I am an artist, writer, teacher and researcher. My current role as Course Leader for BA Fine Art is informed by over thirty years' experience in Higher Education, through which I have developed pedagogic strategies that foster creativity, curiosity and a critical engagement with the world around us. By building a supportive course framework and curriculum that empowers students to pursue the things that really matter to them, I lead a course that considers the Fine Art studios, university workshops and the diverse external sites in which we work as places for exploration, speculation and serious play.

In these challenging times, I believe the creative, practical and critical skills of Fine Art education offer essential routes to living well, working ethically and imagining different, more equitable futures. I lead a course team who seek to create a culture of care, inclusion and accessibility for all students, valuing the differing experiences and perspectives of each person. I have twice received the University’s Inspirational Teaching Award.

I regularly contribute to professional networks and subject associations such as National Association for Fine Art Education, Council for Higher Education in Art and Design, Paradox European Fine Art Forum and at international pedagogic conferences and events such as On Not Knowing: How Artists Teach, Glasgow School of Art; Have Some Imagination: Towards a manifesto for arts education Baltic x Northumbria University; Artist Pedagogy and Artistic Thinking: Perspectives and Practices, Uniarts, Helsinki.