1982 -1991 Completed student nurse (RMN) training and worked as a staff nurse in a range of settings in North Birmingham and West Yorkshire. (Also completed Foundation course and Degree in Art & Design).

1991-1997 Arts Project Co-ordinator for Art Link, regional arts organisation, involved in a wide range of community arts based projects, with a particular interest in arts and mental health initiatives.

1997-2005 Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Subject Leader Fine Art as Social Practice, School of Art & Design University of Wolverhampton.

2006-2009  Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust, worked as Nurse Therapist in Personality Disorder Service (Therapeutic Community) and in Clinical Research in Mental Health Research Network on a range of research studies.

October 2009 – present: Senior Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing; teaching across the programme with special interests in experiential group work with student nurses, critical perspectives in mental health, clinical supervision and therapeutic use of self.

Associate member Institute of Group Analysis : Group work Practitioner

BA Hons Art & Design - Bradford School of Art, 1990

Masters in Social Science – Cultural Studies University of Birmingham, 1997.

Post Graduate Award Philosophy and Ethics of Mental Health – University of Warwick, 2003.

Post graduate certificate in Learning & Teaching in Higher Education – University of Wolverhampton, 2011.

Foundation Course Institute of Group Analysis (Turvey) and Post Graduate Certificate in Group Analytic Studies – Birkbeck – University of London and Institute of Group Analysis, 2013 and 2014.

Senior Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing; teaching across the programme with special interests in experiential group work with student nurses, critical perspectives in mental health, clinical supervision and therapeutic use of self - October 2009 to present.

Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust, worked as Nurse Therapist in Personality Disorder Service (Therapeutic Community) and in Clinical Research in Mental Health Research Network on a range of research studies - 2006 to 2009.

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Subject Leader Fine Art as Social Practice, School of Art & Design University of Wolverhampton - 1997 to 2005.

Arts Project Co-ordinator for Art Link, regional arts organisation, involved in a wide range of community arts based projects, with a particular interest in arts and mental health initiatives - 1991 to 1997.

Completed student nurse (RMN) training and worked as a staff nurse in a range of settings in North Birmingham and West Yorkshire. (Also completed Foundation course and Degree in Art & Design) - 1982 to 1991.