A Chartered Occupational Psychologist, my interests cut across areas of work and organisational psychology, specifically, human resource development in public sector organisations. As a practitioner psychologist and academic, my research and KE focus is two-fold: (1) the design of employability and education services for a variety of learners and (2) the people strategy that underlines the effective delivery of those services. 

I introduced and lead Scotland's only British Psychology Society and CIPD accredited MSc Occupational Psychology, and lead Strathclyde Business School's Executive Education offer as Director of Programmes and Parterships.

Since 2016, I have taught across professionally accredited postgraduate programmes in the Business School, including MSc Human Resource Management, MSc Business and Management, Masters in Business Adminstration, and MSc International Management. 

My KE interests are predominantly focused on social inclusion of disadvantaged groups. Having successfully commercialised an online employability tool, I am the first Strathclyde Business School academic to have successfully completed a spin out.

• Human resource development
• Training and Development
• Employability
• Career Managment and Development
• Professional practice in welfare provision
• Coaching and personal development
• Organisational Development and Change

I teach several areas of work and organisational psychology across professionally accredited postgraduate programmes in the Department of Work, Employment and Organisation and the MBA unit.

Topics include:

• Employee Reward
• Human Resource Development
• Managing People in Organisations
• Stress and wellbeing
• Employability
• Career Development
• Coaching and Mentoring

My research interests lie in the delivery of welfare programmes, specifically personalised employability and skills provision directed at disadvantaged jobseekers.

Examples of projects include:

• social impact in Saudi Arabia;
• evlauation of employability programmes;
• inclusive recruitment for disabled people;
• skills mismatch across Glasgow’s workforce;
• monitoring and evaluation strategies;
• retention issues in social care organisations;
• attraction, retention and development of chefs in Scotland;
• distance travelled (employability) at a national disability charity.

University of Strathclyde 

• PhD Work, Employment and Organisation (2020)
• MSc Occupational Psychology (2010)
• BA (Honours) Psychology (2003)

British Psychological Society (BPS)

• Awarded Associate Fellow status (2016)
• Register of Applied Psychology Practice Supervisors (RAPPS) (2015)
• Qualification in Occupational Psychology (QOP) (Stage 2) (2012)
• Assessment Test User: Occupational (Ability and Personality) (2010)