2025 – 2028
Postdoctoral Researcher in Higher Education Fine Art Pedagogy
Uniarts Helsinki
Project: Understandings of artistic professionalism within the Academy of Fine Arts.
2025 – 2028
Honorary Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Institute of Education, University College London
2018 – 2019
Research Associate: ‘Creative Careers’
Contemporary Visual Arts Network, London
I developed fine art job profiles for the website ‘Discover! Creative Careers’ for 11-15 year-olds and helped train careers advisors in schools.
2017 – 2018
Project evaluator: ‘Using arts to enrich history learning in schools’
The Arts Society London
I evaluated a collaborative project between The Arts Society Greater London and a state school in Croydon that sought to understand how the arts can enrich learning in the history curriculum.
2016 and 2012
Researcher: ‘Attitudes and approaches to teaching professional practice in UK higher art education’
The Artists Information Company (a-n)
I was twice commissioned by a-n to produce a report on professional practice offerings in UK higher art education.
2015 – 2016
Research Assistant: ‘Student Transitions through higher art and design education’
The Glasgow School of Art
I interviewed staff from art, design, architecture programmes to produce case studies for the Quality Assurance Agency about how students are supported into, through and beyond higher education.
2015 – 2015
Researcher: ‘Learning and teaching challenges in UK higher education art and design’
The Council for Higher Education in Art and Design and Higher Education Academy
I conducted four nationwide focus groups with higher education art and design staff to inform the HEA’s future strategy.
2014 – 2015
Research Assistant: ‘Phoenix Bursary: Graduate trajectories after the degree show fire’
The Glasgow School of Art
After the May 2014 fire that damaged final year degree show work, GSA graduates were offered a six-month bursary and studio space to help them rebuild a portfolio. I interviewed graduates to analyse the impact of this support and produced an evaluative report.
2013 – 2014
Research Assistant: ‘Black and Minority Ethnic Students Accessing Art and Design Courses’
The Glasgow School of Art
Literature Review.
2013 – 2014
Research Assistant: ‘An analysis of Art & Design Office for Fair Access agreements’
The Glasgow School of Art
Literature Review.
2025 – 2026
Visiting Lecturer
Academy of Fine Arts, Uniarts Helsinki
MA Fine Art; BA Contemporary Art History and Theory; and MA Praxis Curating and Writing in Contemporary Art.
2020 – 2024
Postgraduate Teaching Assistant
Institute of Education, University College London
MA Art Education, Culture and Practice.
2018 – 2024
Lecturer
Arts University Bournemouth
BA Fine Art (Contextual studies and Professional Practice).
2018
Seminar Leader
University of Brighton
BA Fine Art Critical Practice (art institutions module).
2008 – 2018
Founding Director
Q-Art
In 10 years Q-Art partnered with 120 UK universities, museums, and galleries to publish 5 books and facilitate 70 crits, 80 workshops, and 8 symposia that shared approaches to teaching, learning, and evaluating contemporary fine art.