Ian is Pro Vice-Chancellor (Students) at The Open University, with responsibility for the university’s mission of enabling students to achieve their goals. Ian has oversight of employability, access and participation and quality monitoring and enhancement, and is executive sponsor for the development of the OU’s tuition model and the deployment of AI and Gen AI across the institution. Ian holds a BA (with QTS) from the University of Warwick and a PhD in Education from the University of Roehampton. He is a National Teaching Fellow, Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and Professor of the Student Experience in Higher Education.