Level 4 Year Manager: Working within the senior team to coordinate induction week and community building events throughout the year. 

Current Teaching Roles across a variety of Programmes: Fashion Design and Technology - Fashion Business Unit. Fashion Promotion and Fashion Marketing programmes - Fashion Branding and Marketing Communications Unit.

I teach a variety of subjects, which include branding DNA, manual drawing skills, design theory & portfolio building.

Link Tutor: Belfast College 2011 - 2019  -   Marangoni London 2019 - Current.

External Roles: I am a External Examiner at the School of Art, Bedfordshire and have experience in being a board advisor at validation events for the open Univiersity.

Academic and professional qualifications

PGCE in FE, HE & Adult Education Bolton University Sept 06 - May 08

Masters in Textiles as Fashion Glasgow School of Art Jan 04 - Dec 04

Bachelor of Design Liverpool Hope University Sept 00 – June 03  

BTEC Art Foundation John Moores University Sept 99 - May 00)

Previous Employment

The Manchester College (formally MANCAT) September 2007 – November 2011 Programme Leader for the Foundation Degree in Fashion & Clothing Technology.
City College January 2008 – September 2009 Fashion Business & Textiles Tutor for the Foundation in Fashion & Clothing Technology.
Hugh Baird College November 2006 – December 2007 Course leader of the Btec Foundation. 
Manchester Metropolitan University September 2005 - June 2007 Setting up scheme supported by the Craft Council, two year placement as Artist in Residence within the Embroidery Department.

Academic service (administration and management)

External Examiner to the BA (Hons) Fashion Design course

School of Art, University of Bedfordshire
From January 2021

Open University Validation Panel Member.

BA (Hons) Fashion Design and Product Innovation - York College. March 2021

Open University Validation Panel Member.

FD Visual Media Arts and BA (Hons) Visual Media Arts (Top Up) South West College, Northern Ireland. June 2020.

External Advisor.

BA (Hons) Fashion with Textiles (Top-up) programme. University of Hull. May 2020.

Languages

English 

Undergraduate teaching

As Senior Lecturer in Fashion Branding and Design, I teach across several undergraduate programmes including Fashion Promotion, Fahion Design & Technolofgy and Fashion Branding. Alongside this I also support students through their research project across the Programmes. My expertise includes, Branding DNA, Hand Drawing Skills and Design Theory.

I have experience of leading & teaching across a number of units including:

L3 Foundation - Fashion Design & Technology and Fashion Promotion pathways

L4 & L6 Fashion Promotion

L4 & L6 Fashion Design

L4 Fashion Business

L4 Visual Communications

L5 Creative Fashion Direction

L4 Fashion Marketing - branding & Marketing Communications

Postgraduate research supervision

I supervise students at Masters level as academic support with their research dissertation in various subject specilisims.

External examiner roles

I am a External Examiner at the School of Art, Bedfordshire and have experience in being a board advisor at validation events for the Open Univiersity.

Prizes and awards

Nominted for 'Teacher of Year' Student Awards 2019

Expert reviewer for external funding bodies

• BA (Hons) Fashion Design and Product Innovation

York College. March 2021.
O.U Validation Panel Member.

• FD Visual Media Arts and BA (Hons) Visual Media Arts (Top Up)

South West College, Northern Ireland. June 2020.
O.U Validation Panel Member.

• BA (Hons) Fashion with Textiles (Top-up) programme

University of Hull. May 2020.
External Advisor.