Introduction

I have been working as an Associate Lecturer on the MA Applied Imagination in the Creative Industries at Central Saint Martins, UAL, since 2007. Until 2016 I solely worked on the part-time mode of the programme, as I also held a full-time role as Head of Design in a private company, heading a large team of interactive digital designers. My background is in digital design and video production and I had a career in that field for more than 15 years.
When I envisaged a career change I realised that what I most enjoyed in both roles was the mentoring, “coaching” and supporting of team members / students. I therefore decided to train as a therapist and since 2015 I am working as a fully certified hypnotherapist in private practice – whilst also continuing my work at CSM, on both the full-time and the part-time mode of the MA.
MA Applied Imagination in the Creative Industries is a multidisciplinary programme based on action research approaches. Me and the other Associate Lecturers on the course work each with a group of usually five to eight students on various briefs as well as on the students’ individually chosen main research project.
I hope to get inspiration and new ideas from the PGCERT and to enhance my teaching practice through exposure to relevant educational research literature, through critical analysis of my work and through collaboration with my peers.