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Background

Caroline is Academic Director for Art and Media, leading Swansea College of Art (UWTSD). Swansea College of Art is ranked by the Guardian League Table 2025 within the top 15 for Art and Design Education within the UK with a significant number of subjects ranking first in Wales.

Caroline has worked in Academia for 25 years, initially teaching Fashion and Textiles. She holds a PGCE, BA and MA in Post Compulsory Education and an MSc in Management. Caroline is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA) and an Institute of Leadership and Management Coach. In 2019 Caroline was awarded Welsh Woman of the Year for Services to Education and in the same year a Sunday Times Rising Star Award for Education and Academia. In 2009 Caroline had the privilege of being invited to a reception at Buckingham Palace to meet the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh for her contribution to the British Clothing Industry.

Specialist Subjects

  • Art and Design

Professional and/or Research Experience

Caroline has extensive experience of leading Knowledge Transfer projects between academic and Industry and has secured and led several multi million pound Knowledge Transfer projects.

• EU Interreg Catalyst - Welsh Gov (2020)
• EU Interreg ACT – Welsh Gov (2015)
• EU A4B Textile Technologies KTC – Welsh Gov (2010)
• EU K.E.F Training Development – Welsh Gov (2007)
• EU K.E.F The Shared Technology Resource Centre – Welsh Gov (2005)

Qualifications

  • HND Fashion Marketing
  • BA and MA in Post Compulsory Education
  • PGCE
  • MSc in Management

Languages Spoken

English. Basic Welsh.

Professional Membership or Roles

Institute of Leadership and Management Coach
Governor St Joseph’s Cathedral Primary School
Senior Fellow of the HEA Member of the Chartered Institute of Educational Assessors
Member of the Institute of Knowledge Transfer
Member of the Chartered Management Institute

External Recognition or Rewards

• Welsh Woman of the Year for Services to Education (2019)
• Sunday Times Rising Star Award for Academia (2019)
• Colegau Cymru Award finalist for Delivering HE in FE (2012)
• Invited to meet HRH The Queen at Buckingham Palace for Contribution to the British Clothing Industry (2009)
• Swansea Bay Woman of the Year finalist (2009)
• Fforum Awards finalist (2007)

Available to Supervise Doctoral Students

No