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§ Selected Work

A portfolio at the intersection of culture, heritage and education.

Selected commissions spanning strategic development, learning, project coordination and independent evaluation. Working alongside organisations and partnerships to make complex projects clearer, more deliverable and more responsive to the people they serve.

Hope: Learning from Nature

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Project · 01

Agency · Seasons · Growth

Hope: Learning from Nature

Independent Evaluator | Newcastle University Library

A longitudinal, mixed-method evaluation of a National Lottery Heritage Fund-supported project exploring natural heritage, climate and young people's sense of hope and possibility. Working with Year 9 pupils in Northumberland, the project brings together Newcastle University, the National Trust at Wallington and Northumberland National Park Authority. The evaluation is built around a logic model, a planned pre-delivery baseline and tools approved through Newcastle University's ethics review, with fieldwork across autumn, spring and summer.

Sector
Heritage · Education · Environment
Focus
Evaluation · Young People · Climate
Year
2026–27, ongoing

Project partners

Newcastle University
National Trust
Northumberland National Park

Funded by

National Lottery Heritage Fund

Expanding Horizons

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Project · 02

Access · Schools · Geography

Expanding Horizons

Freelance Project Coordinator & Evidence Lead | Northumberland and County Durham

Coordinating a cultural access pilot led by the Northumberland and County Durham Cultural Education Partnerships, with support from the North East Mayoral Strategic Authority as part of its work on child poverty. Working with ten schools across rural West Northumberland and post-industrial County Durham, the pilot tests ways to overcome barriers to cultural visits, particularly transport. Two comparative strands explore hired transport and existing public transport routes, with a baseline designed to distinguish geographical isolation from socioeconomic disadvantage. Evidence and learning from the pilot will inform practical resources, including a sponsorship pack and teacher CPD, to support more sustainable cultural access.

Sector
Culture · Education
Focus
Access · Coordination · Evidence
Year
2026–27, ongoing

Led by

Northumberland Cultural Education Partnership
County Durham Cultural Education Partnership

A commission funded by

North East Mayoral Strategic Authority
Museum of Gloucester

Project · 03

Artefacts · Schools · Gloucester

Museum of Gloucester

Critical Friend Review | Learning Offer & Education Collection

A Critical Friend review of the museum's schools programme from EYFS to KS3. Drawing on six strands of evidence, including teacher consultation, booking data from 2021 to 2026 and a 351-record education collection catalogue, the review identified opportunities for object-first enquiry, with story as the frame. Against a brief for up to two new sessions, the work delivered four KS2 sessions developed or redesigned, three KS3 packs and practical improvement processes designed to be sustained without ongoing consultant support.

Sector
Museums · Heritage
Focus
Learning · Collections · Evaluation
Year
2026
Orli Health

Project · 04

Attune · Settle · Grow

Orli Health

Independent Consultant & North East Strategy Lead

Supporting Orli's growth into North East primary schools, with a practical approach to children's regulation, belonging and readiness to learn. Mapping trust and local authority relationships, analysing Newcastle's SEMH landscape, shaping pilot models, and leading the strategic relationship for Orli's autumn 2026 action research programme with a North East multi-academy trust.

Sector
Health & Wellbeing · Education
Focus
Strategy · Schools · Research
Year
2026, ongoing
Breck Foundation

Project · 05

Awareness · Safety · Guidance

Breck Foundation

Freelance Schools Speaker

Delivering sessions and assemblies on online safety for the Breck Foundation. Breck's story helps young people recognise the signs of online grooming and exploitation and make safer choices online.

Sector
Education · Safeguarding
Focus
Speaking · Schools
Year
Ongoing

§ Research & Practice Development

The Real Thing

Independent Research & Practice Development

Attention · Scrutiny · Grasp

A developing proposition, draft manifesto and framework for object-based learning in the age of AI. Exploring how encounters with material evidence, supported by skilled questioning and enquiry, can help learners observe, test interpretations and exercise human judgement.

The Real Thing was first opened to the sector at the GEM Conference 2026. Its next phase of research, professional development and practical testing is supported by Arts Council England through a Developing Your Creative Practice award.

Supported using public funding by Arts Council England
Sector
Museums · Heritage · Education
Focus
Research · Pedagogy · Critical Thinking
Year
2026, ongoing

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§ Before Going Independent

More than twenty years in museum learning, exhibitions and collections: most recently as Director of Collections & Exhibitions at Seven Stories, and before that leading learning, engagement and research at Great North Museum: Hancock, after regional learning roles across Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums.

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