My career has been a game of two halves. After graduating from Manchester University, I spent 10 years working in international sales within the TV distribution industry in London and Cardiff.
After being made redundant in 2009 I moved into Higher Education (so I fully understand how we can upskill and reskill ourselves!). Fast forward 15 years, I have worked for a wide range of UK universities and research organisations, and managed several externally funded, multi-stakeholder programmes across all sectors. All of these have been to support skills development to ensure learners have the best career opportunities, and industry have access to the staff their businesses need.
My experience has always been at the exciting intersection between academia, research and industry; a privileged place where you get to work with both inspirational students and practitioners alike.