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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.
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.
Andy is the Partnership and Business Manager at Cardiff University’s Cyber Innovation Hub which aims to transform Cardiff Capital Region into one of the UK’s leading cyber security clusters.
Laura works at Leeds Beckett University as the Student Opportunity and Experiential Learning Manager. Laura co-leads the Conference Planning Group and is a member of the Membership and Communication Working Group.
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.
Vicki is a senior lecturer in Digital Marketing on the Business with… programmes within Liverpool Business School. Vicki teaches Digital Marketing, digital marketing consultancy and employability modules. Vicki joined the ASET Executive as a Co-opted Trustee in September 2017, she now co-leads the Membership and Communications Working Group.
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.
Lisa is Professor of Employability and Learning Innovation and Associate Dean for Employability – leading employability for the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at the University of East Anglia. Lisa was awarded a prestigious National Teaching Fellowship based on her sustained ability to facilitate and influence quality student learning and positioning her as a sector leader in employability and learning innovations.