Teaching practice
I believe creative learners thrive when they feel trusted, challenged, and safe to experiment. My teaching combines practical making, collaboration, timely feedback, and current industry practice so that complex ideas become approachable and memorable.
“Every student can learn, just not on the same day, or in the same way.”
— George Evans
My classes in 3D, graphic design, photography, interaction, games, and immersive media are grounded in hands-on learning. Even theory is paired with real-life examples, role play, demonstrations, and purposeful challenges. I allow room for non-destructive mistakes, then guide students through the point where their thinking or process changed.
I use learning platforms, collaborative quizzes, smartboards, virtual reality, and interactive activities to wrap challenge in a sense of play. Creative minds flourish when learners have freedom to try unfamiliar approaches in a friendly and inclusive environment.
Team projects, group discussions, think-pair-share, jigsaw activities, and flipped classes develop peer learning beyond the classroom. This also reflects the collaborative realities of film, games, animation, design, and other creative industries.
I collect anonymous early feedback around the fourth week, again at mid-semester, and at the end. Asking about clarity, relevance, learning methods, respect, and subject knowledge early enough allows student suggestions to improve the course they are currently taking.
Students enter the job market years after a course begins, so I refresh content continuously, connect learning to contemporary tools and workflows, and use industry visits and applied briefs. The goal is not simply to complete a syllabus but to build adaptable, confident, job-ready creative practitioners.
My passion for teaching emerged while completing my master's degree at Liverpool John Moores University. After industry experience in 3D lighting, I was invited to teach an international undergraduate group. Their response to my ability to explain complex material simply convinced me that academia was where I could make the strongest contribution.