Dr Vasos Pavlika

Head of Programmes (STEM and Joint Programmes), Departmental Lecturer and Director of Studies in the Physical Sciences

Biography

Dr Vasos Pavlika is Head of Programmes (STEM and Joint Programmes) and Director of Studies of the Physical Sciences. He has been with the Department for Continuing Education, since October 2004 previously as Acting Director of Studies of Mathematics and Computing (July 2024–August 2024).

Dr Vasos Pavlika has a BSc in Physics and Mathematics, a MSc in Applied Mathematics, and a two-volume PhD thesis in Mathematical Physics (Magnetostatics and Fluid Dynamics).

Vasos has 35+ years of experience in lecturing, he has been a Field Chair, Senior lecturer and is currently Associate Professor (Teaching) at University College London. Vasos has been involved with many HE institutions including: the University of East London, the University of Gloucestershire, the University of Westminster, SOAS University of London (both on-campus and online), Into City University, St George’s University of London, Goldsmiths College University of London (online and on-campus), the London School of Economics and Political Science, the Department for Continuing Education University of Cambridge as well as the Open University.

Vasos has been an External Examiner/reviewer both nationally and internationally conducting his duties in: Arden, Australia (Canberra), Bulgaria (Varna University of Management), China (Beijing Jiaotong University and Changshu Institute of Technology (CIT)), Dubai (Next Education Group), Egypt (The Arab Academy of Science, Ain Sham, Alexandria and Cairo), England (Anglia Ruskin, Bedfordshire, Birmingham City, Bolton, Bournemouth, Bradford, Brunel, Buckingham, Bucks New, Central Lancashire (UCLan), Chichester, Coventry, Cumbria, Durham, East London, Gloucestershire, Hertfordshire, Huddersfield, Goldsmiths College London, Greenwich, Kingston, Lancaster (Ghana and Leipzig), Lincoln, Liverpool John Moores, Liverpool Hope, London (City), London Metropolitan, London South Bank Germany, (IU, Berlin and  Bad Honnef) , de Montfort, Open, Navitas, Northampton, Plymouth, Portsmouth, Roehampton London,  Salford, Sheffield, Southampton (Solent), Staffordshire, (Hưng Yên, Vietnam), Study Group, West of England, West London, Westminster and Wolverhampton), Greece (AKMI, Athens and Thessaloniki, IST (Independent Studies of Science and Technology), India (ICAT, Bangalore, Chennai and Hyderabad), Japan, (SAK, Tokyo), Latvia, (TTI), Malaysia (Asia Pacific, FTMS, KDU University College, Legenda, Linton, Mahsa (Malaysian Allied Health Sciences Academy)), Stanford, Sunway, UKM, UM, USIM, Cyberjaya, Kuala Lumpur and Penang), The Maldives, (Villa College), Manchester Metropolitan (Asian Institute of Management, Philippines),  Nepal (ISMT College, Kathmandu), Oman (Gulf College and Middle East College, Muscat), Northern Ireland (Ulster), Scotland (Aberdeen and Robert Gordon), Singapore (FTMS, LSBF and NUS), South Wales, Sri Lanka (Next, NSBM, Colombo), Switzerland (Robert Kennedy College, Zurich), Vistula University (Warsaw, Poland), Wales (Cardiff Metropolitan, Wrexham Glyndwr), Wales (Trinity and St David).

The external duties have been conducted in the following disciplines: Applied Mathematics, Business Computing, Civil Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Economics, Finance, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, The Natural Sciences, Physics, Software Engineering and Statistics.

Vasos’ research interests include Applied Mathematics, Magnetostatics, Fluid Dynamics, Mathematical Modelling, the History of Physics and the History of Mathematics/Science.