Intellect

Professor Roodhouse holds a Doctorate in Professional Studies and has substantial experience as an educator, manager and researcher in the fields of management, education, training and cultural policy. He has written extensively, including his books The Principles and Practice of Cultural Quarters, and Employers, Skills and Higher Education, and has published in national and international journals. He sits on the editorial board of the Education and Training Journal and currently edits the Creative Industries JournaI. Awards and scholarships have included research fellowships at the University of Bradford, City University, Goethe Institute Cultural Scholarship and a Leverhulme Trust Research Grant. Currently he is Professor at the Institute for Work Based Learning, Middlesex University and the University of Technology, Sydney.

Simon was until recently Professor of Creative Industries at the University of the Arts, London, adjunct Professor at the Queensland University of Technology, and Visiting Professor at the Universities of Bolton and Greenwich.

He has direct experience of management in the educational and cultural fields, as the Chief Executive for the University Vocational Awards Council and, latterly, as the founding Director of the Museum Training Institute. His senior management experience in higher education includes Dean of the School of Art and Design, University of Derby, Head of the School of Creative Arts, Northumbria University and Head of Academic Development, Bretton Hall, University of Leeds. In addition he is a director of his consultancy practice, Safehands (Management) Ltd.