In 2011 I moved to New Zealand with my wife Martine on a career break/working holiday and from October 2011 to July 2012, I was employed at Waiariki Institute of Technology in Whakatane, Bay of Plenty – lecturing in IT and Communications to mainly Maori young adults. Also I received a Creative Arts New Zealand grant in Whakatane and an Earthskin scholarship artist-in-residence in Muriwai near Auckland (residence Oct – Nov 2012).
We also travelled in Australia which included Melbourne, Sydney, Cairns, Cooktown and trips to the Daintree Rainforest, indigenous rock paintings and the Great Barrier Reef we returned to New Zealand and In Feb–March 2013 I trained students on Unitec’s IT system in Auckland.
In the UK, I was an IT Consultant and Lead Trainer for PSD&T Ltd, with whom I developed a highly flexible, creative and customer focused approach. Training to a high level predominantly in Microsoft and Adobe software, I have considerable experience with major public and private sector organisations, providing proactive solutions through training, IT support and website design. Also we offered technical and software support for clients. While training at PSD&T my clients included the Home Office, Criminal Records Bureau, Baker Hughes Petrolite, Goodrich and Sony.
In July 2011 I achieved an MA in Photography from The University of Cumbria in the UK. From 2002 – 2007, I was a Lecturer in IT and Team Leader in Photography and Image Editing, Llysfasi College, North Wales. 2007, where I developed a range of courses in IT and digital media. Working as team leader with the awarding body (Open College Network) I developed and designed a range of IT courses – photography, image editing and digital scrapbooking. Also taught several European funded IT courses for socially deprived adults from different cultures and backgrounds. As Lead Trainer with PSD&T I further developed a range of Microsoft and Adobe courses.