To make contact please email nrm32@cam.ac.uk.
Developing a story games to support reading, oracy and team work for 8 to 12 year-olds:
This is my current focus. This is an educational resource for 8 to 12 year-olds at school and at home. I am collaborating with Dr Julien Morton from London Southbank University. As the resource develops, there are useful opportunities for research. We are currently in a development phase, working from our base in North Devon. The working title for the game is Crank, Imma and the Keeper. It will be the first of three VIRTLING SAGAS!
Teacher and teacher trainer:
I am a qualified Primary School teacher and have taught learners from 3 years-old to 80 plus for more than 40 years. I have trained and supported teachers in the classroom, in colleges and universities since 1990.
International Arts Education Consultant:
I work with Cambridge International Education, part of the Cambridge University Press and Assessment at the University of Cambridge. I support school curriculum development in arts subjects in different countries. I have recently supported projects for Kazakhstan, Ethiopia, UAE, Mongolia and Uzbekistan.
Supporting art at King’s College, Cambridge:
I am currently an Associate of King’s College, University of Cambridge, where I support students, and staff who wish to make art. The Art Rooms at King’s have a vibrant creative culture.
Working in education research:
My monograph for Palgrave Macmillan, ‘Observational Filmmaking for Education: Digital video practices for researchers, teachers and children‘, was published in March 2019.
I have a PhD from the University of Cambridge (2017). I worked in the Faculty of Education. From October 2017 to July 2019, I was a Visiting Researcher at the University of Barcelona developing an observational film pilot research project in Barcelona primary schools with the Faculty of Fine Arts and Faculty of Education. In 2015, I was a visiting Fellow at Austrailia National University in Canberra.
An author of books supporting creativity in Primary School classrooms:
Between 1993 and 2013, I authored eight books about teaching art in primary schools, including: ‘Teaching Art Ages 7-11’ and ‘Creativity and Culture, Art Projects for Primary Schools’. I also produced resource packs for BBC Education and Crayola.
Working as an artist:
As an artist I had two shows in 2023. From June to September 2023, I exhibited sculptures at Celler Carles Andreu de Pira, Tarragona, Catalunya. In April 2023, I had my first show in almost 30 years at Escoles Velles, Begur, Catalunya.
I was a Resident Artist in the summer programme at the School of Visual Art in New York (SVA NYC) in July and August 2020. In 2021, I was a mentee as part of the School of Visual Art in New York with the wonderful support of my mentor the Scottish contemporary artist Karla Black.
I was a member of the I Found U artists’ collective until 2024. This new group of artists met when resident artists at School of Visual Art in New York (SVA NYC) in 2020. As a member of the collective I participated in visual arts projects in Australia, Uruguay, California, Cambridge UK, Germany and Illinois.
I began my adult life studying art at art school in 1975, completing an MFA at Newcastle University in 1985.
