I have over 26 years’ experience of working within education: 7 in primary schools and over 19 in higher education.
Within primary schools, I worked for 3 as a classroom teacher, and 4 as a mathematics coordinator and member of the senior management team within a two-form primary school.
I also had the additional responsibility of being a mentor and lead mentor for a variety of ITE students (both undergraduate and postgraduate), and a range of teaching and integration assistant students.
I have held lecturer and senior lecturer posts at Newman University College, Birmingham City University, University of Birmingham, University College Birmingham and University of Gloucestershire.
I have also held senior education developer and programme/course leader roles at BCU (APA, PGCertHE and PGCertHE Online), UoB (School Direct Early Years, Primary and SEND) and UoG (PGCert Research Methods and MRes).
I have also been an external examiner at three other higher education institutions (Swansea Metropolitan University, Sunderland University and Centre for Research in Early Childhood CREC) covering several primary subjects, education/professional studies and school experience modules across undergraduate and postgraduate ITE programmes.
I am currently an external examiner mentor at Regents University London.
Senior Fellow Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)
Qualified Teachers Status (QTS)
Research areas I have a particular interest in are: