I am the Placements Lead within the Business school. Integrated and embedded placements within a UG degree programme support students’ awareness of professional development, through the development of soft skills and technical knowledge and expertise to enhance their employability skills and awareness. UG students will come back into their final year more clearly aligned to their career path. For PG students there are three routes for a placement; a 3-month internship, 6 or 12 month… Show more I am the Placements Lead within the Business school. Integrated and embedded placements within a UG degree programme support students’ awareness of professional development, through the development of soft skills and technical knowledge and expertise to enhance their employability skills and awareness. UG students will come back into their final year more clearly aligned to their career path. For PG students there are three routes for a placement; a 3-month internship, 6 or 12 month placement. The PG has five intakes each academic year with approx. 900 students p.a.. I have a large team that support the progress and any day-to-day academic issues. Most students working on student visa’s, I work closely with the Home Office Compliance team to ensure from an academic perspective the team and students are kept UKVI compliant. Student Voice is 4.5/5 overall satisfaction for this module.I'm the Young Enterprise (YE) lead for the Start-Up Programme on the 'Young Enterprise' Level 5 module delivered across the UG Business Suite. I introduced this module in 2020 as it allows the students to set up their own company and make their first company decisions as a team in their degree programme specialist area. Students learn for their experience working in team with their peers and mentors to gain valuable experience working in project teams on project launches, controlling finances and share prices to develop and give them an early insight of valuable entrepreneurial and enterprise skills, leading into focus on their future employability skills post-graduation. This is currently a multi-award winning as our student alumni have been trailblazers, with one team 'hearnprotect' becoming the best start start up team in Europe 2022. Salford hosted the Young Enterprise UK Final in 2023, which coincided with YE's 60th Charter. I was delighted that HRH The Princess Royal accepted my invitation as her attending made impact to student experience. Show less

I was the Director of the Business and Management programme at Salford Business School. The programme generated an income in excess of £3m p.a. and is the flagship undergraduate programme delivered by the school, which has both national and international collaborations. I led the programme through some significant changes and through a successful validation, for a maximum five year delivery period that commences in 2018/19. In addition, it has been externally accredited with the Institute of… Show more I was the Director of the Business and Management programme at Salford Business School. The programme generated an income in excess of £3m p.a. and is the flagship undergraduate programme delivered by the school, which has both national and international collaborations. I led the programme through some significant changes and through a successful validation, for a maximum five year delivery period that commences in 2018/19. In addition, it has been externally accredited with the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM), then latterly the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) as well as being Higher Degree Apprenticeship ready. I led and supported on specified programme initiatives; for example, NSS, student engagement or assessment and feedback. Therefore, I provide a connection between academic, professional staff, international and professional standards in order to ensure an effectively joined up approach to the academic and operational aspects of managing the student academic experience within the programme. The work undertaken by myself and the programme team produced some very satisfying results with the Good University Guide, with the programme producing the second largest move in the sector, moving up 27 places and being ranked 82 from 120. The programme structure then produced further successes in the following years with a further 14 place rise to be 67th and then another 32 place rise to be ranked 35th in the sector for 2022/23. During the final year of delivery the students reported an above sector experience in the NSS 2023, with more sustained performances in programme ranking performance published in the Guardian. Show less

As Programme Director I was responsible for five taught undergraduate (UGT) degree programmes within Salford Business School. Where appropriate, I take leadership on specified initiatives, for example, student engagement or assessment and feedback, across all levels of study within my unit. I act as a linkage between academic and professional staff, in order to ensure an effectively joined up approach to the academic and operational aspects of managing the student academic experience within… Show more As Programme Director I was responsible for five taught undergraduate (UGT) degree programmes within Salford Business School. Where appropriate, I take leadership on specified initiatives, for example, student engagement or assessment and feedback, across all levels of study within my unit. I act as a linkage between academic and professional staff, in order to ensure an effectively joined up approach to the academic and operational aspects of managing the student academic experience within the unit. Show less

I was Associate Director for five undergraduate degree programmes within the 2014 Times Higher Education (THE) Business School of the Year. These programmes have over fifteen hundred full time students at Salford Business School. This includes a new three year BSc (Hons) Enterprise Leadership and Management with placement degree programme that includes an integral six month placement. In addition, I was module leader for the Business Innovation 'Live' Project which is the final 60 credit… Show more I was Associate Director for five undergraduate degree programmes within the 2014 Times Higher Education (THE) Business School of the Year. These programmes have over fifteen hundred full time students at Salford Business School. This includes a new three year BSc (Hons) Enterprise Leadership and Management with placement degree programme that includes an integral six month placement. In addition, I was module leader for the Business Innovation 'Live' Project which is the final 60 credit module on the AMBA accredited MBA degree programme. I supervise research students/fellows who are undertaking an MPhil/PhD within the Operations Management field. Show less

I was the external examiner for the Business and Management suite within the Stirling management School, University of Stirling, UK.

I was external examiner for the MSc Management suite within the Glasgow School for Business and Society, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK.

I coordinated six modules within the Logistics and Operations Management fields at Lincoln Business School and, I was Academic Programme Leader (APL) for the MSc Logistics Management degree. I supervised research students from UG through to MPhil/PhD within the Logistics and Operations management fields.

External Examiner for MSc in Service Quality Management at Ulster Business School, University of Ulster, UK.

External Examiner for Post Graduate Operations Management and Logistics degree programmes at Stafford Business School, University of Staffordshire, UK.

Visiting Research Fellow to School of Management, University of Salford, Greater Manchester, UK.

I taught both at undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) levels the principles of Logistics and Operations Management and the subject of E-Commerce. I frequently travelled to Finland, Hungary, Germany and USA where I worked as part of an academic team providing distance-learning education support in the subject field of Logistics and Operations management.

Visiting Teaching Fellow in Operations Management to the Open Business School, University of Budapest, Hungary.

Visiting Teaching Fellow in Operations Management at Hochschule Osnabrück (University of Applied Sciences), Germany.

I was part of a team on a £1.25m Engineering and Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC) grant investigating the cost and benefits of integrating current technologies into the NPD process. As part of my fellowship appointment I was a 'Researcher in Residence' in Engineering for a local secondary school.

Main duty was to respond quickly to emergency breakdowns and provide maintenance support for the numerous lines within the three plants at the company.

I served a four year accredited (IMechE) mechanical apprenticeship, gaining practical experience and working knowledge of mechanical engineering.

British Steel Plc sponsored to read engineering at the University of Salford.