As a multidisciplinary academic with formal learning and teaching experiences in Australia, Japan, New Zealand and UK, I use my discipline background in sport pedagogy and teacher education to inform my current research on international educational leadership and academic practice. This international perspective drives my interest in exploring how education leadership opportunities are presented to and accessed by colleagues working in higher education. I regularly collaborate on research projects with colleagues from France, USA, UK, Spain, New Zealand and Australia and combine my research and teaching commitments with a range of responsibilities as an external examiner of tertiary education programmes and as a reviewer for numerous education-based research journals.

As a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy I am also committed to working with colleagues to advance their teaching, learning and curriculum design capabilities for the benefit of student learning. My consultancy work extends to involvement with both the Chevening Secretariat and Turing schemes in the UK.