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BIOGRAPHY

Tim Daly teaches photography and artists' publishing at the University of Chester and has been an active documentary photography practitioner since 1987. Starting in Further Education, Daly developed a keen interest in curriculum design, programme development and collaborative partnerships. Since joining UoC, he has contributed to the development and management of transnational provision with private providers in Florence and Singapore working under dual UK and overseas quality assurance agencies. Daly has extensive experience as an external examiner and academic advisor for undergraduate and post graduate programmes in photography and art & design for a wide range of UK HEIs and their international partners. Tim Daly's documentary photography has been published, collected and exhibited widely at venues in the UK and Europe including The Photographers' Gallery, London; Neue Gesellschaft fur Bildende Kunst (NGBK), Berlin; The Musuem of London and The Watershed Media Centre, Bristol. Since 2000, Tim Daly has written practice-engaging photography learning material for book and magazine publishers in the UK, US, Europe and Australia and his undergraduate textbooks have been translated into French, German, Portuguese and Mandarin.

UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER APPOINTMENTS

  • Senior Lecturer in Photography
    University of Chester, Chester, United Kingdom1 Sep 2007
  • Deputy Head Partnership Management (secondment)
    University of Chester, Art & Design, Chester, United Kingdom1 Sep 2009 - 31 Aug 2018

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Head of Creative Arts (Strategic Manager)
    West Cheshire College (FEC), Creative Arts, Chester, United Kingdom1 Jan 2003 - 31 Aug 2007
  • Head of School of Art, Design and Media
    Reigate School of Art and Design (East Surrey College), Art and Design, Reigate, United Kingdom1 Sep 2001 - 31 Dec 2003
  • Lecturer in Photography/ Deputy Head of School
    Reigate School of Art and Design, Art, Design and Media, Reigate, United Kingdom1 Sep 1998 - 31 Aug 2001
  • Lecturer in Photography
    North East Surrey College of Technology, Epsom, United Kingdom1 Sep 1989 - 31 Aug 1998

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Voluntary - Distinctions assessor Royal Photographic Society
    The Royal Photographic Society, Bath, United Kingdom1 Sep 2019
  • Contributor - Practice engaging photography feature writer
    Titles include Black and White Photography, The British Journal of Photography, Photo-District News (US), AG - The International Journal of Photography, Fotografi (Norway), Better Photography (Australia), The Journal of The Royal Photographic Society, United Kingdom1 Jan 2000
  • Author - Practice engaging photography textbooks
    Publishers include Bloomsbury, Taylor Francis, Aurum Press, Peachpit, Focal Press, Argentum, Quintet/ Quartet, Rotovision and The Guild of Master Craftsmen, United Kingdom2000

DEGREES

  • PhD Materiality and the printed photograph in artists’ books
    Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom1 Sep 2010 - 1 Jul 2016
  • MA (RCA) Photography
    Royal College of Art, London, United Kingdom1 Sep 1987 - 1 Jul 1989
  • BA (Hons) Fine Art
    Bath Academy of Art, Bath, United Kingdom1 Sep 1984 - 1 Jul 1987
  • PGCert Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
    University of Chester, Chester, United Kingdom1 Sep 2008 - 1 Jul 2010

CERTIFICATIONS

  • FHEA
    Higher Education Academy, York, United Kingdom2010
    Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
  • FRPS
    The Royal Photographic Society, Bath, United Kingdom2019
    Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society

RESEARCH AND KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE INSTITUTE

  • Culture and Society Research and Knowledge Exchange Institute

SCHOOL

  • School for the Creative Industries