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Alan Howard

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  • Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education and Student Experience)
Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Quality Assurance).

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Background

I am currently full-time Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education and Student Experience) in the Vice-Chancellor’s Office and not active in my departmental role as Professor of Geography.

Externally, I work as an expert academic assessor for the Office for Students, an institutional reviewer for the QAA, and a member of the Royal Geographical Society’s degree accreditation panel. I have undertaken over 30 institutional quality assurance reviews, as well as assessments for degree-awarding powers and appeals, with current work spanning QAA reviews in England and Wales and approval visits for the Nursing and Midwifery Council.

I taught and supported students for more than 30 years, delivering modules on computational methods, energy, and water resources, and leading field classes in the UK, Netherlands, Spain, Greece, and China.

I continue to publish in collaboration with colleagues at the Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology (NUIST). Recent papers include:

  • Chen et al. (2024). Slow-release fertilizer from MgO-modified biochar and struvite. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering.
  • Yi et al. (2024). Coagulant from foundry dust for swine wastewater treatment. Journal of Cleaner Production.
  • Li et al. (2024). Geopolymer modified by MgO for phosphate and ammonium removal. Process Safety and Environmental Protection.
  • Wang et al. (2023). Synthesis of NaA zeolite from foundry dust. Journal of Environmental Management.

Beyond academia, I am the author of the official biography of singer-songwriter Don McLean and appeared as his biographer in the BBC Two Classic Albums documentary on American Pie.
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Academic qualifications

BSc; PhD (Leeds)

Howard, A. & Easthope, M.P. (2002) Application of a model to predict cyanobacteria patterns in response to climatic change at Farmoor Reservoir, Oxfordshire, UK,ÌýThe science of the Total EnvironmentÌý282-283, 459-469.

Howard, A. (2001) Modelling movement patterns of the cyanobacterium,ÌýMic. Ecological ApplicationsÌý304-310.

Howard, A. (1999) Algal Modelling: Processes and Management, Introduction,ÌýHydrobiologiaÌý414, 35-37.

Easthope, M.P. & Howard, A. (1999) Implementation and sensitivity analysis of a model of cyanobacterial movement and growth,ÌýHydrobiologia, 414, 53-58.

Howard, A. (1999) (ed)ÌýAlgal Modelling: Processes & ManagementÌý414.

Easthope, M.P. & Howard, A.(1999) Modelling algal dynamics in a lowland impoundment,ÌýScience of the Total Environment.Ìý241, 17-25.

Howard, A. (1998) Cyanobacteria (Blue-green algae), in Herschy, R.G. (ed.)ÌýEncyclopedia of Hydrology and Water Resources, Chapman & Hall, 147-149.

Howard, A. (1998) Toxic cyanobacterial blooms, in Rose, J. (ed)ÌýEnvironmental Toxicology: Current Developments, Volume 7, 345-357. Gordon & Breach Science Publishers.

Kneale, P.E. & Howard, A. (1997) Statistical analysis of algal and water quality data,ÌýHydrobiologia, 347: 59-63.

Whitehead, P.G. Howard, A. & Arulmani, C. (1997) Modelling algal growth and transport in rivers: a comparison of time series analysis, dynamic mass balance, and neural network techniques,ÌýHydrobiologia, 347: 39-46.

Howard, A. (1997) Computer simulation modelling of buoyancy change in Microcystis,ÌýHydrobiologia, 349: 111-117.

Howard, A. (1997) Algal Modelling: Processes & Management. Editorial Preface.ÌýHydrobiologia, 349:vii-ix.

Howard, A. Irish, A.E. & Reynolds, C.S. (1996) SCUM '96: A new simulation of cyanobacterial underwater movement,ÌýJournal of Plankton Research, 18, 1375-1385.

Howard, A. McDonald, A.T. Kneale, P.E. & Whitehead, P.G. (1996) Cyanobacterial (blue-green algal) blooms in the UK: A review of the current situation and potential management options,ÌýProgress in Physical Geography, 20, 63-81.

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