Jill Webb
Professor

Profile

Biography

Jill Webb is Associate Dean for Teaching, Learning and Students for the Faculty of Social Sciences.  She joined the School for Business and Society in September 2012 from Leeds Beckett University where she was Subject Lead for Accounting. She has held a wide variety of leadership roles at Leeds Beckett and York Universities. 

Jill was the first in her family to attend university. She studied as an undergraduate at LSE and her first job was in audit with KPMG. She studied part time for a MSc in International Financial Analysis at University of Newcastle while working at Leeds Beckett University and holds a Doctorate in Education from the University of Sheffield. 

Subject Group

Accounting and Finance

Career

Jill has overall responsibility portfolio development and enhancement of the student experience for Social Sciences.  She has led several significant change programmes in Social Sciences, including pedagogic redesign and programme restructuring during the pandemic and the introduction of standard sized modules and semesters at York. She has also worked on several institutional projects including the introduction of online programmes to the University of York Management School.

Jill has extensive experience of teaching international and UK, undergraduate and postgraduate students across all levels, utilising fully online, hybrid and on campus delivery models. She has taught accounting, taxation and finance to both specialist and non-specialist students, including preparing students for professional accountancy qualifications. She currently co-teaches a large first year accounting and finance module to first year undergraduate students.  

Jill is committed to supporting the development of Teaching and Scholarship staff. She founded the Centre for Advanced Study of Management Education, an interdisciplinary space through which colleagues are invited to explore the future of teaching and scholarship in management education. She is a qualified coach and mentors colleagues across the institution.

University roles

Jill’s cross-institutional focus is on inclusion for both UK and international students. She Chairs the APP Strategy Group and works with colleagues as the institutional academic lead for the APP. She co-leads the No Gaps project, an institutional project which aims to support colleagues in academic departments to understand the institutional drivers of awarding gaps and to proactively evaluate and enhance their practice.