I am a Senior Lecturer and have the following responsibilities in the main:

Programme Director for all Deaf Education programme at Postgraduate Level - PgDip, MSc

Programme Director for Advanced Audiology (Paediatric Pathway)

Teaching and Programme Director roles

I am the Programme Director for all programmes within the Deaf Education portfolio. I feel extremely honoured to have this responsibility given that the programmes have been in place for 100 years and are the most established in the UK and far beyond. In fulfilling this role I have a pivotal, strategic position in UK Deaf Education - working closely with schools and services for deaf children and informing national strategy alongside and in collaboration with other key stakeholders such as BATOD, National Deaf Children's Society and charities such as The Ewing Foundation.

I am also Programme Director for Advanced Audiology (Paediatric Pathway). This is also an exciting programme where we have the opportunity to support registered, qualified Audiologists in their work within the paediatric population. I took a leading role at the conception of this pathway in establishing the route and demonstrating how existing modules could be used to support provision for learners working with the paediatric population.

Recent awards

UoM Team Teaching Award 2018

· This award commended a project I instigated and led. In the project I led a team including a professor, e-learning colleagues and industry specialists towards adoption of technology in establishing remote supervision for practicum learning. The outcome for learners was an increased ability to reflect on their practice and foster skill development whilst also working towards the university goals of sustainability by reducing travel.

“The team demonstrated how they worked effectively together to enhance the learning experiences of teachers. The panel were impressed with the use of technology to enhance teaching and supervision and the mechanisms the team had employed to share this effectively with colleagues across the Faculty.” Professor Judy Williams, Deputy Associate Dean for Staff Development

UoM Making a Difference Award 2015

· I led a project (alongside Prof McCracken) to enable deaf school children to attend university for the day and be taught by our training ToDs. The benefits of this were two fold – enabling UoM learners to extend and practice skills in a safe environment and enabling deaf children to access a Russell Group university

Current research

I am involved in a number of research areas as follows:

- Theory of Mind research (see my publications)

- Cross divisional resarch on pragmatics and social communciation in deaf children (NDCS funded project) - Principal Investigator

- READY project - 5 year longitudinal study of outcomes for deaf children and young people - co-investigator