Experienced Careers Adviser, External Examiner and Independent Consultant: Working one to one with students and graduates to support them to achieve their goals and deliver Careers and Employability related workshops at UCLan. Providing independent, impartial comments on the standards achieved and adhered to, as External Examiner for the Post Graduate Diploma/Qualification in Careers Guidance course at LSBU. Doctorate publications achieved, in The British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, NICEC, Career Matters and Career Development Institute (Constructing The Future

2006-2013 PhD Reflective Practice and Career Guidance, (Part-time), University of Lancaster Thesis title ‘Taken-for-Granted Assumptions and Professionalism in IAG practice’ 2004-2006 BA (Hons) Professional Development in Education, University of Bolton, (2:1)-key modules: Management in Education; The Politics of Difference; Change in Education, Inclusive Education, Mentoring in Education, Gender and Education 2003-2004 Certificate in Education (Post 16), University of Bolton