Rate My Professor Helen Poole

Professor Helen Poole is Pro Vice-Chancellor (Teaching, Learning and Digital) at University College Birmingham, where she oversees the higher education portfolio’s design, performance and quality standards. Her career began in the criminal justice sector, including roles in prison and probation services, before she became a lecturer in criminology at Coventry University and subsequently Head of the School of Psychological, Social and Behavioural Sciences. In 2016 she joined the University of Northampton as Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences. She later moved to Staffordshire University, serving first as Dean for the School of Law, Policing and Forensics and then as Executive Dean of Justice, Security and Sustainability, managing diverse discipline portfolios and leading cross-institutional initiatives.