Dr Wendy Ivins
Senior Lecturer
- ivinswk@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 2087 0248
- 4.06, Abacws, Senghennydd Road, Cathays, Cardiff, CF24 4AG
Overview
I am the Director of Collaborative Learning with Industry in the School of Computer Science and Informatics. I am responsible for strategy and operational oversight with regards to industry-focused teaching in the School.
I am the Academic Lead for the National Software Academy, where we collaborate with industry to develop and deliver innovative degree courses using project-based learning to improve the employability of our students.
My research and scholarship interests have particularly focused on supporting collaboration, co-ordination and communication within teams.
Biography
- 2004: PhD: "A Process-based Approach to Managing Change in Engineering Product Development", Cardiff University
- 1996: MSc Computing, Cardiff University
- 1989: BEng Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Newcastle Polytechnic
Honours and awards
I have been the Academic Lead for the National Software Academy (NSA) since its launch in 2015. During this time the NSA has won the following awards:
- Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence, Advance HE, 2020
- Best Academic Programme, FinTech Wales Awards 2019
- Excellence in Teaching Award, Celebrating Excellence Awards, Cardiff University (2017)
- Industry Trailblaizer Award, Welsh Technology Awards (2017)
- Collaboration of the Year Award, ESTNet (Electronics & Software Technologies Network for Wales) Awards (2016)
Professional memberships
- 2011 - Fellow Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
- 2010 - Chartered IT Professional (CITP), BCS -the Chartered Institute for IT
- 2002 - Chartered Engineer (CEng), Institute of Electrical Engineers (now IET)
Academic positions
- 2000-present: Lecturer/Senior Lecturer, Cardiff University
- 1996-2000: Senior Lecturer, University of Wales College, Newport
Committees and reviewing
- Academic Accreditation Committee, BCS - the Chartered Institute for IT
- QAA Computing Subject Benchmark Statement 2021
Publications
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Roles
I am the Director of Collaborative Learning with Industry in the School of Computer Science and Informatics. I am responsible for strategy and operational oversight with regards to industry-focused teaching in the School including placements, work-based learning, industry-led projects and involving industry in the design and currency of curricula.
I am the academic lead for the National Software Academy, where we collaborate with industry to develop and deliver an innovative degree course using project-based learning to improve the employability of our students.
Modules
I am the Module Leader for the following modules:
- MSc - Agile Software Development
- BSc - Large Team Project
I contribute to the following Modules:
- MSc - IT Management, Change and Innovation, Software Engineeing
External Affliations
- I am a member of the Academic Accreditation Committee of BCS - The Chartered Institute for IT
- I am an external examiner at Plymouth University
- I am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Supervision
Past projects
- First Supervisor for Aseela Al-Harthy - Effective Comunication of Information Security Risk (awarded 2020)
- Second Supervisor for Catherine Teehan - A Methodological Framework for Policy Design & Analysis Focusing on Problem Investigation (awarded 2018)
- Second supervisor for Natasha Edwards - E-Commerce Website Personalisation Based on Ontological Profiling (awarded 2015)
- Second supervisor for Yulia Cherdantseva - Secure*BPMN - a graphical extension for BPMN 2.0 based on a Reference Model of Information Assurance & Security (awarded 2015)
- First Supervisor for Sultan Alyahya - A Computer-Based Holistic Approach to Managing Progress of Distributed Agile Teams (awarded 2013)