Many UEL students are the first generation in their family to get a degree. I help students build a unique set of tools to become change makers. I love working with mixed cohorts of students: general journalism, music, fashion and sports journalism. I give them real-life tasks and challenges that help them hone their soft and hard skills, adapt to working with multi platform media and build lasting collaborations. I use mindfulness frameworks to help the students understand themselves better and build their professional life as a true calling. Along with polishing their journalism, editing, and design skills, I help them develop strong product and project management skills.

In 2023, I taught two courses on employability to second-year and master’s students. As a result, the students started looking at the industry as a whole, rather than focusing solely on their specialism. They produced stories on the links between sports and sustainability, e.g. the effects of air pollution on athletes’ performance.

In 2024, I taught first-year students the basics of journalism and third-year students — magazine production. The students took on real editorial room roles and produced magazines in teams during the spring term.