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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.
Fran is a Reader in Work Based Learning in the Lancashire School of Business and Enterprise at UCLan, teaching a range of students from undergraduate to post-graduate.
Lou is the Head of Apprenticeships & Experiential Learning at Keele University. She leads on Apprenticeships at Keele and is developing placement and work-based learning as a broader experiential learning offer.
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 and Senior Lecturer in Marketing at Ulster University. She has developed, and led, numerous employability initiatives at both strategic and operational levels within the faculty and University and currently sits on the University’s Sub-Committee for Employability.
In her academic role, Helen develops resources to promote Diversity and Inclusion, identifying barriers to engagement in placement and work-related learning, and brings this expertise to the board of Trustees.
Seamus is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and Work Experience and Internships Manager in Employability & Careers at Ulster University, which has developed one of the largest Work-Based and Placement Learning (WBPL) programmes in the UK.
Vicki is a Senior Lecturer in Digital Marketing at Liverpool Business School, Liverpool John Moores University. 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 lecturer in Computer Science at Cardiff University and Deputy Director of Collaborative Learning with Industry as well as Placement and Employability Lead for the School of Computer Science and Informatics.
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.
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.