What aspect of your role do you enjoy the most?
It is very satisfying when all the work of the team comes to fruition, always trying to improve on the previous year. I have worked in education, in some form, for 12 years straight now and enjoy the teamwork aspect the most. When the team’s chip in to help run efforts like enrolment and exams. In my personal work I only want to be working on something if I can improve it and look to always increase accuracy and efficiency in the processes we administer. This is especially prevalent in BSMS because we often too unique to use the universities systems/processes so we are more in control of our own data, communication, systems, curriculum planning and timetabling.
Tell us about a professional/personal goal you have recently achieved.
Professionally, I have recently reached the same grade at work as I left in my previous, quite specialised, work in FE education. The move was for health reasons, but I am very committed in my role in the Emerton School Office and delighted to reach a role equivalently valued and comparable progression.
A personal goal is being trusted to and for the last year needling myself onto dialysis at home. I found this process quite harrowing at first but overcome this due to necessity and being able to manage my time and do this alone at home. Important personally as I have things I want to do and a mortgage to pay!