Supporting universities, researchers, and educators through education consulting and communication development
As an education and academic consultant, I work with higher education institutions to integrate communication into the core of teaching, learning, and research. This includes designing curricula that align communication skills with disciplinary goals, supporting academic staff in developing their own teaching and writing, and helping institutions create environments where researchers can collaborate and publish effectively.
Communication is not an add-on. It’s central to how knowledge is produced and shared—especially in technical, interdisciplinary, and international contexts. Yet it’s often treated as generic or external to disciplinary learning. My role is to help make communication an explicit and meaningful part of academic practice.
This means different things in different contexts. I work with curriculum teams to identify the communicative demands already present in their programmes and to build structures that support constructive alignment—linking learning outcomes, learning activities, and assessment in ways that reflect how people actually use language and communication in their fields. This might involve creating new modules, revising existing ones, or helping staff develop materials and assignments that reflect real-world academic and professional practices.
I also support academic staff and researchers through workshops, coaching, and editorial work—particularly in contexts where they are expected to write, teach, or apply for funding in English. This includes helping them develop clear rhetorical strategies, navigate international expectations, and work more effectively across disciplinary or institutional boundaries.
What links all of this work is a commitment to real-world academic practice. I don't offer templates or textbook solutions. Instead, I work alongside educators and researchers to surface what matters in their context--helping them find approaches that are both pedagogically sound and practically useful, and helping them communicate it clearly, credibly, and collaboratively.
Communication is not an add-on. It’s central to how knowledge is produced and shared—especially in technical, interdisciplinary, and international contexts. Yet it’s often treated as generic or external to disciplinary learning. My role is to help make communication an explicit and meaningful part of academic practice.
This means different things in different contexts. I work with curriculum teams to identify the communicative demands already present in their programmes and to build structures that support constructive alignment—linking learning outcomes, learning activities, and assessment in ways that reflect how people actually use language and communication in their fields. This might involve creating new modules, revising existing ones, or helping staff develop materials and assignments that reflect real-world academic and professional practices.
I also support academic staff and researchers through workshops, coaching, and editorial work—particularly in contexts where they are expected to write, teach, or apply for funding in English. This includes helping them develop clear rhetorical strategies, navigate international expectations, and work more effectively across disciplinary or institutional boundaries.
What links all of this work is a commitment to real-world academic practice. I don't offer templates or textbook solutions. Instead, I work alongside educators and researchers to surface what matters in their context--helping them find approaches that are both pedagogically sound and practically useful, and helping them communicate it clearly, credibly, and collaboratively.
Core Areas of Work
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Course Design & Framework Development
Aligning communication learning with curricular goals through structured design. I work with academic teams to identify communicative needs and build frameworks that support constructive alignment--linking outcomes, activities, and assessment to real-world communication practices.
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Communication in Business & Technical Curricula
Helping lecturers and teaching teams embed communication into technical and business instruction—designing tasks, modules, and assessments that reflect how communication actually works in professional contexts.
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Interdisciplinary Collaboration Support
Facilitating and coaching teams across disciplines, institutions, and roles. I help research consortia and academic teams develop shared language and clear goals in complex collaborative settings.
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Project Development & Proposal Writing
Helping researchers and teams develop clear, credible, and well-structured proposals—whether for research grants, awards, or institutional projects. Support includes early-stage concept development, writing feedback, and alignment with the expectations of funders and reviewers.
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