Professor Huw Morris is Pro Vice Chancellor (Academic) and Executive Dean of the College of Arts and Social Science at the University of Salford. In his role as Pro-Vice Chancellor (Academic) Huw is responsible for leading the learning and teaching strategy: including the design of course portfolios, internationalising the curriculum and transforming learning and teaching technologies. In addition, as Executive Dean of the College of Arts and Social Science he oversees the operation of five of the University’s eleven academic Schools, (the Schools of Art and Design, Business, Humanities, Languages and Social Sciences (HuLSS); Law and Media Music and Performance (MMP)).
Professor Morris' professional background is in business and management, with degrees from the University of Surrey, the London School of Economics and a Doctorate from the Institute of Education, London. He has held academic posts at Imperial College, London; Kingston University and the University of the West of England, where he was Associate Dean of the Bristol Business School. Before joining the University of Salford he was Dean of the Business School at Manchester Metropolitan University from 2005-2010.
Huw is the author of three books and many academic journal and conference papers in the fields of human resource management, employment law and higher education studies. Huw is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Chartered Fellow of the Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and a Companion of the Association of Business Schools and the Chartered Management Institute.