ProfessorCamille Kandiko Howson

Dr Camille Kandiko Howson is Professor of Higher Education in the Centre for Higher Education Research and Scholarship (CHERS) at Imperial College London. She is an international expert in higher education research with a focus on student engagement; student outcomes and learning gain; equality and social justice; and quality, performance and accountability.

She works to support high quality and high impact pedagogical research and collaborate with colleagues to conduct disciplinary-based educational research. She is the academic lead on developing learning analytics across Imperial, including technological build of a Unified Data Platform and associated College-wide learning analytics governance, policy, ethical guidelines and training. She leads on the design of institutional measures of educational gain, capturing engagement, progression and well-being measures.

She is a Council Member of the Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE) and Chair of the SRHE Research and Development Committee, which she has served on since 2012. Camille has an extensive record of securing external funding from numerous sources, including UKRI; HEFCE; OfS; AdvanceHE; the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA); SRHE; RAND Europe; and the British Council. She has held previous academic positions at King’s College London.

She is passionate about making higher education more equitable and fair, supporting women and those underrepresented to access, succeed and work in academia. She is a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.