Following her award of a Postgraduate Certificate (PG Cert) in Teaching & Learning in Higher Education, completed at University of Brighton in summer 2019, Harriet has been appointed Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. To mark the culmination of her PG Cert Harriet exhibited a research poster at University of Brighton’s Teaching & Learning conference in July based on work she carried out for the Educational Enquiry module entitled ‘What is the role of the extended essay in a Visual Communications degree?’

On Friday 5th July 2019, Harriet attended the University of Brighton’s Research & Enterprise Festival to speak to a university-wide audience about how her Rising Stars Award led to a successful AHRC Leadership Fellowship. She addressed a packed lecture theatre and then answered questions alongside fellow Rising Stars recipient colleagues Dr Suna Eryigit-Madzwamuse, Senior Research Fellow, Health Sciences; Dr Melanie Flint, Reader in Cancer Research; and, Dr Marlon Moncrieffe, Senior Lecturer in School of Education.