Key details
Professor Noel-Ann Bradshaw
Deputy Dean, Faculty of Engineering & Science
Professor Noel-Ann Bradshaw is Deputy Dean, Faculty of Engineering & Science. She oversees all academic partnerships and programme development in the Faculty, as well as supporting the Schools of Engineering, Science and Computing & Mathematics to meet their strategic priorities.
She has previously worked as a Senior Data Scientist of a large retail chain and in other UK universities.
She is currently Chair of the UK’s Joint Mathematical Council and is on the Royal Society’s Advisory Committee for Mathematics Education. Her research interests include mathematics education and data science. She is also known for her research on Florence Nightingale’s contribution to statistics and use and management of data.
Responsibilities within the university
To provide strategic leadership within the Faculty and play a lead role in the delivery of the faculty's strategic priorities as directed by the PVC/Executive Dean.
To be responsible for the strategic overview of the Faculty’s partnerships including industry relationships, transnational academic partnerships, domestic partner colleges.
Awards
2017 Awarded Chartered Mathematician status
2013 Awarded Senior Fellowship of HEA
Recognition
Deputy Chair of The Joint Mathematical Council
Member and previous Vice President Communications for the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications and currently a member of the Higher Education Service Area Committee and Reviews Editor for Mathematics Today,
Member of the Operational Research Society, Royal Statistical Society and London Mathematical Society
President of the General Section British Science Association in 2021
External Examiner for mathematics programmes at Sheffield Hallam University
Member of Editorial Board for MSOR Connections
Research / Scholarly interests
All things data-related, including applications of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.
She has undertaken extensive research looking at Florence Nightingale’s contribution to statistics and use and management of data.
Pedagogical research in the teaching of HE mathematics.
Key funded projects
KTP Innovate UK (亚色影库 and Argos Ltd) 拢234,303 over 3 years (2019)
HEA Departmental Teaching Development Grant: Enhancing Employability Skills Through Advanced Skills Workshops and Greater Engagement with Professional Bodies and Industries, 拢30,000 January 2012 – March 2013 (2012)
Recent publications
Bradshaw, N. and Mann, T., (2021) Welcoming students to the mathematics community: obstacles to “belonging”. MSOR Connections, 19 (2). pp. 75-86. ISSN 2051-4220
Bradshaw, N., (2019) Innovations Designed to Improve the Student Experience for Mathematics Students in Higher Education. DProf. Middlesex University.
Bradshaw, N. and Mann, T., (2019) The 亚色影库 at the Old Royal Naval College. In: M. Croarken, R. Flood and T. Mann, eds. Mathematics at the Meridian. London, UK: Taylor and Francis. Ch.11.
Thelwall, M., Bailey, C., Tobin, C. & Bradshaw, N., (2019). Gender differences in research areas, methods and topics: Can people and thing orientations explain the results? Journal of Informetrics, 13(1), 149-169.
Rowlett, P., Webster, K., Bradshaw, N. and Hind, J., 2019. Evaluation of the Maths Arcade initiative at five U.K. universities. In: The Mathematics Enthusiast. 16(1&2), Article 23.
Bradshaw, N., (2018) Florence Nightingale (1820 – 1910): A pioneer of data visualisation. In: J.L. Beery, S.J. Greenwald, J.A. Jensen-Vallin and M.B. Mast eds. Women in Mathematics, Association for Women in Mathematics Series, vol 10. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. Ch. 11. pp. 197-217.
Bradshaw, N., (2017) The Maths Arcade: A Tool for Supporting and Stretching Mathematics Undergraduates. In: L. Wood, Y. Breyer, eds. Success in Higher Education. Singapore: Springer. pp.95-110.