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Areas of expertise
- Performance techniques for confident communication and public speaking
- Belonging and group building
My role
In partnership with community organisations and colleges, I develop and deliver activities for adults from under-represented groups to explore their education options.
Through taster sessions and outreach visits, we provide information and opportunities for adults to try university and begin to see it as a realistic option.
I lead the medium-term work of the Communities and Partnerships team, coordinating a programme of visits and study support sessions, subject tasters and an annual school for adult learners. We work in partnership with a wide range of statutory and voluntary sector organisations and continually seek ways to add value to our partners’ multidisciplinary work and support educational progression for excluded groups.
I have been involved with research on refugee education and opportunities and the intergenerational benefits of adult learning, and have co-authored papers on creative pedagogies with marginalised groups and sustaining adult outreach in times of austerity.
I contribute to teaching on the Lifelong Learning Centre’s pre-entry JumpStart taster course, Preparation for Higher Education part-time foundation year and Year 1 of the Professional Studies BA and the Learning and Teaching with SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disability) BA.
Research interests
Class and structural inequality, transformative learning, community development, creativity for learning, anti-oppressive pedagogy, theatre in the classroom, equality and diversity, widening participation to higher education, mature students.
Qualifications
- MA Development Studies
- BA English Literature and Theatre Studies
Professional memberships
- Member of the Standing Conference on University Teaching and Research in the Education of Adults (SCUTREA)
- Member of the Universities Association for Lifelong Learning (UALL)