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Business world's a stage for new dean; in association with RBS.


TEESSIDE University's new business dean should be able to cope with dramas of industry after being a director at the Globe theatre in London.

Dr Jenny Naith has joined the Business School as Assistant Dean for Partnerships. In this new post she will play a leading role in developing the school's work-based learning, particularly for postgraduates.

Jenny, originally from London, grew up in Guildford, Surrey Surrey, county (1991 pop. 997,000), 653 sq mi (1,691 sq km), SE England. The county seat is Guildford. The North Downs cross the county from east to west. To the north the land slopes gently downward to the Thames, into which flow the Wey and the Mole, Surrey's . She is a graduate of Warwick and Middlesex Universities Sources:

Middlesex University is a university in north London, England, located in the historic county boundaries of Middlesex (from which it takes its name).
 and her early roles include:

Director of London's Bear Gardens Museum (Shakespeare's Globe Theatre)

Director of theatre and museum education for the former Inner London Education Authority The Inner London Education Authority (ILEA) was the education authority for the 12 inner London boroughs from 1965 until its abolition in 1990.

The Inner London Education Authority was established when the Greater London Council (GLC) replaced the London County Council as
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She said: "My job at the Globe was fantastic. I was incredibly young to be given such an amount of authority, where I was involved in the recreation of a full-sized replica Earlier document exchange software from Farallon Communications, Inc. that converted a Windows or Mac document into a proprietary viewing format. The viewer could be distributed separately or embedded within the document itself, turning it into a single-document viewer.  of an early 17th Century theatre for performance and educational work.

"I worked with wonderful people at ILEA and as a management consultant brought role-play techniques into the commercial sector to help develop leadership qualities."

In 1991 Jenny moved into higher education higher education

Study beyond the level of secondary education. Institutions of higher education include not only colleges and universities but also professional schools in such fields as law, theology, medicine, business, music, and art.
, with the first of several roles at Middlesex University, to develop and implement work-based learning, where she initiated a partnership with Marks & Spencer. She was later awarded the first national teaching fellowship The Higher Education Academy's National Teaching Fellowship Scheme recognises and rewards individual excellence in teaching in higher education in England and Northern Ireland. 50 awards are made annually in the UK. The scheme began in 2000, with total funding per year of £2.  for this field.

She said: "I care passionately about work-based learning. Seeing M&S food managers who had few qualifications but extensive experience going on to achieve their masters degrees and changing their lives was particularly rewarding."

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Publication:The Journal (Newcastle, England)
Date:Jul 19, 2008
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