Nicky Smith
Foundation Year Programme Manager, Senior Lecturer
My profile
Biography
Academic Biography
2021- present - Foundation Year Programme Leader - Faculty of Business and Law
2018 - present - Departmental Well being Champion
2017-2021 - Departmental Employability Lead
2011 - 2016 - Departmental Placement Manager
Membership of professional associations
2008-2013 A national committee member of FLIGHT (formally known as PATH - Placement Advisors for Tourism & Hospitality), as well as being tasked with organising the annual PATH conference 2011.
2012-16 Committee member of ASET (Work based and Placement Learning Ass)
Consultancy and advisory roles outside university
2019 - present Active committee member of F E A S T - World wide eating Disorder charity - Advocacy work
Advisory roles
2021 - Eating Disorders complex case Review - NHS - Working partnership
2021 - Kings College London, Trianglar Study, Research and Develoment Eating Disorders
2021 - East Midlands CAMHS Provider Collaborative, Patient Safety and Quality Group (PSQG) - Advisor
Eating Disorders
2020 - Royal College of Psychology - Annual Eating Disorder Conference - presentation preparation
2020 - Oxford University - Experimental Psychology - Emerging Minds Advisory Group - Advocacy work
Interests and expertise
I completed my degree at Manchester Polytechnic (now Manchester Man Met) and commenced my first graduate job in London working for a new and quickly expanding event agency - working on large corporate events world wide. After 10 years and having reached a senior level within the company, I moved ‘up north’ and accepted the role as Incentive and Event Director for NWS Bank (part of the bank of Scotland group) This job involved extensive world wide travel and delivery of events from 2-3 week overseas high profile group incentive travel to exhibitions to conferences and one off events.
After 22 years in an operational role within industry I made the decision to enter the world of academia - to share my knowledge, passion and expertise of such an amazing industry to work in with future event managers - the rest is history!
Projects
I have been involved in MMU international educational collaborative projects. In 2011, in Kenya with Educational Projects, in Africa, sponsored by the British Council where she had specific responsibility for organising an educational conference. In 2012 I was project manager within ‘Hollings’ China team’ with a specific role of event logistics for the programme and one day exhibition.
Consultancy areas:
- University of Utali, Nairobi, Kenya
- CCD Conference Reservations, UK
- Central Michigan University, USA
Research outputs
Development of International internships, Placements within the work force, Career Development & employability.
Press and media
Media appearances or involvement
Media appearances although not linked to my work / courses at MMU
involve volunteering for B-eat (UK Charity for eating disorders) I have
appeared on television documentaries, am actively involved with the Royal
society of Psychologists in research, sit on several research panels and currently
working on a project with Kings College London preparing a paper for government
review