1 Professor Jon Press Curriculum Vitae 29

PROFESSOR JON PRESS

CURRICULUM VITAE

29 September 2015

1. General Information

1.1 Qualifications

1978 Ph.D. Economic and Social History (Bristol) 1974 B.A. Hons History (Bristol)

1.2 Employment

2014- Professor of Business History and Entrepreneurship, Falmouth University 2014- Registrar and Director of Student Administration, Falmouth University 2008-2014 HE Strategy and Lead Consultant, Tribal Education Ltd 2005-2008 Lead Consultant, Tribal Education Ltd 2000-2005 Visiting Professor, Bristol Business School 2000-2005 Lead Consultant, Strategic Information Technology Systems Ltd. 1997-2000 Registrar, Director of Student Programmes and Professor of History, Bath Spa University College 1989-92 Visiting Lecturer/Senior Lecturer, Royal Holloway, University of London 1984-97 Senior Lecturer, Principal Lecturer, then Dean, Bath Spa University College 1979-84 Lecturer, Bristol Polytechnic 1978-81 Postdoctoral Researcher, C. & J. Clark Ltd.

2. Professional Activities

2.1 Current Role

 Strategic and operational lead for the University’s academic administration and core student processes

 Responsibility for: o Admissions o Student records and information o Quality assurance and enhancement o Academic administration o Student systems development

 Member of the Vice-Chancellor’s Executive Group

Previous Role (Tribal Education Ltd)

Responsible for:

HE strategy and lead consultancy, covering all aspects of student records systems and their implementation, but in particular:

 Liaison with institutional project boards and project teams  Business process auditing and review  Quality assurance procedures  Modelling academic structures in software  Data migration and system data audit  Web services and interface definition  Web portal implementation and development of online facilities for applicants, students and staff  Advice on regulatory frameworks  Development of rules-based software for programme planning; module/unit assessment; progression and awards management  External reporting and the development of management information strategies  Development of automated scheduling for modules and examinations  Automated data management  Tracking and specifying solutions for developments in higher education, eg. HE transcripts, EDS, Bologna, KIS, HEAR, GPAs  Providing strategic advice to the Board of Directors on trends in HE in the UK and abroad  Responding to institutional tenders and providing support to the Sales Director  Liaising with HESA, HEFCE, etc.

Lead Consultancies:

 University of London  University College London  Birkbeck College, University of London  Brunel University  University of Leicester  University of Wolverhampton  University of Bath  University of East London  University of Reading  University of Worcester  University of Chester  University of Surrey  University of Gloucestershire

Specialist Consultancies

 University of London International Academy (programme manager and project board member)  University of Sydney (systems review)  University of Rochester, NY (business discovery)  Brunel University (academic regulations, information governance and data management)  University of Leicester (Distance Learning project)  City University (interoperability and web messaging)  University of Bristol (fund and bursary management)  University of Dundee (business process review)  University for the Highlands and Islands (business process review)  University of Cardiff (fees and student loans, merger with Medical School, lifelong learning project)  University of Technology, Jamaica (business process mapping)  UMIST (business process review)  King’s College, London (business process review, web implementation)  University of Westminster (space management)  Victoria & Albert Museum (William Morris Centenary Exhibition)  Procter & Gamble (short course development, IT and management skills)

2.2 Other Previous Responsibilities

 Development of institutional strategic plans  Specification, selection and implementation of student records systems  Management of Admissions, Student Programmes and Assessment offices  Setting and managing admissions targets  Ensuring compliance with institutional policies on equal opportunities, widening participation, etc.  Responsible for HESA, HESES and other external reporting requirements 3

 Chairing approvals, review and validation boards  Achievement of taught degree awarding powers  Setup and management of franchising arrangements  Setup and management of modular and unitised awards frameworks  Contribution to RAE/REF as Professor of Business History  External examining and PhD examination  Teaching a range of modules in business, economic and political history at undergraduate and postgraduate levels  Responsible for academic standards – QA handbooks, assessment procedures, appeals and complaints management  Chairing award and progress boards  Management of graduation ceremonies  Space utilisation strategies and centralised timetabling

2.3 Professional Bodies

1993- Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. 1991- Member, Association of Business Historians. 1990-94 Founder and Committee Member, Association for History and Computing. 1987-90 Treasurer, Association for History and Computing. 1985- Member, William Morris Society. 1984- Member, Economic History Society.

2.4 Conferences Attended

I attend conferences on Design History, Business History, Business Strategy, International Business, and Higher Education Management.

2.5 Journal Editorships

1989-2008 Managing Editor, Business History.

2.6 Academic Publishing

1986- Managing Partner, Bristol Academic Press.

3. Teaching, Research and Publications

3.1 Teaching

 Responsible for designing and implementing a wide range of undergraduate, postgraduate and commercial courses in economic history, design history, business history, IT and management communication skills  Chief External Examiner, Brunel University and Edge Hill University  External Assessor, MA in Computer Applications in History, Institute of Historical Research, London  External PhD Examiner, Royal Holloway, University of London  External PhD Examiner, Royal College of Arts  PhD Supervisor, Bristol Business School

3.2 Research in Progress

‘From Databases to Dataspaces: Managing Information in the Era of Big Data.’

‘Wealth, Taste and Market Formation: William Morris and the Decorative Arts in Victorian Britain.’

‘Church Building in Nineteenth-Century England: Finance, Aesthetics and Enterprise.’

3.3 Publications

Press, J. and Harvey, C.E., William Morris and the Marketing of Art’, in M. and C. Casson (eds.), History of Entrepreneurship: Innovation and Risk-Taking, 1200-2000 (Edward Elgar, 2013)

Press, J., Harvey, C.E. and Maclean, M., ‘William Morris, Cultural Leadership and the Dynamics of Taste’, Business History Review, Vol.85 (Summer 2011), pp.245–271.

Press, J., Harvey, C.E. and Maclean, M., ‘Managerialism and the Post-war Evolution of the French National Business System’. Business History Special Edition, ‘Comparative Perspectives on the ‘Managerial Revolution’, Vol.49 No.4 (July 2007), pp.531-51.

Press, J., Harvey, C.E. and Maclean, M., Business Elites and Corporate Governance in Britain and France (Macmillan, 2006).

Press, J., `Sir George White (1854-1916)', New Dictionary of National Biography (2004).

Press, J., Maclean, M. and Harvey, C.E., ‘Elites, Ownership and the Internationalisation of French Business’, Modern and Contemporary France, Vol.9 No.3 (Aug. 2001), pp. 313-25.

Press, J. and Harvey, C.E., ‘Management and the Taff Vale Strike of 1900’, Business History, Vol.42 No.2 (2000), pp.62-86.

Press, J. and Harvey, C.E., `William Morris, Art and Idealism', in G. Marsden (ed.), Victorian Values: Personalities and Perspectives in Nineteenth-Century Society (London: Addison Wesley Longman, 1998), pp.201-14.

Press, J. and Harvey, C.E., Art, Enterprise and Ethics: Essays on the Life and Work of William Morris (London: Frank Cass, 1996), 245pp.

Press, J. and Harvey, C.E., `William Morris: The Businessman', in Parry, L., William Morris (London: Victoria & Albert Museum/Philip Wilson Publishers, 1996), pp.49- 57.

Press, J. and Harvey, C.E., `Visions and Realities: William Morris and the Making of an Earthly Paradise' in J. Johnson and R. Bishop (eds.), The Earthly Paradise: William Morris Yesterday and Today (William Morris Society of Canada: Unionville, Ontario, 1996), pp.23-40.

Press, J. and Harvey, C.E., `The Business Career of William Morris', in Parry, L. (ed.), William Morris: Art and Kelmscott (London: Boydell & Brewer/Society of Antiquaries, 1996), pp.3-22.

Press, J. and Harvey, C.E., Database Systems in Historical Research: Theory, Methods and Applications (London: Macmillan, 1996), 331pp.

Press, J. and Harvey, C.E., `William Morris, Art and Idealism', History Today, Vol.46 No.5 (May 1996), pp.15-21.

Press, J., The Merchant Seamen of Bristol, 1747-1789 (Bristol: Historical Association, 1976; reprinted 1995), 23pp.

Press, J. and Harvey, C.E., `John Ruskin and the Ethical Foundations of Morris & Company', Journal of Business Ethics, Vol.14 (1995), pp.181-94.

Press, J. and Harvey, C.E., `The Ionides Family and 1 Holland Park', Journal of the Decorative Arts Society, Vol.18 (1994), pp.2-14.

Press, J. and Harvey, C.E., `William Morris and the Royal Commission on Technical Instruction, 1881-84', Journal of the William Morris Society, Vol.XI No.1 (Autumn 1994), pp.31-43.

Press, J. and Harvey, C.E., `Structured Query Language and Historical Computing', History and Computing, Vol.5 No.3 (1993), pp.154-68.

Press, J. and Harvey, C.E., `Relational Data Analysis: Value, Concepts and Methods', History and Computing, Vol.4 No.2 (1992), pp.98-109.

Press, J. and Harvey, C.E., William Morris: Design and Enterprise in Victorian Britain (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1991), 257pp.

Press, J. and Harvey, C.E., `Researching a Business Biography: The Career of William Morris, 1861-96', Business Archives, Vol.62 (1991), pp.17-27.

Press, J. and Harvey, C.E., `Morris & Co. in Manchester', Journal of the William Morris Society, Vol.IX No.3 (1991), pp.4-8.

Press, J. and Harvey, C.E., `The Business Elite of Bristol: A Case Study in Database Design', History and Computing, Vol.3 No.1 (1991), pp.1-11.

Press, J., `Business History, 1958-90: A Cumulative Index', Business History, Vol.33 No.4 (1991), pp.136-62.

Press, J. and Harvey, C.E. (eds.), International Competition and Industrial Change (London: Frank Cass, 1990), 169pp.

Press, J. and Harvey, C.E., `Issues in the History of Mining and Metallurgy', Business History, Vol.32 No.3 (1990), pp.1-14.

Press, J. and Harvey, C.E., `The City and International Mining, 1870-1914', Business History, Vol.32 No.3 (1990), pp.98-119.

Press, J. and Harvey, C.E., `The City and Mining Enterprise: The Origins of the Morris Family Fortune', Journal of the William Morris Society, Vol.IX No.1 (1990), pp.3-14.

Press, J., The Footwear Industry in Ireland, 1922-1973 (Blackrock: Irish Academic Press, 1989), 229pp.

Press, J. and Harvey, C.E., Sir George White of Bristol, 1854-1916 (Bristol: Historical Association, 1989), 31pp.

Press, J., `Philanthropy in the British Shipping Industry, 1815-60', International Journal of Maritime History, Vol.I (1989), pp.107-27.

Press, J. and Harvey, C.E., `Overseas Expansion and the Professional Advance of British Mining Engineers, 1851-1914', Economic History Review, second series, Vol.XLII No.1 (1989), pp.64-86.

Press, J. and Bradley, A. (eds.), Catalogue of the George White Papers (Bristol: Bristol Academic Press, 1989), 126pp.

Press, J. and Harvey, C.E. (eds.), Studies in the Business History of Bristol (Bristol: Bristol Academic Press, 1988), 278pp.

Press, J. and Harvey, C.E., `Sir George White, 1854-1916: A Career in Transport', Journal of Transport History, third series, Vol.9 (1988), pp.170-89.

Press, J. and Harvey, C.E., `The George White Papers at Bristol Record Office', Business Archives, Vol.54 (1987), pp.17-30.

Press, J. and Harvey, C.E., `William Morris, Warington Taylor and the Firm, 1861-1875', Journal of the William Morris Society, Vol.VII (1986), pp.41-4.

Press, J. and Harvey, C.E., `William Morris and the Marketing of Art', Business History, Vol.28 (1986), pp.36-54.

Press, J. and Harvey, C.E., `The Origins and Early History of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, 1892-1914', Transactions of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, Vol.95 (1986), pp.171-6.

Press, J., `Protectionism and the Irish Footwear Industry, 1932-1939', Irish Economic and Social History, Vol.XIII (1986), pp.74-89.

Press, J., `Wages in the Merchant Navy, 1815-1854', Journal of Transport History, third series, Vol.2 (1981), pp.38-52.

Press, J., `The Collapse of a Contributory Pension Fund: The Merchant Seamen's Fund, 1747-1851', Journal of Transport History, new series, Vol.V (1979), pp.91-104.