Course Leader: London College of Communication, University of the Arts London, 2024 – Current
Since 2024, I have been Course Leader for the MA Design for Data Visualisation at London College of Communication, UAL. The course is a 15-month postgraduate programme with a cohort of approximately 25 students each year. As course leader, I line-manage two contracted staff and five hourly paid lecturers, and oversee curriculum delivery, partnerships, recruitment, and student experience.
The MA is driven by the intelligent interrogation of data through intensive, practice-led research. Students work across a range of media, tools, and methods to research, interpret, critique, and visualise data, developing narratives that are rigorous, ethical, and accessible to diverse audiences. My approach to course leadership foregrounds responsible data practice, collaboration, and public-facing outcomes
I have worked closely with a wide range of external partners and guest contributors, including CNN, BBC, Chatham House, Soapbox Design, Ember Energy, Beyond Words Studio, The Feminist Data Club, The Information Lab, Kambe Events, and Ember Energy. These relationships support live briefs, workshops, talks, and mentoring, ensuring students engage with contemporary professional practice while retaining critical and experimental approaches.
Through internal funding applications, I have secured support for events, workshops, and collaborative projects that extend learning beyond the studio. A key ongoing partnership with Ember Energy has enabled students to work directly with real-world energy datasets. In 2024, this collaboration resulted in a student-produced newspaper based on Ember’s data; in 2025, students are producing a series of riso-printed zines that explore energy, climate, and narrative form through data.Students on the course regularly present their work publicly, including at international data visualisation conferences such as Outlier Conference in Miami. I have also established a programme of work-in-progress shows and public events that allow students to test ideas, receive feedback, and build professional confidence.
design:data conference 2025
A major highlight of my course leadership has been design:data day, a free, student-led conference on responsible data visualisation held at LCC. Developed and delivered with the MA cohort, the event combined hands-on workshops, invited talks from leading practitioners, and a public showcase of student work. The conference brought together students, academics, and industry professionals to explore ethical, inclusive, and socially engaged approaches to data visualisation, and positioned the course as an active contributor to the wider data visualisation community.
Through this role, I continue to develop the MA Design for Data Visualisation as a critically engaged, outward-facing programme that equips students with the skills, confidence, and ethical grounding to work with data in meaningful and responsible ways. We are currently revalidating the course as a 12-month model which will start in September 2027.
