Experience

Kingston School of Art

• United Kingdom
• Architecture and Planning
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Course Leader MA Graphic Design Kingston School of Art London

  • Sep 1998 - Present

• Acting Course Leader, MA Communication Design: Graphic Design

  • Aug 2019 - Present



Arts University Bournemouth

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 400 - 500 Employee

• External Examiner

  • Jan 2021 - Present



University of the Arts London

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• External Examiner

  • Mar 2020 - Present



Kingston University

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Lecturer - phd

  • 1998 - Present

  currently: level 5 year leader 2012-2013: acting course director role includes: timetabling, devising and assessing most projects, employing staff, research, theory, workshops, leading field trips nationally and internationally Cathy’s practice-based research is motivated by the trans-disciplinary possibilities of collective, common and collaboration design. Her research draws on the theories and practices associated with fields including: Critical Theory / Pedagogy, Graphic Design, Design Studies, Collective Design, Digital Humanities, Action Research, Visual Culture and Design Activism. She established the Alternative Art School in 2013 as a radical pedagogic unit that encourages alternative approaches to design practice and education: a co-created critical research space in which students have the power to make change in macro and micro contexts. Through published articles Cathy’s writing for Message, Face Forward and ADCHE examines the role of ambiguity, creative dissent and collective agency in contemporary culture and education. Cathy is currently supervising two PhD candidates. Show less



LCC, CSM

• Associate Lecturer

  • 2004 - 2015

  teaching theory: VCT dissertation supervisor studio-based workshops experimental pedagogy critical design practice film and photography teaching theory: VCT dissertation supervisor studio-based workshops experimental pedagogy critical design practice film and photography



The Glasgow School of Art

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 300 - 400 Employee

• senior lecturer

  • 1993 - 1996

  graphic design, film, photography, illustration, field trips, internal and high profile shows (Scottish National Ballet), marking graphic design, film, photography, illustration, field trips, internal and high profile shows (Scottish National Ballet), marking