Joan brings expertise to the group through national initiatives to improve the student experience and outcomes; this included spearheading Advance HE’s sector-wide programmes to embed mental wellbeing in the curriculum.
Joan is co-author (2021) Student mental health and wellbeing: Insights from higher education providers and sector experts, for the Department for Education; (2019) Understanding and overcoming the challenges of targeting students from under-represented and disadvantaged ethnic backgrounds, for the Office for Students; and co-author (2017) Supporting student success: strategies for institutional change: What Works? Student Retention & Success programme, for the Paul Hamlyn Foundation. Joan is a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and currently a member of the steering group for the OFS funded six-HEI Positive Digital Practices Project.