Prof Pat Pearce

Reports & invited lectures

Pearce P D, Jagodzinski A P, Dixon D, Wittamore K, Lovitsky V A, Mulhall D, Clark D, Lewis D M, Shepherd P M. People in Business Processes. Proceedings of 5th International Forum on Technology Management ESPOO, Finland 5-8 June 1995.

Pearce P D, Jagodzinski A P, Wittamore K Destiny Mulhall D, Clarke D, Lewis D M, Shepherd P M, Lovitsky V A. Destiny -Understanding How People Really Work in Manufacturing Organisations, IEE Colloquium/Workshop on "Management of Change". 1994.

Childe S J, Hallihan A J, De La Pascua G P, Maull R S, Pearce P D. Productivity improvements in a make to order company. 4th International Conference on Productivity and Quality Research, Miami, Florida, USA. 1993.

Optimisation of Algebraic Manipulation, University of Bath, Spring 1981

Optimisation of Algebraic Manipulation, University of Cambridge, September 1980

Additional information

UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH MEMBERSHIP OF COMMITTEES AND WORKING PARTIES

**** AT RETIREMENT IN 2009

• University Committees:-

Teaching & Learning Committee

Quality Network (QEEU organised)
Marketing & Communications Strategy Group
Centre for Sustainable Futures Curriculum/Strategy Forum

University of Plymouth Colleges Faculty Board

• Faculty of Technology Committees:-

Faculty Executive

Faculty Board

Chair - Faculty Marketing and Recruitment Committee

Chair - Faculty Learning and Teaching Committee
Chair - Faculty International Recruitment Committee

Faculty Undergraduate Marketing Recruitment and Admissions Committee

Faculty Laboratory and IT Committee

**** PAST

Past - Research/Teaching Related

University:-

Professorial Appointments Committee

Information Services Committee

Quality Audit Committee

Faculty:-

Faculty IT Committee (chair)

School of Computing:-

School Executive (chair)

School Research Committee (chair)

Award Boards (chair)

Past - Management Related

Equal Opportunities Committee

Race Equality Working Group (REWG)

Management Information Services Committee

Timetable Policy and Advisory Group

PEP Board

Appraisal Working Party

Senior Management Development Working Party

**** PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES

• I have represented the Faculty of Technology in student recruitment in India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Indonesia, China, Japan and Cyprus.

• As Chair of the Professors and Heads of Computing I have promoted the Subject on numerous occasions in discussion with a variety of groups eg. Foresight Panels, Industrialists, EPSRC, Professional Bodies, Funding Councils.

• As Chair of the Professors and Heads of Computing, I led the debate and meetings, which successfully changed the funding weighting given by HEFCE in about 1996 to Computing from 1.5 (same as Mathematics) to 2.0 (same as Engineering).

• I have promoted the work of Universities on the Alliance for Information System Skills (AISS). I represented the Universities at a meeting and dinner in London with the DfEE/DTI to address the Skills Issue with the minister (then Baroness Blackstone).

• I have spoken on the issue of Women in IT and shared a platform at the DTI London with Barbara Roche MP.

• I have judged a number of Awards: BCS Annual Awards 1998, Duchy of Cornwall Awards (96, 97 & 99), UoP Great Egg Race.

• I have spoken at School Speech Days and Careers Events – promoting the University to both parents and pupils.

• I have been interviewed for Silicon.com’s “Women in IT” series.

• I have spoken on local radio to promote courses and worked with senior management in International Companies with local interests (eg. London Electricity and SWEB), who rely on our output of quality graduates.

• I represented the University of Plymouth with the Devon and Cornwall Development Bureaux trying to bring SUN Microsystems to Plymouth.

• I promoted the work of the Polytechnics in the House of Commons at PITCOM (Parliamentary Information Technology Committee) on the subject of “Education for IT – the Polytechnic View” and organised a dinner for MPs, Industrialists and the minister (then Jackson).

• I made a response on the House of Commons Trade and Industry Committee Report on IT to Mr Kenneth Warren, Chairman of the Select Committee and to Roger Louth, DTI, who responded to the report and I succeeded in amending the House of Commons statement on Universities.

• I led a team at a University/ City Weekend of Invention (1993). Our topic was “Museums for fun and enlightenment”. Our subsequent presentations and report, called “Webways” has had an impact on city developments.