Rate My Professor Janet De Wilde

Professor Janet De Wilde is an Emeritus Professor of Engineering and Education at Queen Mary University of London. She holds a BSc, MSc, MEd, PhD, and fellowships including FInstP, FIPEM, and PFHEA. De Wilde began her career with five years as a professional engineer in industry, followed by ten years as co-PI and research team leader in Electrical Engineering at Imperial College London, and five years as an academic in the Bioengineering Department there. Subsequent roles included three years as Head of Researcher Development at Heriot-Watt University, four years as Executive Manager of a £7 million pan-university research consortium at the University of Edinburgh, three years as Head of STEM at the Higher Education Academy, and five years as Head of the Postgraduate Professional Development Unit at Imperial College. From 2020 to 2025, she served as the inaugural Director of the Queen Mary Academy, leading a team to enhance academic practice and professional development across the university.

Her research specializations include communities of practice, co-creation, collaboration skills, perspective taking, and compassionate pedagogy. De Wilde has attracted substantial funding, such as £20,000 from Advance HE in 2021 for flexible education ecosystems, £300,000 from the Scottish Funding Council in 2010 for translational imaging training, and £3.85 million from 1994-2005 on medical imaging safety. Notable publications encompass "A Conceptual Framework to Embed Sustainability in the Curricula of a UK University" (Sustainability, 2025, with S. Fuller and Z. Sturgess), "Curriculum enhancement through co-creation: Fostering student-educator partnerships in higher education" (International Journal for Students as Partners, 2023), and bioengineering works like "Magnetic resonance imaging safety issues including an analysis of recorded incidents within the UK" (2007). Currently, she edits books on compassionate pedagogy (2025) and co-creation (2026), mentors for fellowships, and contributes to higher education innovation. Her work bridges engineering advancements in medical imaging with transformative educational practices.