James Weaver is an engagement professional from London with extensive experience in event management, business development, team management, and recruitment and is currently working in the Senior Management Team of University of London Careers Service focusing on Distance and Flexible Learners based around the world. James holds a BA in Media & Communications, and an MA in Image & Communication (now known as Photography: Image and Electronic Arts) from Goldsmiths University of London, and from 2016-2022 worked towards a PhD looking at the interaction between acoustics and musical performance and expressivity as part of the EPSRC+AHRC Media and Arts Technology Centre for Doctoral Training at Queen Mary University of London in the Centre for Digital Music's Music, Performance and Expression Lab.Prior to his career break, James was the Employer Engagement Manager, and part of the management team, of Careers & Enterprise at Queen Mary University of London for over six years and acted as a central point of contact for organisations looking to recruit students and graduates. Managing a team of ten, James oversaw the following streams of activity: - Business Development.- Events Programmes.- Work Experience Programmes - Including Internship Brokerage, Temp Agency, Student Consultancy and Charity Work Experience.James also has extensive experience of helping to develop programmes of activity focused on student led enterprises and founded the student entrepreneurship strand of activity at Queen Mary University of London.Outside of the Higher Education Sector, James is a musician and has performed around the UK and Europe, and has co-founded two independent record labels.James wrote this in the third person.