Staff Profile

Introduction

In 2019 I took up the new role of Head of Enterprise Marketing.

My role is to provide professional marketing support to our work with Businesses and Partners. I also lead marketing support for large, complex, strategic projects including:

• Newcastle Helix
• Health Innovation Neighbourhood
• Stephenson Building redevelopment
• Castle Leazes hall of residence redevelopment
• Investment Prospectus

I work towards our Higher Education Innovation Fund (HEIF) strategy and activities that feature in our Higher Education Business and Community Interaction Survey (HEBCIS) returns. I also work with colleagues to support our research strategy, strategic projects, and reputation - find out more about our strengths.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Head of Enterprise Marketing
• Marketing Manager, Newcastle Helix
• Senior Returning Officer, Newcastle University Students' Union
• Member, Marketing Leadership Team

Background

• Academic and professional background in science and engineering before transition to marketing
• 20 years working in a Russell Group University (research intensive, R1)
• Experience of marketing, teaching, business engagement, international, organisational change and advancement
• Part of major project teams including academic and professional reorganisations, intranet roll-out, and capital projects
• Governor and Trustee, Longridge Towers School 

Qualifications and Credentials

• Chartered Fellow, Chartered Management Institute: CMgr FCMI
• Member Chartered Institute of Public Relations: MCIPR Accredited PR Practitioner
• Fellow Higher Education Academy: FHEA

• Executive MBA (Newcastle University, Distinction, 2023)
• Level 7 Senior Leader Apprenticeship (Institute for Apprenticeships & Technical Education, 2023)
• Specialist Diploma Internal Communications (Chartered Institute of Public Relations, 2018)
• Postgraduate Certificate Advanced Studies in Academic Practice (Newcastle University, 2015)
• BSc (Hons) Surveying and Mapping Science (Newcastle University, 2:i, 2001)

Previous Positions

• Marketing and Communications Manager, Newcastle University (2016 - 2019)
• Senior Teaching Associate, Newcastle University (2010 - 2016)
• Development Officer, Newcastle University (2006 - 2010)
• Junior Research Associate, Newcastle University (2004 - 2006)
• Marine Construction Surveyor, Fugro Chance Inc., Houston, Tx. (USA) (2001 - 2004)

• Articles

  • Besemann L, Bramald T, Cox M. Challenges Facing Knowledge Exchange Professionals are the Same for UK and US Universities. 2022.
  • Bramald T, Allenby K. Where do they go?. Geomatics World 2015, 23(5), 30-31.
  • Bramald T, Heidrich O, Hall J. Teaching sustainability to first year civil engineering students. Proceedings of the ICE: Engineering Sustainability 2015, 168(2), 93-101.
  • Bramald T, Mills H, Mills J, Edwards S. Recruitment, retention and progression of Geomatics undergraduates at Newcastle University. Austrian Journal for Surveying and Geoinformation 2009, 97(1).

• Book Chapter

  • Bramald T, Edwards SJ. Life During and Beyond Geomatics. In: Tate,S; Hopkins,P, ed. Re-thinking undergraduate students’ transitions to, through and out of university. Higher Education Academy, 2013, pp.21-23.

• Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

  • Bramald T, Heidrich O, Hall JA. Exploring first year undergraduates’ perceptions of conflicting parameters and complexity in civil engineering through three different learning experiences. In: Engineering Education for Sustainable Development (EESD13). 2013, Cambridge, UK.
  • Bramald T, Wilkinson SM. Introducing and Stimulating Sustainable Engineering in First Year Civil Engineering Students. In: American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference. 2009, Austin, Texas, USA: American Society for Engineering Education.