Richmond Welcomes RIASA Director, Mr. Paul Lloyd

17/08/2010

Richmond, The American International University in London is proud to announce the appointment of Mr. Paul Lloyd who will be responsible for directing the Richmond International Academic and Soccer Academy in Leeds, UK.

Mr. Paul Lloyd Profile

After graduating from Leeds University with a BA in Communication Arts and Public Media, Paul worked for a time as a manager within the National Health Service before retraining as a teacher in adult education, teaching a range of social studies subjects. He gained his MA in Education from Southampton University and taught adult and further education teacher training courses for several years, developing an interest in leadership development.

He has also worked with a national youth organisation in the development and delivery of a youth leadership development programme and has taught many regional trainers to continue the development of the initiative.

Moving into Higher Education ten years ago, Paul took charge of two large student unions as General Manager including the management of both welfare and business operations and lead the transition of both organisations to registered charities. He has continued his interest in leadership development through work with the elected sabbatical officers and he is currently writing his doctoral thesis for Leeds University, examining the training and development of student union leaders.

Conferences, Presentations and Proceedings:

A history of student unions in the UK, ACUI Region 1 Conference Eastern Connecticut State University, 2009

A brief history of student unions in the UK and Ireland, ACUI International Conference, New York 2010, with Redmond, U. and Russell, I.

Perceptions of students’ union leadership development, BELMAS conference, Reading, 2010.

To contact Mr. Paul Lloyd: RIASA DIRECTOR

To learn more about the Richmond International Academic and Soccer Academy please see:

RIASA WEBSITE

Link to this page: http://www.richmond.ac.uk/n/948.aspx