*Offers one to one coaching, support and group workshops using therapeutic writing and art (as appropriate) to help clients with life challenges and to achieve their potential. *10+ years experience leading workshops in multimedia creative development including writing, storytelling, art and performance for self actualisation and conflict resolution. *20+ years experience as a university lecturer in UK, Cyprus, Greece, Trinidad, India teaching Creative Writing, Multimedia Arts, Film Studies, History of Art and Literature. *internationally recognised writer and artist. *literary critic for the TLS, The Independent and other publications * associate editor of the journal Critical Muslim* 15 years experience of academic management: *skills in : project management, project evaluation, staff management and forward planning, coordinating REF activities;international partnerships and programme delivery: franchising degrees, link tutoring.*skills in :curriculum development at undergraduate and postgraduate level in media arts, literature, film, creative writing. Publications include: •Nicosia Beyond Barriers: Voices From a Divided City eds. Alev Adil, Aydın Mehmet Ali, Bahriye Kemal and Maria Petrides, Saqi Books, London, 2019.Conference presentations include:•Building Cultures of Conciliation: Arts-Based Peacebuilding in Theory and Practice, Ledra Palace Hotel, UN Buffer Zone, Nicosia, Cyprus. February 2020.• Borders: Between Lived Experience and Political Hotspot. Times Literary Supplement Panel, Belfast Debate on Europe Conference, Queen’s University, Belfast, Northern İreland, September 2019.• Life Writing: Writing Life Wolfson College, Oxford University, Oxford, UK. May 2018.For indicative publications see https://independent.academia.edu/AlevAdil