Dr Mark John Patrick Kerrigan

Dr Mark J.P. Kerrigan is a National Teaching Fellow and Principal Fellow of the HEA working as the Dean of Learning, Teaching & Enhancement at the Plymouth College of Art. His role is to drive pedagogical innovation and excellence and provide strong and effective cross-college leadership to enhance learning and teaching.

He has research interests in curriculum design and delivery, assessment, digital literacy and mobile/technology-enriched learning. He holds a PhD from Edinburgh University, is a published researcher and an experienced PhD supervisor. Before this role, Mark was the Director of Learning & Teaching and University Teaching Fellow in the Faculty of Medical Science at Anglia Ruskin University. Previously, he worked in the Educational Development Unit at the University of Greenwich and was a programme leader and Teaching Fellow for the University of Westminster.

Mark is a co-convenor for the Society of Research into Higher Education, Newer Researchers’ Network and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology. He is an Honorary Visiting Fellowship to Anglia Ruskin’s Centre for Innovation in Higher Education. Mark was a founding member and co-led the national Jisc-funded Change Agents Network and was the project manager for the Jisc-funded Digital Literacies in Higher Education project. Previously, he developed a new model of assessment feedback as part of the Jisc-funded project, Making Assessment Count and co-developed MapMyProgramme – an open-source tool to support the holistic design of assessment.