Staff Profile
Ailsa McLeod
Careers Consultant
- Email: ailsa.mcleod@ncl.ac.uk
- Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 7809
- Personal Website: www.ncl.ac.uk/careers
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: Fine Art; Education, Communication and Language Sciences (exc PGCE), Geography, Politics and Sociology.
Ailsa also takes the lead on graduate and first year support and accessibility within the Service.
In addition Ailsa is 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 (HEA)
Associate member of the Association of Careers Advisory Services (AGCAS)
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