Prof. Kay Bond

Deputy Director - Academic

I am one of the more recent members of the Dyson Institute having joined in August 2024. I started my career in manufacturing industry as a mechanical and design engineer. I have had over three decades in engineering and academia, and my journey has led me to roles in academic leadership and university teaching at a ‘post 92’, a Russell Group and a new disruptor institution culminating in me arriving at the Dyson Institute – another disruptor HEI.

I have had the opportunity and privilege to hone my skills and knowledge in curriculum development, enhancing academic quality and programme accreditation. My personal objective is to foster innovative engineering education, ensuring it resonates on a global scale through overseas campuses and partner institutions but, more importantly, delivers at a personal level for each student and staff member. At the core, my competencies lie in steering academic institutions toward excellence, leveraging my expertise in engineering accreditation and academic assessment.

I am committed to contributing to an organisation that values diversity, continuous improvement, and transformative education. The Dyson Institute embodies these attributes, so it is exciting to be a part of an organisation that offers students such a unique blend of academic and industrial experience.

Qualifications

PhD in Mechanical Design from the University of Nottingham
BEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering from the University of Nottingham
Post Graduate Certificate in Further and Higher Education from Sheffield Hallam University

Memberships

Chartered Engineer
Fellow of IMechE
Fellow of IED
Member of IET
Member of Engineering Council Board of Trustees
Chair of IMechE Academic Assessment Committee
Member of IMechE Academic Standards Committee
Member of IED Council
Member of IED Education and Training Committee
International Engineering Alliance reviewer

Publications

Gibbs, B., Bond, K, Harris, G., Lewis, E., Pate, A., Renyard, J., Wint, N. and Wood, G.C. (2024) Final Report: When Quality Assurance Meets Innovation in Higher Education. QAA Collaborative Enhancement Projects. QAA, May 2024.
Bond, K, Gibbs, B., Harris, G., Lewis, E., Pate, A., Renyard, J., Wint, N. and Wood, G.C. (2023) Literature Review: When Quality Assurance Meets Innovation in Higher Education. QAA Collaborative Enhancement Projects. QAA, September 2023.
Bond, K. (2013) A Mechanism for Optimising Curriculum Development and Teaching. Curriculum Review conference: creating coherent programmes. University of Nottingham, 17 May 2013.
Harrison, I. and Bond, K. (2012) Transnational Education and Engineering Accreditation. Engineering Education, 2012, volume 7, issue 2, pp 24-28.
Harrison, I. and Bond, K. (2012) Transnational Education and Engineering Accreditation. Engineering Education 2012 (EE2012) Innovation, Practice and Research in Engineering Education Conference. Coventry University, 18 – 20 September 2012. (Subsequently selected for publication in the Engineering Education journal see above.)
Bond, K. and Scudamore, R. (2010) Working with international students: a guide for staff in engineering. Loughborough: Higher Education Academy Engineering Subject Centre, Loughborough University, 40 pages.
Bond, K., Eastwick, C., Prentice, J., Johnson, M and Jones, A. (2010) Use of e-learning to encourage engagement and depth of understanding across engineering science and design within the first year of an engineering degree. Engineering Education (EE2010) conference proceedings: inspiring the next generation of engineers. Aston University, 6-8 July 2010.
Tranter, I and Bond, K. (1997) QFD: Embodying Best Practice Approaches for the In-experienced Designer. The Third Annual International QFD Symposium, Linkoping, Sweden, September 1997.
Bond, K. and Tranter, I. (1997) Implementing QFD in Smaller Enterprises. The Third Annual International QFD Symposium, Linkoping, Sweden, September 1997.

Invited speaker/panel member at events such as:

Advance HE 2024: Supporting productive partnerships between PSRBs and HEIs
Royal Academy of Engineering 2024: Engineers 2030 - Change starts with education: Degree map
EPC congress panel member 2023: New models in recruitment and pathways into Engineering
BSI Innovation Day 2022: ‘Fireside chat’ to consider interplay between the Professional Engineering Institutions (IED), Design Education, Innovate UK, BSI/ISO spokesperson and Design Industry