I am a youth worker and informal educator by trade, only working full-time in H.E. since 2009. I have just been appointed to the Partnership Lead role for the School of Education's partnership with the Mauritius Institute for Education (MIE), and am currently the  Asst Programme Leader for the Undergraduate Work-based Learning Programme (part-time).  I have achieved my Professional Doctorate in Education in 2018 researching youth work practice in digital spaces and places, am Vice-Chair of the Professional Association of Youth and Community Work Lecturers (TAG PALYCW), and a founder director and Treasurer of the Commonwealth Alliance of Youth Work Associations (CAYWA).

I am also a Licensed Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) , a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA) and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Institute (SFHEA).

My Ed D research focused on digital technologies as mediators of youth work practice, and I am still really interested in how digital tools and remote learning possibilities can be used within informal education contexts. Of particular interest is the development of digital hybrid pedagogies for educators, and how the digital world impacts on young people, youth culture and identity formation.

I am also very interested in work-based learning and its enabling properties for part-time, mature learners whether in HE, or other learning contexts.