Academic Skills Tutor in the School of Human and Health Sciences, for the new Foundation extended Degree course in Health and Social Care.

• Successfully designed and delivered taught sessions to enhance academic output, coaching students from poor grades through to significant marked improvements. • Fostered positive working relationships through a merger of two Schools with challenging stakeholders, resulting in a strong team and cohesive service.• Identified a number of continuous improvement initiatives and inspired teams to engage with changes• Contributed to the revision and improvement of curriculum content and delivery via steering group membership.• Contributed to internal and external quality assurance processes• Accountable for absorption of a new team and deployed transition plan including rolling inductions . • Managed poor performance and improved output of the team’s work.• Pro-actively managed resource gaps and identified talent within the team to support the service.• Module Leader for academic English in Shanghai and BLD modules in the Business School.• Delivered contextualised academic skills sessions alongside subject leaders to groups of home and international students across the whole School.• Actively contributed to the design and delivery of digital academic skills resources.• Promoted and developed the academic skills service across the School.• Managed the arrangement and provision of individual and group learning academic support sessions.• Referred students for specialist academic support in consultation with personal tutors and subject leaders.• Provided pastoral support signposting to additional services for complex student issues.• Ensured my own continuing professional development in academic skills best practice.

• Delivered both language and academic support to international students in whole classes and 1:1• Assessed top up and final year students on entry to the Business School and arranged them into classes• Actively contributed to the design and delivery of digital academic skills resources• Contributed to internal and external quality assurance processes• Delivering classes online, through Zoom and Teams, both in groups and 1:1 • Referred students for specialist academic support in consultation with personal tutors and subject leaders.• Ensured my own continuing professional development in academic skills best practice

• Planned and delivered module content to international students.• Devised and assessed, standardised and moderated examinations for students• Referred students for specialist academic support in consultation with personal tutors and subject leaders• Marked exams and entered data onto spreadsheets within strict, non-negotiable deadlines

• Class tuition and 1:1 coaching/mentoring.• Delivered academic skills classes online, through Zoom both in groups and 1:1.• Designed and delivered appropriate diagnostic materials for international PhD researchers, to access appropriate support plan.• Supported failing international students through their full academic journey to graduating with a PhD.• Demonstrated above and beyond support for an international student advocating on their behalf and creating supportive paperwork to avoid employer penalties with a successful outcome.• Delivered scaffolded based teaching to build on earlier study strategies, resulting in student’s confidence and quality of work improving. • Referred students for specialist academic support in consultation with personal tutors and subject leaders.• Ensured my own continuing professional development in academic skills best practice.

• Planned and delivered 45- minute online speaking lessons to groups of 6 Chinese students.• Wrote short individual evaluations for each student and language points to improve after each lesson.

• Taught English for Academic Purposes to foundation and pre-masters students to prepare them for UK HE studies.• Provided and organised individual and group learning academic support sessions.• Development of syllabus materials in accordance with student’s needs.• Promotion and development of the academic skills service across the School including pre-sessional (Foundation and Pre-Enrolment).• Referred students for specialist academic support in consultation with personal tutors and subject leaders• Contributed to internal and external quality assurance processes.• Taught Pre-sessional English to international students each summer.• Ensured my own continuing professional development in academic skills best practice.• Taught complex sensitive topics to ensure International students operated within UK legislation in particular around equality, diversity and inclusion.

• Assisted students with selection of suitable project titles to form a significant part of final assessment• 1:1 tuition and coaching to monitor progress• Assessment and moderation of student projects• Referred students for specialist academic support in consultation with personal tutors and subject leaders• Actively contributed to the design and delivery of digital academic skills resources

• Developed and delivered original History and Theory of Music scheme of work for International Students• Planned relevant external visits to orchestral concerts to supplement learning• Produced original examination materials for assessment purposes

• Planned and delivered intensive English tuition in preparation for forensic science studies at Master’s level.• Class tuition and 1:1 coaching/mentoring• Development of examination materials, marking, and moderating to non-negotiable deadlines• Referred students for specialist academic support in consultation with personal tutors and subject leaders• Pastoral care of students

Worked for 18 years as a professional musician, holding positions in major orchestras in the UK and overseas, including concerts, television and commercial recording experience. Elected to retrain and change career direction in 2009/2010.