Martin Andrew

Martin Andrew is a senior lecturer and course lead on the Leadership and Management distant learning programme and within the the school of Education covering a variety of modules at undergraduate and Masters level including child development, Working with Children and Families, Safeguarding, Qualitative Research Methods, Final Year Study, Academic Skills for Study, and Educational Leadership and Management. At Masters level Developing Effective Leadership. Martin also supervises Undergraduate and Master students. Previously, Martin was the course lead and senior lecturer on the Youth and Community Undergraduate course.

Martin is growing his research interest surrounding young people not in employment, education or training (NEET) and marginality as a PhD candidate where he is interested in creative methods to generate qualitative data. In addition to research, he is also sharing this passion and experience to a wider audience. His research interest arises from extensive professional experience of working with NEET young people as a professional in supporting successful transitions towards employment and further training. Martin has also extensive experience of working with vulnerable young people from a variety of backgrounds both within the voluntary and public sector with notable experience of leading multi-agency street-based teams.