Sarah Rhodes is an experienced educator dedicated to delivering quality, inclusive and accessible provision for all stages with a post 16 education and lifelong learning specialism. She has worked extensively in learning support and specific educational needs for more than a decade and has a passion for diversity and inclusion, drawing upon her experience as a secondary, further and higher education teacher to influence her approaches to person centred learning. In her role as Disability Services Manager at the University of Wolverhampton, she led on the development of specialist staff contracts and development, considerate marking scheme and the inclusivity and accessibility of the student portal and assistive technology for the AccessApps strand of the Digital Transformation programme. In her most recent role, Sarah teaches aspects of SEND/inclusion on Early Years, Primary and Post Compulsory study programmes, is Module Lead for the Inclusive Curriculum by Design module on the PG Cert Academic Practice course, KUDOS mentor and reviewer and member of the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Scholarship and Research Group. 

Educator Wellbeing in Post Compulsory Education

Assistive Technology in Post Compulsory Education

Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Associate Member of Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development

Student Member of the Institute of Leadership and Management

Univesrity of Chester, PG Diploma in Nutrition and Exercise Science

Keele University, PG Cert Higher Education Teaching and Learning

University of Surrey, BSc (Hons) Analytical & Environmental Chemistry, 2:1 - 2001

Thomas Telford School, A Levels: Art (B), Chemistry (C) and Biology (C) - 1997

Lord Silkin School, 10 GCSE’s: incl. Sci (AA), Eng. Lang (A) and Maths (B) - 1995

City of Wolverhampton Council - SEND Officer (temp. contract) - April 2016 - December 2016

University of Wolverhampton - Disability Services Manager - February 2014 - February 2016

Heart of Worcestershire College - HE Support Lecturer - January 2012 - January 2014

Harper Adams University - Academic Guidance Tutor - July 2009 - December 2011

Various Education Settings - Secondary and Higher - October 2001 - June 2009