Dr Jane Sherwood

I work with the Head of Department, the Heads of RDM’s five Divisions, their Business Managers and the Cross-RDM team on all aspects of strategic and operational planning and governance. I am responsible for the non-academic management of the department, via the professional teams that provide the services and resources to ensure the effective operation of the department, including:

• support for the Senior Leadership Team
• budgeting, forecasting and financial planning;
• development of business cases and provision of management information;
• departmental governance;
• people management and planning, including recruitment;
• equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI), and Athena Swan coordination;
• strategic research development;
• research grant applications and pre- and post- award grant management;
• graduate studies;
• communications and public engagement.

I work directly with the Medical Sciences Divisional Office, senior professional services staff in the University and other Heads of Administration and Finance.

I am a member of the Medical Sciences Board.

Academic and professional background

I read Classics as an undergraduate at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, followed by a DPhil in Ancient History. I then lectured and worked as a research assistant.

On joining Oxford’s University Administration and Services (UAS), I held a variety of posts, and was the Deputy Head of Planning when in 2003 I left to become Jesus College, Oxford's first professional Senior Tutor. In 2009 I returned to UAS as the University’s Director of Graduate Admissions and Funding. From 2016 I was Director of the Oxford Learning Institute, the University Language Centre and the Academic Administration Division's Lead for Student Experience. I joined RDM in 2022.

Associations

Supernumerary Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford.