Simon Bates
Vice-Provost and Associate Vice-President, Teaching and Learning
Dr. Simon Bates is the Vice-Provost and Associate Vice-President, Teaching and Learning.
The role of Vice-Provost and Associate Vice-President, Teaching and Learning is responsible for the academic leadership and support to faculty and departments creating credit and non-credit learning opportunities spanning areas of undergraduate, graduate and lifelong learning at UBC. In addition, the portfolio oversees learning technology provision, new program development and academic integrity support to Faculties.
Dr. Bates joined UBC in 2012, as one of the first cohort at the new rank of Professor of Teaching, in the Department of Physics and Astronomy. He served as Academic Director of the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology for six years. In 2018, he joined the Provost's office as Associate Provost, Teaching and Learning, and was appointed as Vice-Provost and Associate Vice-President, Teaching and Learning, pro tem, effective July 1, 2022, and as Vice-Provost and Associate Vice-President, Teaching and Learning, effective July 1, 2024.
Dr. Bates has current research interests in the areas of advancement and impact of education-focused roles within Universities and how institutions are responding to the challenges posed by AI in teaching and learning. He recently served as academic lead for a project within the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) on the role of generative AI in higher education.