Meet the Team

Adel has worked in Digital Learning in HE since 1999. She brings a wealth of experience and pedagogical expertise to Durham through working with academic staff in designing, planning, developing, delivering, and enhancing their teaching. Adel gets the best results when collaborating with academic staff; working with subject experts who…

After graduating in Politics and then Russian and East European Studies, Steve has worked in online learning within Higher Education for the last 27 years and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Steve began his career implementing Blackboard forerunner WebCT at Solihull College in 1998. He then spent three…

Jen has worked in both Further and Higher Education since 2005. She started her career as a Web Designer, creating standalone microsites for senior level recruitment opportunities as well as project managing and constructing new college wide websites linked to content management systems. She continued her career by moving back…

Julie has worked in digital education since 2002. She has experience in developing and supporting blended and online learning, as well as in academic staff development, project management and pedagogic research. Julie has supported staff and students from a range of disciplines to develop their digital literacy, and to find…

Paulina started as Assistant Digital Developer in September 2022. With a professional background in learning, project- and people-management, Paulina’s previous work included organisations such as British Red Cross and SportScotland. At British Red Cross, Paulina was a Training Team Manager, undertaking regular training needs analysis, designing and delivering software training…

Eva has always been involved in communication, educational, and digital projects. During the pandemic, she used a variety of social media platforms to interact with students who found it challenging to engage and keep up with the new educational system. To achieve that, she recorded and edited videos solving problems,…