- Tutor (Graphic Design; Design & Screen Cultures) at Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh, 2012-2019.
- Tutor (Graphic Design) at Centre for Open Learning, University of Edinburgh, 2012-2018.
- Keynote presentation of ‘Life Drawing: conceptions of undergraduate students on the threshold’ at The Art of Enterprise & Employability for University of the Arts London (Teaching Platform Series) at London College of Communication, 27 June 2018.
- Co-founding Research Lead of the Graphic Design Educators’ Network 2014-2016.
- Review of Royal College of Art’s ‘RCA Graphics Fifty’ for Communication Design: Interdisciplinary and Graphic Design Research Vol 3. Issue 2, 2016.
- Guest blog for QSR International NVivo Blog January 2015.
- Speaker at CreativeMornings inaugural Edinburgh event at Summerhall Edinburgh, 11 December 2014.
- Co-presenter and co-author with Zoe Patterson of paper ‘Valuing risk in the creative campus’ at AIGA Design Educators Conference ‘New Ventures: Intersections in Design Education‘ in Portland, Oregon, USA, 11-13 September 2014.
- Presenter of ‘There’s no point going on: visualising qualitative data’ at University of Edinburgh Dealing with Data Conference in Edinburgh, Scotland, 26 August 2014.
- Presenter and designer of poster ‘Journey to the centre of the worth: employability in arts & humanities‘ at Higher Education Academy Arts & Humanities Heroes & Monsters Conference 2014 in Manchester, England, 2-4 June 2014.
- Co-originator of SCART Connection: an enticement to researchers in science (UoE School of Physics & Astronomy) and arts (UoE Edinburgh College of Art) to collaboratively examine their respective approaches, which concluded in participants presenting to a full-house at the Edinburgh International Science Festival in April 2014. Funded through an award from the Edinburgh College of Art Devolved Researcher Fund.
- Co-presenter with Zoe Patterson of ‘Clap risk: an infectious case of employability’ at Higher Education Academy Teaching in Practice event at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England, 26-28 June 2013.
- Facilitator of open discussion ‘Exactly which part of what we do in higher education is not employability?‘ at the Higher Education Academy Arts & Humanities Storyville conference in Brighton, England, 29-30 May 2013.
- Co-presenter and co-author with Zoe Patterson of paper ‘Not two weeks in a place tidying up the paper drawer – an employability case study‘ at the Design Research Society/ Cumulus Design Learning for Tomorrow conference in Oslo, Norway, 14-17 May 2013.