Teaching responsibilities

I am the Module Lead and currently teach the following:

• Reflective Practice - Stage 1
• Protecting and Safeguarding Children - Stage 1
• Developing Practice with Research Methods - Stage 2
• Independent Studies - Stage 3

Additionally, I have previously lectured on the Masters in Public Health programme, and I was the module lead for the Introduction to Health Promotion and Health Improvement, which addresses current public health issues in the UK, some of these concepts and issues are mirrored to a global context.

Research interests

• Race, Equity and Higher Education
• Decolonization of the Curriculum
• Culturally Relevant Pedagogy
• Critical Race Theory as an Analytical and Transformational Tool in Educational Research
• Postcolonial Studies and Teacher Training in Higher Education
• Race, Crime and Mental Health
• Reducing the Awarding Gap in Higher Education.
• My Master's dissertation explored 'How the experiences and role of the black academic in higher education could create an inclusive curriculum by encouraging positive attitudes in students and scholars'

Membership of professional bodies

• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
• National Institute for Health Research

Qualifications

Undergraduate qualifications

• BA (Hons) in Applied and Social Sciences-De Montfort University (DMU).
• Certificate in Youth and Community Development (JNC qualified)-De Montfort University (Formerly Leicester Polytechnic).
• Certificate-Level 3 Assessor in Teaching, Assessment and Quality Assurance (TAQA). Assessing apprentices both in the workplace and in the classroom.

Postgraduate qualifications

• Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education-University of Derby.
• MA Education-University of Derby.

Recent conferences

• Audience with Doreen Lawrence
• Building a Culturally Competent Curriculum
• The Racial Diversity of the Academic Workforce
• Departmental Student and Staff Anti-Oppressive Practice Conference
• The Future of Race Equality in Higher Education
• University of Derby Learning and Teaching conference-Driving Student Engagement and Success.

1. Loughborough University Learning and Teaching Conference.

On the 2nd April 2025, I was invited to Loughborough University's Learning and Teaching Conference as a special guest speaker, facilitator, and round-table contributor on the exploration of decolonisation in the context of learning and teaching in higher education, where conversations took place on the curriculum, decolonial praxis, and scholarship, and how these ideas and approaches could contribute to reducing the awarding gap.

Additional interests and activities

• External Academic Advisor to Birmingham City University-MA in Black Studies and BA (Hons) in Black Studies and Crime Programmes
• The Co-Chair of the University of Derby Staff Race Equality Network
• Member of the University's Race Equality Charter Self-Assessment Team
• Member of the University's Academic Equality and Inclusivity Group
• Member of the University's Student Success Programme Board
• I represent the College of Health and Humanities on the University's Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee
• I represent the Department of Social and Community Studies on the Awarding Gap Group
• Undergraduate and Master's students' Independent Scholarship supervisor
• I am the Vice-Chair of the Shiefton Supplementary School in Nottingham