Dr. Clifford-Amos was born in Cheshire, England. He was educated at the Royal College of Music, the Universities of Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Wales. He has also held visiting Fellowships at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. His qualifications are MA, MEd, LRAM, LTCL, PhD. He has published in English Language, English Literature, Philosophy and Education, and has completed a major study on the English Renaissance poet Edmund Spenser. He is experienced as a lecturer, manager and researcher in higher education. Dr. Clifford-Amos is a Local Government Councillor in the South East of England and has held the office of Deputy Mayor for the town of Sandwich in Kent. A regular speaker across Europe, Dr. Clifford-Amos has been active in several countries as an adviser on the Bologna process and Quality Assurance.

Major activities

1987-1988 Elected as Fellow of St Anne’s College Oxford and Magdalene College Cambridge

1992 Major national television broadcast on Teacher Education in the UK

2004 Appointed as visiting lecturer and 2nd cycle convenor (MA English) at l’Université Catholique de Lille

1994-1997 Dean of Students, Canterbury Christ Church University

2007 Member of the Sandwich Town Council, Kent, UK

2007-2008 Deputy Mayor of Sandwich, Kent, UK

2008-2009 UK Bologna Expert

2009 Consultant to EURASHE

2009 European Higher Education Consultant

2009 Appointed to the European Commission as the UK jury member for the assessment of ECTS and Diploma Supplement Labels (Brussels)

2009 Appointed to Senate for Evaluation (Slovenia)

2009 Appointed to the Republic of Bulgaria – National Evaluation and Accreditation Agency

2009 Adviser to Israel (and the European Delegation in Tel Aviv) on the Bologna Process

2009 Adviser to the Chamber of Commerce in Hungary and in France (Ecole de Savignac)

2009 Consultant to HERE (Higher Education Reform Experts) for National Tempus Office in Tunisia.