Central Lancashire As Associate Head I was responsible for operational management of the School. I had strategic responsibility for Learning & Teaching, Recruitment and Retention for all our programmes. I was also acting as School Executive Team Lead for Engineering, and acted as Research Coordinator during preparation of the REF2014 submission.
My main duty within the Jeremiah Horrocks Institute was the pursuit of original astronomical research, studying the circumstellar matter and outburst remnants of symbiotic stars, classical novae, recurrent novae and other eruptive variable stars. I was Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator for proposals to observe with e-MERLIN, EVLA, Swift and SOFIA.
I also pursued astronomical research in other areas, such as my study of the final helium shell-flash object V4334 Sgr and similar targets (17 refereed papers to date) and the coolest giant star known to date, V838 Mon (6 refereed papers to date).

University of Central Lancashire The award of the title Reader in Astronomy reflected my achievements and reputation in astronomical research. The nomination for the title was externally assessed by peers in the subject, and internally moderated against those awarded the same title for research in other subjects.

University of Central Lancashire As Acting Head of School I was responsible for the overall management of the School. I had strategic responsibility for the School's development, responsible to the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic). I led presence at the School's annual performance review, attended by the Vice Chancellor and the DVC(Academic) and led by the DVC(Strategic Planning and Performance).
I managed budgets, and worked with my Interim Associate Head, Academic Leads and Professors to ensure all research, teaching and knowledge transfer work was fulfilled. I also ensured staff development was taken forward, including the completion of appraisals across the School. Throughout the tenure of this temporary role I also maintained research activity.
(On 2011 August 1 the role of Head of School was re-designated Dean, to reflect the scope and strategic focus of the role. I continued as Associate Head to the Dean following appointment of a permanent replacement.)

University of Central Lancashire As Course Leader in Astronomy I managed our world-leading Astronomy by Distance Learning programme, including the development of new courses, admission of students, training and mentoring of teaching staff, markers and administrative staff, and planning of course marketing. I was also involved in the development of our portfolio, including the establishment of a BSc (Hons) in Astronomy starting in 2006.
My main duty within the Jeremiah Horrocks Institute was the pursuit of original astronomical research, studying the circumstellar matter and outburst remnants of symbiotic stars, classical novae, recurrent novae and other eruptive variable stars. I was Principal Investigator or a Co-investigator for radio imaging projects with the VLA and MERLIN complementary to my HST collaborations. I was Principal Investigator for the target-of-opportunity projects for MERLIN radio imaging of classical and recurrent novae in outburst.
I also pursued astronomical research in other areas, such as my study of the final helium shell-flash object V4334 Sgr (10 refereed papers to this date) and my collaboration with Professor A. Evans on studies of Globular Clusters (3 refereed papers to this date). I had completed the supervision of 2 PhD students at UCLan, as well as having a supporting role supervising research student during my time at Keele and JMU. I am currently developing my research in the areas of exploiting new capabilities of interferometer networks to respond to eruptive variable stars, and establishing systematic inter-outburst observational programmes of recurrent novae.

University of Central Lancashire As Acting Head of Physics I had line management responsibility for 15 academic staff and, along with the Head of the Centre for Astrophysics, supervisory duties for an additional 11 postdoctoral researchers. I had decision making and monitoring responsibilities with regard to research student recruitment, progression, supervision and examination. I also managed the Physics & Astronomy operations budget, and arranged annual appraisals for all 26 staff. I was ultimately responsible for ensuring the delivery of taught courses to around 300 students, including meeting reporting requirements in line with the University's quality assurance processes.
I continued my research within the Centre for Astrophysics, and retained many of the Course Leader duties.
This post came about as a result of considerable change within Physics and Astronomy, with both a relocation to a different building and a restructuring of the Faculty taking place contemporaneously. A large part of my work was managing the changes, including ensuring that the new accommodation was brought up to standard, supporting staff through the disruption caused by the move, consulting with staff on the implications of the restructuring, and liaising with senior management on the progress of restructuring. Staff in Physics and Astronomy were kept well informed of developments as the merger into the School of Computing, Engineering and Physical Sciences proceeded.

University of Central Lancashire As Course Leader in Astronomy I managed our world-leading Astronomy by Distance Learning programme, including the development of new courses, admission of students, training and mentoring of teaching staff, markers and administrative staff, and planning of course marketing. I was also involved in the development of our portfolio, including the establishment of a BSc (Hons) in Astronomy starting in 2006.
My main duty within the Centre for Astrophysics was the pursuit of original astronomical research, studying the circumstellar matter and outburst remnants of symbiotic stars and classical novae. I was Principal Investigator or a Co-investigator for radio imaging projects with the VLA and MERLIN complementary to my HST collaborations. I was Principal Investigator for the target-of-opportunity projects for MERLIN radio imaging of classical and recurrent novae in outburst.
I also pursued astronomical research in other areas, such as my study of the final helium shell-flash object V4334 Sgr (5 refereed papers by this date) and my collaboration with Professor A. Evans on studies of Globular Clusters (3 refereed papers that this time). I have supervised PhD students, both those at the ARI and those involved in collaborations at Keele University and Jodrell Bank Observatory. I have attended an number of research conferences, presenting my results.

University of Central Lancashire As Deputy Course Leader in Astronomy I contribute to the management of our world-leading Astronomy by Distance Learning programme, including the development of new courses, admission of students, training and mentoring of teaching staff, markers and administrative staff, and planning of course marketing. I am also involved in the development of our portfolio, including the establishment of a BSc (Hons) in Astronomy starting in 2006. I manage the websites of the Department and its associated research Centres. I also represent the Department on the Faculty Learning and Teaching Committee and the University PDP Advisory Group.
My main duty within the Centre for Astrophysics was the pursuit of original astronomical research, studying the circumstellar matter and outburst remnants of symbiotic stars and classical novae. I was Principal Investigator or a Co-investigator for radio imaging projects with the VLA and MERLIN complementary to my HST collaborations. I was Principal Investigator for the target-of-opportunity projects for MERLIN radio imaging of classical and recurrent novae in outburst.
I also pursued astronomical research in other areas, such as my study of the final helium shell-flash object V4334 Sgr and my collaboration with Professor A. Evans on studies of Globular Clusters. I have supervised PhD students, both those at the ARI and those involved in collaborations at Keele University and Jodrell Bank Observatory. I attended an number of research conferences, presenting my results.

University of Central Lancashire As Web and eLearning Coordinator for the Faculty of Science, I have a responsibility to restructure the Faculty's website and encourage the development of elearning elements across all departments. I am based in the Department of Physics, Astronomy and Mathematics, where I am developing materials for distance learning (DL) courses, with primary responsibility for Investigations in Astronomy which will be delivered for the first time in 2003-2004. I also tutor DL students and assist at the weekend workshops for DL students. I am project coordinator a new e-learning course, managing a grant from the University's e-learning fund.
My main duty within the Centre for Astrophysics was the pursuit of original astronomical research, studying the circumstellar matter and outburst remnants of symbiotic stars and classical novae. I was Principal Investigator or a Co-investigator for radio imaging projects with the VLA and MERLIN complementary to my HST collaborations. I was Principal Investigator for the target-of-opportunity projects for MERLIN radio imaging of classical and recurrent novae in outburst.
I also pursued astronomical research in other areas, such as my study of the final helium shell-flash object V4334 Sgr and my collaboration with Professor A. Evans on studies of Globular Clusters. I supervised PhD students, both those at the JHI and those involved in collaborations at Keele University and Jodrell Bank Observatory. I attended an number of research conferences, presenting my results. I plan to develop my research into the area of late stages of stellar evolution, particularly the impact of binarity.

University of Central Lancashire As ODL Tutor for the Faculty of Science, based in the Department of Physics, Astronomy and Mathematics, I developed materials for distance learning (DL) courses, with primary responsibility for IT for Astronomy which was delivered on-line for the first time in 2001-2002. I also tutored DL students and assist at the weekend workshops for DL students. I had a duty under the auspices of the Learning Development Unit to disseminate DL experience to other staff in the University and to assess WebCT for teaching purposes. I attended Astrofest 2002 and 2003, marketing our distance learning courses.

Astrophysics Research Institute My main duty was the development and tutoring of distance learning courses, specifically the Universe through a Small Telescope. I developed and edited materials for this course, delivered on CD-ROM. I also completed initial development of a new course Astronomy for Teaching. I tutored students in the first entry to the course, which ran from 2000 December. This included providing explanations and guidance, and marking a range of assignments based on the students' own observations with small telescopes. As part of my duties, I also attended Astrofest 2001 to promote the ARI distance learning courses.
I also continued astronomical research in the areas mentioned under the entry for my time as a PDRA at the ARI.
As part of my secondary duties, I was a member of the ARI Public Understanding Committee, and I have been involved in various public understanding activities at the ARI.

Astrophysics Research Institute My main duty was the pursuit of original astronomical research, studying the circumstellar matter and outburst remnants of symbiotic stars and classical novae. I managed two Hubble Space Telescope observational projects to image symbiotic stars, including Phase II scheduling, data analysis, and subsequent publication of the results.
I also pursued astronomical research in other areas, such as my studies of the final helium shell-flash object V4334 Sgr and Globular Clusters. These concentrated on IR and mm-wave spectroscopic studies of molecular emission.
As part of my secondary duties, I taught Natural Science undergraduates on a first year lecture course in Practical Astronomy, including tutorials and project supervision. I was a member of the ARI Public Understanding Committee, and I have been involved in various public understanding activities at the ARI.

Keele University My main duty was the pursuit of original astronomical research, studying the circumstellar matter and outburst remnants of symbiotic stars and classical novae. This involved management of a number of Infrared Space Observatory projects, assisting with scheduling, analysing data, and writing research papers. I also developed and managed a data base of complementary observations made by the ISO Nova target-of-opportunity consortium. I began a collaboration on the intracluster medium of Globular Clusters.
During this time I observed with the ESO 2.2 metre telescope in Chile and the UK Infrared Telescope (UKIRT) on Hawaii. I also supervised a PhD student observing with the Swedish-European Sub-millimetre Telescope (SEST) in Chile. I continued my own PhD work on observations of classical novae and symbiotic stars with MERLIN. I attended an number of research conferences, presenting my results.
Secondary duties included running first year astrophysics tutorials and supervising PhD students, providing training in data analysis, discussing research results and techniques, and helping them to write research papers. I gave public lectures, spoke on local radio, and helped at Keele Observatory open days.

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