Professor Mark Russell PhD

Professor Mark Russell PhD

Professor Mark Russell PhD

Areas of responsibility:

As Academic Dean, Mark has responsibility for developing and enacting the academic strategy, and ensuring the academic rigor and quality of student’s educational experiences.
Background:
Mark has extensive experience and expertise in educational leadership and management. He has held full professorial titles at the University of Hertfordshire (UK), King’s College London (UK) and Khalifa University (UAE) and is an award winning educator and researcher. Mark won the UK ‘E-Tutor of the Year’ award, was one of the early recipients of a UK National Teaching Fellowship award, and was awarded the Chancellor’s Medal for Research Excellence in his PhD studies.

Mark has published and presented extensively in areas relating to curriculum, student learning and technology enhanced assessment (and learning).

Beyond Mark’s teaching background, in areas including thermodynamics, fluid mechanics and heat transfer, Mark’s passion is firmly rooted in helping learners develop a love of learning and motivating them to gain the life changing opportunities that education brings.
Mark is super excited to be working alongside such a dedicated team, and is fixated on collaboratively creating an environment in which learners develop all the needed attributes and mindset to become leaders of the future, and be active contributors to the ‘Dubai growth story’.

When Mark is not on campus, he can often be seen riding around Dubai on his trusted Royal Enfield Motorbike. But even when riding, Mark’s tells us he remains focused on education, student learning and building brighter futures for all learners at Regent.