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Jo PinsonDirector of Strategic Communications and Marketing
Jo Pinson is the Director of Strategic Communications and Marketing at the University of London, with responsibility for Marketing, Communications, Events, Digital and Brand. The University of London is a world-leading university with over 45,000 students studying digitally across 190 countries. As an academic federation, comprised of 17 member universities, it is one of the largest, most diverse universities in the UK. It is a leader in distance learning innovation and home to world-leading humanities research.
Prior to the University of London, Jo spent 8 years at the University of Surrey, where she lead on Marketing and Communications at the time of significant change in the sector. Jo came into Higher Education after many years in Retail Marketing and the luxury goods sector. She currently sits on two external boards; as a charity trustee and on an Enterprise board for commercial services.
The University of London are a federal University, consisting of 17 independent Member Institutions. As a world leader in higher education, the University has pioneered change since 1836.
The University of London is the UK’s leading provider of digital and blended distance education internationally, offering programmes to over 45,000 students in 190 countries around the world. Although proudly rooted in London, the university’s community and impact are global.
It is a national leader in the humanities, and promotes value to society and the economy through knowledge creation and exchange.
It is also a federation of 17 esteemed higher education institutions, with collaboration at the heart of its ethos. The University of London federation is a collective community of more than 240,000 learners and 50,000 staff, delivering world-leading research across all disciplines.
The university’s passion for increasing access to education and mobilising the collective power and expertise of the federation is central to its ability to transform lives around the world and address the global challenges of the future.
The Latest from University of London
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Season’s Greetings from all at the @UoLondon 🎄Thank you to all of our students and colleagues from across the University of London federation around the world. Wishing you all the very best for 2025 ✨
@UoLondonDirector of Global Business Development Janie Kingsley visited several Recognised Teaching Centres in Malaysia as part of her Southeast Asia visit to discuss opportunities for growth & programme development.
🤝Inc.@BACCollege @UOWMalaysia_ & Advance Teriary College
Congratulations to @CSSDLondon Class of 2024! 🎓
🤝 As a valued member of the @UoLondon Federation, Central graduates are not only joining an extraordinary group of Central alumni – they are now part of a 500,000-strong global community of UoL alumni.
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.@LondonU has been held up as an example of how institutions can collaborate during tough financial times. But how easy would it be to replicate elsewhere?
From death row to the Bar!
William Okumu, our second @UoLondon law graduate, is now an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya. His journey is a testament to resilience, hope, and the power of education.
Read his inspiring story: 👇
Last week, the UoL Centre for Online & Distance Education, hosted the inaugural David Baume CODE Visiting Scholar Award lunch.⭐
We were excited to welcome the first recipient, Professor Dilmeire Vosgerau from @PUCPRoficial, alongside members of Dr David Baume's family.
🏆 Professor Dilmeire Vosgerau’s research at CODE will focus on new approaches to training professionals in educational research in Brazil, considering the diversity & inclusion of students in the Brazilian context.
Read more - https://bit.ly/4fdG8Db
On Friday 29 November, @UoLondon & @LSEnews joined Singapore Institute of Management (SIM) to mark its 60th anniversary!
🧑🏫 The day began with the SIM60 Learning Festival celebrating six decades of empowering students to “learn for life, thrive for life”.
🤝 Prof. Philip Allmendinger had the opportunity to meet Singapore President Tharman Shanmugaratnam, the guest of honour, who was presented with a $3 million SGD cheque in aid of the President’s Challenge - https://bit.ly/4fjEfoJ
In the evening, they attended the SIM60 Gala Dinner where they were treated to performances by student groups, including MCSIM’s traditional hand drumming and DreamWerkz’s contemporary dance, while enjoying excellent Singaporean cuisine.
Last Friday, Professor Philip Allmendinger, Pro Vice-Chancellor of the @UoLondon, visited @amity_singapore 🌏🇸🇬
He was joined by colleagues from UoL Worldwide including the Director of Global Business Development, Janie Kingsley.
They were taken on a tour of Amity’s impressive new 8-storey campus on Orchard Road, in the heart of Singapore’s bustling shopping district, by Prof Tham Yieng Wei, Assistant Vice-Provost and Mr Mohit Kamble, Assistant Vice President – Strategy and Compliance.
A meeting with Amity’s Regional CEO, Prof Leon Choong followed, in which recent developments in the UoL-Amity collaboration were discussed, including a pilot of the Global MBA and the recent opening of Amity’s campus in Dubai.
This International Day of Persons with Disabilities #IDPD we’re celebrating the progress & commitment of our anchor organisations in fostering inclusive workplaces that empower individuals with disabilities to succeed.
Learn more - https://bit.ly/41fQDmc
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- To transform people’s lives through education, driven by a commitment to diversity, inclusion and access and a belief in their power to create new ways of knowing.
- To deliver innovative training and postgraduate education for the new world of research and work.
- To realise the benefits of the humanities and social sciences for society, to advocate for their importance, and to provide the intellectual infrastructure to enable new discoveries.
- To draw on the expertise of our Member Institutions, leveraging our collective power and enabling us all to reach new constituencies and tackle new problems.
- To strengthen bonds across regional, national, cultural, economic and political boundaries.
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The University of London is a national leader in the humanities: our School of Advanced Study is the only UK institution that is nationally funded by Research England to promote and facilitate humanities research. We steer the national conversation through knowledge exchange and public engagement, contributing creativity and inspiration from across the world to a growing economy, a constructive civil discourse and a rich cultural infrastructure for the UK.
Research at the University of London is highly collaborative, carried out in partnership with its colleges, with national subject communities in the humanities and law and in combination with external partners in London’s knowledge quarter.
The University occupies a unique position in the UK’s research landscape through the exceptional research collections of its libraries, through its School of Advanced Study, which serves as a national centre for the promotion and facilitation of research in the humanities, and through the wide communities of scholars across the world who take part in delivering the international online programmes.
Our research concentrates on the human dimensions to societal challenges. To confront climate change, global mobility, social injustice, human rights, poverty, we will need to understand the human world and to appreciate the critical importance of cultures
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