Jon has 25 years of experience working in Higher Education and is currently an Academic Developer at the University of Wolverhampton. He is an advocate for inclusive education, specialising in staff development, technology-enhanced learning and course leadership. He is also a qualified coach, mentor and member of the Institute of Leadership and Management (MInstLM).
His educational background was initially Arts based and following his MA he was awarded his PG Cert in Academic Practice in Higher Education (HE), his Senior Fellowship (SFHEA) and then Principal Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (PFHEA). He is a Certified Membership of the Association for Learning Technology (CMALT).
He is the University of Wolverhampton’s SEDA-PDF institutional lead and course lead for two successful SEDA-PDF programmes. He is course lead for the University of Wolverhampton PG Cert Academic Practice in HE award (PG CAP) and has advised on the development of numerous online learning programmes and on-campus learning spaces/new builds. In 2017 Jon also authored the University of Wolverhampton Learning Spaces Strategy. He has published on the themes of academic development, learning technology and learning space design, and been fortunate to share his work with colleagues at numerous international conferences. He has also sat on a board of Governors for a local ECMAT Academy and has experience of acting as chair of Academic Board.
A member of the International Consortium for Educational Development