About us

Fiona Spence

Email: F.E.Spence@exeter.ac.uk | Fiona's profile:

Fiona Spence is the Assistant Director of Strategic Planning, leading a team of 15 planning officers, analysts and business partners. The Strategic Planning team support delivery of the Universities strategic goals, enable evidence-based decision making and support academic workload planning. Fiona has over 20 years’ experience working in higher education, predominantly in strategic planning but with experience in scientific research, student employability and department support roles bringing her a broad perspective on working in the HE environment. She is one of the Universities internal coaches supporting implementation of the University coaching strategy.

Andy Farquhar

Email: A.Farquhar@exeter.ac.uk | Andy's profile:

Andy co-ordinates the Annual Planning Process and Strategic Investment Committee meetings, and creates reports for the University Executive Board. He also oversees the student number planning process.

Magda Robertson

Email: m.robertson@exeter.ac.uk | Magda's profile:

Magda is the Strategic Planning Officer responsible for Academic Workload and Student Number Planning. 

Magda manages the Academic Workload Planning team, who support faculties planning and managing academic workloads.  The team works with academic departments to update and implement workload policies and with academic staff to update their workload records for TRAC. 

Magda is also the Student Number Planning lead, supporting the student number planning process, working with Anaplan, Business Technology Systems, and with the Strategic Insights and Planning Partners to deliver the student numbers for the financial forecast and the 5 year plan. 

Magda has been working at the University of Exeter for 4 years, and prior to that had a career in library and archive systems management working at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, University of Surrey, Camden Council, and the BBC. 

 

 

Karolina Galera

Email: K.Galera@exeter.ac.uk | Karolina's profile:

Karolina Galera is the Strategic Planning and Insights Partner for Professional Services. She collaborates closely with the Professional Services Planning Team and PS Divisions on the PS Delivery Plan, PS Align processes, and strategic planning. 

Karolina has over 10 years of experience working in higher education and has excelled in various areas including quality assurance and accreditation, business engagement, performance and KPIs. 

Karolina’s academic background is in science, holding both an Engineering and MSc degree in Geology. 

Susan Fallon

Email: S.Fallon2@exeter.ac.uk | Susan's profile:

Susan Fallon is the Strategic Planning and Insights Partner for the Faculty of HASS. Her role is to utilise performance information and horizon-scan the external environment to bring insight to the faculty’s strategic direction and ambitions.  Susan also leads the business planning process for the faculty, liaising with the faculty and professional services, with key responsibility for the student number plan.

Susan has been at Exeter for nine years in strategic planning and in governance.  Prior to that she has work in Housing and in International Development in planning, reporting and governance.

Catherine North

Email: c.north@exeter.ac.uk | Cat's profile:

Cat North is the Strategic Planning and Insights Partner for the Faculty of ESE. She leads the planning process for the faculty, liaising with departments and PS partners to produce the student number plans and ensure join up with the finance, research and workforce plans. Cat brings insight to the faculty, through reporting on performance across KPIs, league tables and other performance metrics, as well as horizon-scanning the external environment.

Cat has over 10 years of experience working in higher education, as well as previously working in the civil service as a data analyst and a trainer in GIS systems and cartography.