Professional Activities
I am Associate Dean for Education in School of the Arts which involves lead responsibility for the School’s Learning and Teaching strategy, enhancement, development, and policy implementation. As a member of the School’s Senior Management Team (SMT), I work closely with the Dean, the Faculty APVC for Education, Heads of Department and Departmental Education Leads to set the School education agenda along with its broader Teaching & Learning ambitions.
I chair the School Education Committee, represent the School on the Faculty Education Committee and represent the Faculty on the University's Academic Quality and Standards Committee. I assist each Department in refining and enhancing the programmes on offer, and work closely with Academic Coordinators and the Student Experience Team to improve the student experience within the School of the Arts. Prior to this I was School Assessment and Feedback Coordinator (2018-2021) and Department Employability Lead (2016-2019).
Externally, I have served as Non-Executive Director/Trustee, Chair and Deputy Chair of a creative arts, business development and cultural regeneration social enterprise. Established in 2000, Safe Regeneration has grown from a start-up co-creating public artworks with communities across North West England, to a pioneering leader of networks of creative organisations across the region and across Europe to explore the ways in which collaboration between creative and social enterprise can build sustainable local economies and regenerate communities, both physically and culturally. Safe Regeneration is lead partner on #DestinationBootle, a £33m regeneration project comprising 107 new affordable homes, a green energy scheme including ground source heat pumps and solar PV panels, refurbishment of the Lock and Quay community pub, construction of a new creative enterprise centre, and canalside leisure and commercial facilities.
I am a founding Director of Safe Community Homes CIC, a new community housing association created to manage the new homes created through the #DestinationBootle project, expected to open their doors to new residents in 2023.