Awards (more awards, here)
Selected
AHRC Being Human Festival (2015) Keeping it Real? A Critical Race and Music Performance
MMU Teaching Awards (2014) Nomination for Outstanding Innovation in Teaching
Arts Council England (2013) Only You 2.0. Axis Arts Centre Composer in Residence
MMU Annual Staff Award: Rising Star Nominee (2013)
NCCPE Manchester Beacon Recognition Award (2011)
Fellowships
FRSA – Fellow of RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce)
FHEA – Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
LGSM – Licentiate of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama
ALCM – Associate of the London College of Music, University of West London
Editorial Advisory Board Membership
Cambridge Scholars Publishing – Cultural Sociology
Expert Reviewer:
International Journal for Community Music (IJCM)
FQS: Qualitative Social Research
Music Education Research Journal (MERJ)
Journal of Mixed Methods Research
Education Action Research
Community, Work and Family and Qualitative Research
Journal of Cultural Sociology
Social Behaviour and Personality An International Journal
Palgrave Macmillan
Directorships and Trusteeships
Director – MEaP (Making Education a Priority)
Trustee – NRCSE (National Resource Centre for Supplementary Education)
Committee Board Member – UN IDPAD Coalition UK (United Nations International Decade of Peoples of African Descent Coalition UK)
Committee Board Member – UN IDPAD International Civil Society Alliance
Steering Group Member – Department for Education (DfE) Safeguarding Code of Practice for Out-of-School Settings
Steering Group Member – Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership (GMHSCP) Memorandum of Understanding with Faith Groups