Experience

Various

• Investment Management
• 700 & Above Employee

• Portfolio career

  • Apr 2019 - Present

  Providing training for cross-border conflict experts and academics through The Conversation's service consultancy Universal Impact. Consultancy for The British Academy. Strategic management of charity operations and building start-ups. Impact research and editorial guidance for universities, including for the 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF). Editorial commissions based on academic research. Audio and podcast production. Strategic event planning for the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) in London. External relations and policy communications. Show less



Rory Peck Trust

• United Kingdom
• Philanthropic Fundraising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Journalist Assistance Manager

  • Mar 2021 - Jul 2021

  Leading on assistance provision for freelance journalists around the world. The Rory Peck Trust provides direct emergency financial support to freelance journalists in crisis and is a founding member of the international Journalists in Distress (JID) network. The Trust also delivers training initiatives focused on physical safety, digital security and trauma management to build professional resilience within the global community of freelance journalists. Leading on assistance provision for freelance journalists around the world. The Rory Peck Trust provides direct emergency financial support to freelance journalists in crisis and is a founding member of the international Journalists in Distress (JID) network. The Trust also delivers training initiatives focused on physical safety, digital security and trauma management to build professional resilience within the global community of freelance journalists.



John Schofield Trust

• United Kingdom
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Manager

  • Apr 2014 - Jul 2021

  Working across the UK encouraging school students and early career journalists access and navigate the profession through mentoring, networking and training. Working across the UK encouraging school students and early career journalists access and navigate the profession through mentoring, networking and training.



IOE - UCL's Faculty of Education and Society

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research impact submission editor

  • Mar 2019 - Jan 2021

  Editorial consultant to academics for their 2021 REF impact case studies. Policy document writing and articles for UCL-IoE Featured Research. Editorial consultant to academics for their 2021 REF impact case studies. Policy document writing and articles for UCL-IoE Featured Research.



BBC

• United Kingdom
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 700 & Above Employee

• Freelance positions

  • May 2012 - Sep 2018

  Trainer - freelance lead trainer and mentor to all radio correspondents, editors and producers in the new BBC headquarters in London (May - December 2012). Training for Trainers with the BBC Academy (January 2018). Audio production for BBC Ideas which makes 'short films and animations for curious minds.' BBC Ideas focuses on "...thoughtful content you can trust, but that's entertaining too. Hoping the films might change your perspective about something you know tons about - or expose you to something completely new." (James Purnell, Director of Radio and Education). Show less



Education Media Centre

• London, United Kingdom

• Senior Press Officer

  • Sep 2013 - Aug 2017

  The Education Media Centre’s aim is to enrich and inform both policy makers and the public about education policy, theory and practice by the dissemination of academic research via the media. The Education Media Centre’s aim is to enrich and inform both policy makers and the public about education policy, theory and practice by the dissemination of academic research via the media.



BBC News

• United Kingdom
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 700 & Above Employee

• Newsgathering Producer, World Affairs

  • Mar 1995 - May 2011

  World Affairs Producer of major news and live events, making features & documentaries in Westminster, across the UK and around the world, having covered many of the most important stories of the time for BBC World Service, Radio 4, 5Live BBC World TV News & BBC Online. World Affairs Producer of major news and live events, making features & documentaries in Westminster, across the UK and around the world, having covered many of the most important stories of the time for BBC World Service, Radio 4, 5Live BBC World TV News & BBC Online.