Experienced senior leader working in the higher education sector.Currently appointed as Head of School of Education, Languages and Linguistics working with a diverse range of colleagues. The School has a wide offer, not only providing undergraduate, postgraduate and teacher training degrees but also administering cross university programmes such as, Institution Wide Language Programme (IWLP), Pre-Sessional English (PSE) and In-Sessional English (ISE). He is involved in a number of international partnerships and projects. These include establishing satellite campus programmes, creating bespoke CPD for education professionals and working with organisations to implement quality improvement.Originally a qualified FE teacher who achieved a doctorate through the study of management development frameworks in education. Combining both pedagogical expertise and leadership experience was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship by Advance HE in 2020 and Principal Fellowship of the HEA in 2021.As a Reader in Professional Development and Learning he focuses on approaches to development for professionals and education practitioners. Previously this has included the development of further education teachers in response to national policy initiatives. More recently the development of a contextualised competency framework for further education middle managers which has led to him writing the first set of professional standards for leaders in the further education sector for the Education and Training Foundation.He has been the strategic lead for a range of National projects. Most recently these include:In 2015 he led a national project commissioned by the Education and Training Foundation which developed a research-informed solution to changes in educational policy in the further education sector. This programme provided professional development to over 650 teachers and educators across the UK.In 2017 he became the lead for the Further Forces Project, a national programme designed to recruit, retrain and source employment for service personnel leaving the military. The programme featured as part of the consultation on the UK’s first Veterans Strategy.In 2021, upon developing the Professional Standards for Leaders in Further Education in England for the Education and Training Foundation became a member of the FE Leadership Institute Steering Group.Currently his work is focusing on wellbeing in the education workforce.