EJ Power

Jess Power, Professor of Teaching and Learning at The University of Salford and lead for the newly formed Learning and Teaching Enhancement Centre. She is a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Fellow of The Textile Institute, Fellow of Chartered Management Institute, and a National Teaching Fellow (2016). Professor Power has over 20 years teaching experience and has contributed extensively to the development of learning and teaching innovation both in her subject discipline (fashion/textiles) and more widely across the HE. She is an advocate for using evidenced base research approaches to make significant impact regionally, nationally and internationally. Jess has led a variety of internally and externally funded research projects and has published widely with over 90 national/international publications/keynotes. She is an experienced PHD/DBA supervisor and has examined widely nationally and internationally. Jess is particularly interested in contributing to shaping the future of Higher Education through interdisciplinarity working. Her innovative approach bridges disciplines and has resulted in best-practice models for integrating interdisciplinarity into teaching and learning. Her focus on interdisciplinarity has enabled her to transform the student experience by creating networks for individuals, who share the common goal of transferring knowledge beyond the boundaries of their own disciplines, whilst developing employability and enterprising skills. Jess holds the position of Honorary Secretary for The Textile Institute (the international professional body, active in over 90 different countries) and serves on their Publications Committee and Professional Accreditation Committee. This enabled her to share sectoral knowledge by regularly mentoring overseas’ institutions in developing short commercial courses, thus enhancing industry standards. Her expertise and specialist knowledge span’s both fashion and textiles and cross into other disciplines (health, engineering, education and business). This is evidenced through her sustained publication portfolio which demonstrates high quality research with impact for the commercial and wider HE sector. Further to this she is an Associate of the Entrepreneurial Leaders Programme and part of the Leadership Committee for the Group for Learning in Art and Design (GLAD). This is a national group promoting and supporting pedagogic good practice within the art and design sector). Her recent projects have formed blueprints for innovation and have been widely disseminated through a series of high-profile case studies and have been nationally and internationally recognised as good practice. Currently Jess is leading a small team of Academic Developers and Learning Technologies within the University of Salford Learning and Teaching Enhancement Centre.