DR JAMES GRAVELLE

Prior to becoming DVC, James was the University’s Deputy Pro Vice-Chancellor for Academic Transformation, helping to lead the work to enhance our academic delivery and systems to support a sustainable future.

James joined the former University of Glamorgan, now the University of South Wales, in 2008 as a Research Assistant, before becoming a Lecturer and then Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Police Sciences. He completed his PhD and later became the Head of Policing and Security at the International Centre for Policing and Security. James was then appointed to Head of Policing and Community Care and later became Deputy Head of School.

He went on to become the Head of School of Health, Sport and Professional Practice, the Deputy Dean for the Faculty of Life Sciences and Education (FLSE), before becoming the Dean of FLSE in 2022.