Staff Profile

Background

Ailsa joined the Careers Service in June 2009. She previously worked as a Manager in the Financial Sector in Edinburgh.

Roles and Responsibilities

Ailsa is the Careers Consultant linked to the following Schools:

• Education, Communication and Language Sciences,
• Geography, Politics and Sociology
• School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics.

Ailsa also takes the lead on graduate, first year support and accessibility within the Service.

In addition Ailsa is Learning and Professional Director for AGCAS and a trainer for AGCAS teaching on 'Challenges of Careers work in HE' and 'Designing and Developing Peer Training'

Qualifications

Post Graduate Diploma in Careers Guidance , Edinburgh Napier University

Post Graduate Diploma in Information Technology, University of Paisley

BSc (Hons) Arboriculture and Amenity Forestry, University of Aberdeen

Memberships

Senior Fellow, Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)

Member of the Association of Careers Advisory Services (AGCAS)

Member of Enterprise Educators UK (EEUK)

Institute of Student Employers (ISE)

I teach on the following academic modules:

POL2096: Politics Work Placement

GEO2138: Community Volunteering: A Geography Perspective

GEO3156: Geography Community Engagement Project (Advanced)

GEO2111: Doing Human Geography Research: Theory and Practice

GEO2127: Doing Physical Geography Research: Theory and Practice

SPE3051: Professional Issues for Clinical Practice