As an External Examiner, my role is pivotal in maintaining and enhancing the quality and standards of higher education. I am tasked with providing an impartial, independent assessment and a comprehensive review of the programs and student work at various institutions. This involves scrutinizing course content, assessment methods, and examination papers to ensure they meet the established criteria and learning outcomes. By evaluating the fairness and consistency of assessment processes and outcomes, I contribute to the integrity of the qualifications awarded. My feedback offers constructive insights for continuous improvement and aligns academic standards with national benchmarks. Furthermore, through my engagement, I facilitate the sharing of best practices and innovative approaches in teaching, learning, and assessment across the academic community, fostering a culture of excellence and a commitment to student achievement and success.

In my capacity as an External Examiner for the Cyber Security Technical Professional Integrated Degree, my responsibilities extend to rigorously assessing the programme's alignment with the specified standards set forth by the Institute for Apprenticeships. This entails a thorough examination of the curriculum, teaching methodologies, assessment strategies, and the overall learning environment to ensure they collectively support the attainment of critical knowledge, skills, and behaviours outlined in the standard. By evaluating student work, examination protocols, and course outcomes, I ensure the programme not only adheres to the high-quality benchmarks required for a degree in cyber security but also prepares students to effectively address the complex challenges they will face in their professional careers. Through providing detailed, constructive feedback, I aid in the continuous improvement of the programme, advocating for the adoption of cutting-edge practices and technologies that enhance the learning experience and ensure graduates are well-equipped to contribute to the field of cyber security.

• FdSc Computing Technologies (outgoing)
• FdSc Digital Technology Solutions (incoming)

• Act as mentor for new teachers in the area of teaching and learning.
• Contribute to staff development within the School in teaching and learning.
• To disseminate good practice.
• Develop and use a range of teaching and learning techniques.
• Maintain and improve the quality of the School’s work within the and improve the quality of the School’s work within the College’s policies and procedures relating to teaching and learning.
• The delivery and management of Student Learning within the curriculum area.
• Carry out teaching observations and give appropriate feedback.
• Participate in internal audits/inspections of teaching and learning.
• Support the development of Equal Opportunities within teaching and learning.
• Work collaboratively across the college.
• Assist with the annual School self-assessment exercise in order to monitor and evaluate School performance.
• Work collaboratively across the college.
• Assist with monitoring student recruitment, retention andachievement and take remedial action where necessary.

Working closely with the relative module leaders and the course tutors, I am responsible responding to feedback from students, external examiners, Professional, Statutory and Regulatory Bodies (PSRBs) and industry. I am required to ensure student representatives are allocated to the programme board, and that all students have access to a personal tutor. I have good communication with colleagues across the university and collaborative partners, and with external bodies.

Further to this I was invited to attend the Education Technology Development Group which looks to connect new ideas and technology and identify the most effective and efficient methods of including these in everyday teaching practice. Working as part of Blackpool and The Fylde Colleges’ technology team is a great opportunity and will allow collaboration of research projects with professionals in other departments. More recently my scholarly research has been published internally at Blackpool and The Fylde College in the scholarship review 2016; this research has additionally been submitted to the Research in Learning Technology for consideration for publication.

As a HE/ FE lecturer I pursue my own research to contribute to the wider research activities of my department. My aim is to have my scholarship published externally in books or scholarly articles. My academic practice and scholarly research (which typically investigates using technology to improve the student experience) has included contributing to a variety of Blackpool and The Fylde College conferences. At the Second Annual Learning and Teaching Conference in 2015 (Scholarship Informed Teaching and Learning) I presented a workshop that demonstrated good practice in using collaborative environments to enhance student participation. Additionally I contributed to Blackpool and The Fylde Colleges’ Third Annual Learning and Teaching Conference (Technology Enabled and Enhanced Learning) where I presented my research into pedagogies that can assist technology enhanced learning.