Staff Profile

Drawing on experience as a commercial and operational analyst within the financial services sector, Graham's practice is focussed on developing an entrepreneurial mindset in learners across the SAgE Faculty and beyond.

Following the completion of the MSc Data Science at NCL, Graham joined the technical team at the National Innovation Centre for Data (NICD) as a Data Scientist, with responsibility for developing learning opportunities in data-driven innovation. In addition to supporting the upskilling of staff from a range of organisations in data science, Graham delivered the Data insights Bootcamp, bringing the creativity and expertise of interdisciplinary student cohorts to bear in tackling contemporary data-centric industry challenges.

Graham went on to take a lectureship in enterprise within the SAgE Faculty in 2022, working with colleagues to embed discipline-specific Employability, Enterprise and Entrepreneurship provision across undergraduate and post graduate programmes. Intertwined with the technical curriculum of the domain, his teaching includes approaches and frameworks shaped around his Insight, Innovate, Impact model:

Insight

Surfacing stakeholder needs through metacognitive exploration contextualised in situational awareness to identify innovation opportunities and motivate customer specificity.

Innovate

Using Design Thinking principles to shape solutions with strong value propositions, demonstrating product-market fit.

Impact

Bringing solutions off the page and into customers’ hands, validating suitability and scalability through an Agile approach.

Alongside his core teaching duties, Graham is the academic lead for the i-lab, an immersive, experiential programme drawing students and industry together to identify opportunities to innovate, build entrepreneurial capabilities and challenge the status quo. Delivered as part of the Rob Wood Enterprising Futures Academy, the i-lab was shortlisted for the inaugural AGCAS Academic Employability Awards.

Graham is a passionate advocate for widening participation and improving accessibility to EEE provision and is keen to collaborate with others, both within and out with academia.