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ASET is governed as a charity by a Board of Trustees, and our Trustees contribute to the running of our organisation by being members of our Executive Committee.
Our constitution allows our Executive Committee to have up to fifteen members who may be Trustees or co-opted individuals, and the Committee is also open to our President and the Chief Operations Officer in an ‘ex-officio’ capacity.
If vacancies arise at any time during the year, the Board may co-opt individuals from member institutions. Co-opted Trustees do not have voting rights, and remain in office only until the next Annual General Meeting (AGM) when they are required to stand for election should they wish to become a Trustee.
Lou is the Head of Apprenticeships & Partnership-based Learning at Keele University. She leads on Apprenticeships at Keele and is developing placement and work-based learning as a broader experiential learning offer.
Sam is the Placement Development Lead and Graduate Apprenticeship Mentor Consultant at Robert Gordon University’s Centre for Employability and Community Engagement, supporting students, schools, and organisations in delivering work based learning programmes.
Laura is a Professor of Inclusive Entrepreneurship at Ulster University. She has developed, and led, numerous employability initiatives at both strategic and operational levels within the faculty and University. Her research interests include employability typologies and profiling and she is also actively involved in research on SMEs and entrepreneurship.
Helen is an academic member of staff in the department of applied sciences at Northumbria University. In her role, Helen has the opportunity to develop resources, activities and interventions to promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, identifying perceived barriers to engagement in work based and placement learning and brings this expertise to the board of ASET Trustees. Helen also chairs the ASET Research Group.
Clodagh is currently Work-integrated Learning (WIL) Lead at University College Cork, Ireland. This is a new role in the university which has been created to spearhead the development of an inclusive, cohesive, and flexible approach to work-based learning, guided by student feedback and robust employer partnerships.
Victoria is the Partnership Lead within the Faculty of Health and Education at Manchester Metropolitan University. Since joining Manchester Met in 2012 Victoria has been working with external organisations and academic colleagues to develop authentic experiential learning opportunities.
Catherine is a lecturer in Computer Science at Cardiff University and Director of Employability, Outreach and Engagement for the School of Computer Science and Informatics. Her research area is Policy Informatics with a focus on education and skills and Catherine collaborates with industry partners to develop strategic partnerships that bring industry input into the curriculum.
Hannah is a Work Based Learning Advisor in the School of Science and Technology at City St George’s University of London. She has over ten years’ experience of designing and delivering embedded employability modules, from the module application stage through to delivering the module in the classroom. She also have extensive experience of designing innovative assessments and assessing employability modules.
Adele is the Work Experience and Placements Manager at the University of Westminster. She has extensive experience working in Higher Education employability, particularly placements and work based learning. She works with a range of stakeholders to support students across a variety of courses to gain experience through work-based learning activities, short-term work experience or year-long placements.
Currently an Associate Professor at Durham University, Litka has led initiatives to enhance student learning through innovative teaching methods and curriculum design. With extensive experience as an EDI advocate she has an ability to foster engagement, inclusivity, and academic success within diverse student populations.