Biography

Although a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Education and Children's Services, I lecture across the university about the arts and am deeply concerned with cultural education. More specifically, I have lectured at several institutions on Music Practice, and also Music Technology as a discrete subject, but also within the context of education; due in the main to my experiences within the music industry as a singer, songwriter, producer and record label owner (soil records), and of course my time as a Primary and Early Years ...

Institutional profile

Programme Leader for the MA Creative Practices in Education; Senior Lead in Cultural Education and Research at Storyhouse; Researcher at RECAP and the International Thriving at Work Centre. I am also the co-vice chair of the Local Cultural Education Partnership; principal editor for two journals; trustee of the ‘Mythstories’ museum; and, was until recently Director of Research for 'Lapidus International'. I have worked in 14 countries running intensive short programmes, developing research initiatives, and presenting inter ...