Simon Bates
Vice-Provost and Associate Vice-President, Teaching and Learning
604.822.8644
vptl@ubc.ca
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.
A computational physicist by training, Dr. Bates brings to the role 25 years of experience in research-based, technology-led pedagogy and scholarship in higher education. He has received teaching awards from both UBC (2016) and, in previous roles, the University of Edinburgh (2006, 2011) and has published more than 100 peer-reviewed articles spanning computational materials science, Physics Education research and educational innovation.